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Boquete Slideshow
Boquete
Travel Blogs from Boquete, Panama
Boquete....I hardly knew you
... AT 3 AM AFTER BEERS. Just dont do it. Save yourself the pain and hallucinations and DONT DO IT. I didn't see much of Boquete and after 2 days my fiance told me he "missed me" as I had been holed up in the hotel room since trying to eat ...
Time for some Adventure Activities
... and later found that the anual fair (bit like the adelaide royal show) was on and lots of people from the countryside and around Panama were visiting town. Also found that the hostel I wanted to stay at was full. For that matter the next half dozen places ...
Shadows and Dust Under the Volcano
hello, Boquete is a lively town on the cusp of coffee country, pretty close to the second largest Panamanian city called David (Dah/veed). We left Cerro Punta because it was cold and our pension was even colder. After a short bus trip and changeover, ...
NOT AGAIN
SO I GET TO PANAMA YESTERDAY AND TRY TO GO TO CERRO PUNTA WHICH IS IN THE MOUNTAINS. WELL I GET THERE AND ALL THE HOTELS ARE BOOKED SO I DECIDE TO GO THE NEXT TOWN OVER, 4HOURS AWAY. BUT I CANT GET THERE SO I ENDED UP STAYING IN A LARGE CITY ...
Boquete
A stop over in Boquete which turned out to be really great, so great that we finally spend 4 days here. The days after our arrival, we booked a coffee tour, and visited a plantation and factory situated only a few minutes from town. It lasted 3hours and ...
Panamanian Highlands
... , an indulgence I thought I needed to have, and learned a ton of stuff. Christian was an excellent teacher(Spanish by the River, Boquete). I also took a huge leap and decided to do a home stay with a family in an effort to really entrench myself in the ...
The eagle has landed.....
... . Gawd, that feels good. I am also enjoying the abundance of amazing fresh fruits and vegetables available. Boquete is in Chiriqui Province, the bread basket of Panama, and I am LOVIN' the prominity of amazing cooking ingredients. I have found a few ...
Boquete
... down the loo. Oh and it was so great not having to worry bout (many) mosquitoes. But to just mention these factors would sell Boquete short. It is also famous for its coffee (just I don't drink the stuff) and the hikes in the surrounding area are top ...
Boquete for a second time
... lovely children (Cesar, Jr. 18, Sara 16 and Diana 10) and they live about ½ hour outside the city. The ride from Boquete to Panama City was about 7.5 hours and it was a good opportunity for me to learn quite a bit about Panama from a native's ...
The Around the World Adventure Begins!
... I am using a blog so I hope you all find it easy to use. I write this first entry from Boquete a very small town in the Western mountains of Panama. The Lonely Planet describes it as a mini Alpine Village...it definitely is not. It is, ...
Rafting on the Rio Chiriqui Viejo
... and stunning sunset. Today I woke up bright and early to go rafting. The Rio Chiriqui Viejo, which runs west of Boquete very near the Panama/Costa Rica border. When signing up, the rapids were described as "3 plus". Sounded just perfect. Not boring, ...
Pamamanian Highlands
... a valley and surrounded by forested mountains, including Volcan Baru. A spring-like climate and clean mountain air have made Boquete a magnet for American retirees although its still very much a Panamanian town. Clear rivers, gushing streams and mountain ...
A busy yet relaxing day in Boquete
... grounds and there was a very nice mini-waterfall. The backdrop for the garden is the marvelous emerald green mountains of Boquete. A little mirador was available for climbing, giving a great view over the entire garden and surrounding mountains. It was a ...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
... to no leg room (which is most). And then there's the Ugly – the overnight bus we caught to get us to Boquete, in the coffee region of Panama. This bus had Ash, Chris and I sitting in the first four seats, Ash and I on the left, and ...
Fresh mountain air!
Day 202: I reached David at 5am, walked to the other side of the bus terminal where a yellow school bus with the destination Boquete was just about to leave. I got on and had another hour's bus ride ahead of me. I fell asleep pretty soon and woke up at ...
Boquete
... playa y debido a que es muy tarde para agarra el enlace para Lajas cuando llegamos a David decidimos irnos a la montaña, Boquete, uno de los mejores cuatro lugares del mundo para retirarse según una prestigiosa revista americana, lo que hace que el ...
Golfito to Boquete via Paso Canoas
... and then Boquete. There are people on the side of the road selling exotic birds, showing them off on tree branches. We arrive in Boquete in about 2 hours and find our hotel without any issues. The weather is cool and I can feel the effects of elevation in ...
a little mountain place
Leaving the David airport for Bougete is a surrealistic experience. The roadway and surrounding grounds are being used like a park. There are people of all ages and sizes biking, skating and running. It is a zoo. Clearly they own the ...
Martyr Day in Boquete
... . The good thing about holidays is that you can walk the streets and enjoy a moment of peace. Here are a few photos from Boquete. There isn't really anything very special about it. It attracts visitors mostly as a base camp for activities such as hiking, ...
I LOVE Boquete!
... a little further up the mountain. Today, the road took me to the following spots... ¡ A beautiful vista of the town of Boquete. You can see the entire town and all the surrounding mountains. Its a great place to watch the clouds swallow the ridges, ...
Even more from Boquete (Week 2)
... some more challenging excursions. I recruited Rob to be my sidekick and we set out Tuesday to conquere the Quetzal Trail from Boquete to Cerra Punta. Terrible floods in November had washed out the trail. We heard over and over again that the trail would ...
Boquete
I went here because it was described as a paradise on earth and a dream retirement destination by a newsletter to which I subscribe. I guess the paradise must have been outside of the town in the surrounding countryside because the town itself was ...
More from Boquete
... . My new friend, Jim, who hosted the fish taco party, came here from Colorado, fell in love with it and now runs Boquete Outdoor Adventures. And of course, there are the pensionados (retirees), but they don't come out too much. The people here are active ...
Boquete
... favourite deity was quetzal-coatl. Curtails hang out in Costa Rica and Guatemala, but they are apparently easier to see in Panama. In Boquete they reckon you are pretty likely to see one if you are there between February and April. ...
Oh wie schoen ist Panama...
...sagte der kleine Baer zum kleinen Tiger... so bin ich also jetzt in Boquete, emene friedliche abglaegene (allerdings zimmli touristische) Doerfli und bin grad 3h gsi go laufe. leider bin i noed so fit, ha mi glaub im Raege z fesch durnaesst und ...
Auf den höhsten Berg Panamas
... gleich nochmal in ein Flugzeug gesetzt und sind von Panama City aus ein Stündchen in die höhste Bergregion in Panama an der costaricanischen geflogen, um bisschen Wandern zu gehen. Der angeblich schönste trail ("Sendero los ...
Boquete - Rain, rain, rain!
... ! And sure enough, Eduardo was Bart Cummings in comparison to old Moses, and we took a gorgeous ride up into the mountains around Boquete and through some of the coffee plantations. My horse this time was happily more of an on-road vehicle than the last, ...
Boquete
Hola a todos! Despues de 6 dias en las paradisiacas islas de Bocas del Toro ahora me encuentro en la sierra. Voy a intentar subir algunas fotos de las ...
Coffee Roast´n
... , Costa Rica to catch a flight home the following morning, and I was heading West to the cool, fresh climate of Boquete, Panama. My first solo trip in over thirty days went well. I took a bus through the picturesque mountains to David, then ...
Boquete, Panama : Paradise Gardens
What a Place!! I fell in love as soon as I walked through the gates of Paradise Gardens in Boquete , Panama. My heart went out to all the poor animals that are there. They are all lucky that Paradise Gardens exists. Many of these ...