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- Panama
- Capital
- balboa (PAB)
- Currency
- 2,845,647
- Population
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Bocas Town Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bocas Town, Panama
Hello, Panama!
... conduct a church services. They rearranged the chairs and they even had a guy playing the guitar. We arrived safely in Bocas and went through a very small immigration office (one very small room) with one person writing (with a pen) all of ...
Island life
... was a little obsessed with the two Norwegian girls in my class to actually be bothered to try and teach me anything useful. Bocas is a party town and although it was low season there were still parties going off every night in one of the many bars. The ...
Game Day...
We had a bit of a game day here at our house. It rained quite a bit again today. We planning an excursion but changed our plans with the rain and the advice of a neighbor. We took a poll with the kids and figured out what EVERYONE wanted to ...
Vamos a Panama
... 7am, decided to get rid of my colones and my dank. sat around burning till 10.30am and took the bus to sixoala the border of panama. it cost me about $5USD to enter panama and another $10USD to get to amirente. i bought a boat ticket to bocas del toro for ...
hanging out...
Today we did just that....hang out. Lots of things to check out... 1) Local Indians...there is a native tribe community right behind our house...the Gnobe Indians. We took a 10 minute walk to see the village. We ...
Bocas Del Drago
... a nap. woke up and started drinking again, went and comped 2 sixers. me /austrailia /hungry /diego /sweden and isreal went to town hit the party hostel mondo thietu after ours closed and then we went to like a dance club for after hours drinks. me auzzy ...
Bocas del Toro, Panama
... beach since 11am. When laying on the beach I saw Jon, he was by himself. They were staying at Cocomo on the Sea. Joey stayed in Panama City because he was so stubborn to see the Panama Canal. I told Jon that I was going to meet them later on. Linsey and ...
Zapatillas Cays
Survivor anyone? In 2004 Survivor was taped on an island on the Bocas del Toro archipelago called Zapatillas Cays. There are 2 islands, both which are virtually deserted. We visited both and they were equally beautiful. On the eastern ...
Coral Cays
Today we did some REAL snorkeling! It was only about 1/2 hr. boat ride from our place. When we left our house it looked like it was going to rain and we were a little bummed about the weather,etc. Fortunately, the water was clear anyway and ...
Chillin in Bocas
... will tell! im in for a night of drinking and maybe even a game of auzzy footbol - i met up with my buddies diego, coach, o town and hungry. we sat around and drank for a bit and decided to hit the local beach careneros sat around and beach bummed it hard. ...
House, more Indian tribe exploring...
... when I looked at Saleno's feet they were virtually spotless. Not sure how that happens. It is amazing that all this exists when I had never even heard of Bocas del Toro let alone the Gnobe Indians prior to a couple months ago. Who knew! ...
Bananas and Busiest Weekend - La Feria del Mar
... with air conditioning, a nice yard and car porch, these people are living in shanty towns. Similarly over the border in Panama. Worse still, we saw the airstrips and small planes used to spray chemicals twice weekly over the bananas and everything ...
Starfish, sandflies and showers
... were able to walk along the beach. We thought we’d have a drink at one of the cafes near the bus stop before returning to Bocas town. After 20 minutes nobody had been to serve us and a bus appeared. We left the café and got on the bus ...
Bocas del Toro
... erhält auf der anderen Seite einen Einreisestempel (sofern man ein bereits gebuchtes Flug- oder Busticket zur geplanten Ausreise aus Panama vorweisen kann) und steigt in den nächsten, bereits parat stehenden Minibus. * Im Küstenort Almirante steigen ...
2 DAYS on the paradise!
j ai passee deux jours dans un superbe hostel au coeur de la "jungle" et a 3 minutes a pied des plages paradisiques et desetique. J ai adore. j ai eu qqls soucis je n avais plus d argent ma carte visa ne fonctionnait plus! heureusement j ai rencontree ...
Bocas del Toro
Bocas del Toro Everyone who lives in Bocas seems to love to complain to tourists about how tourism has ruined Bocas. And they are probably right, but it is not really nearly as bad as all that. Bocas is a string of islands in a large ...
Partying with the Ausies in Bocas Del Toro
13 of us headed out of Rocking J's in Costa Rica to Panama. It was the worst border crossing I have ever experienced with a huge long bridge to walk accross with a train track down the middle. Kelsey and Ashley didn't have their entry stamps into Costa ...
Bocas del Toro
... we decided to go tho the coast and relax. On the way, we stop to do a small trek at Boquete, in the countryside of Panama. Then we went to Bocas del Toro to chill out on the beach. It is more populated than the San Blas and more touristic but it was great ...
Panama! Pan-a-ma-aaaa!
... Austin, TX to help us out), we boarded a puddle jumper that flew us to Bocas Town in Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Bocas Town is the largest city ("city" is being generous) on the largest island (Colon) of a series of islands off the eastern coast ...
ritmo de huevo!
... eteenpain mutta koetetaanpas tas rykaista jotakin tapahtumien kulkua selittavaa kasaan. eli panaman valkoisin voimakaksikko taalla taas. bocas townissa oltu viikko ja espanja alkaa jo sua ainakin hitusesti. ymmarretaan toki paremmin kun puhutaan ...
Aqua Lounge Wednesday
Hanging, we chilled in the hostel and played Apples to Apples for pre drinks. Odling had Hitler for innocent!! Hair of the dog for Aqua Lounge party - good ...
Panamá día 2
Well, we got a chance to see Panam'' without rain today. One thing I know for sure is that it's crazy hot here... probably reaching a temperature of 95 degrees F. We woke up around 8:00 and decided our first mission was to find a new place to stay... ...
Found a home
... travels, we finally decided to buy on a remote island in Panama called Cayo de Aqua. It is an hour by boat away from Bocas. Bocas town is a destination for many travellers of all types, for good reason. It is a true pirate town, a jimmy buffet paradise. ...
Island Life
The moment that I arrived in Panama it started to rain. It rained for 5 days straight. It had been raining so much that on Christmas day they almost evacuated the city of Changinola on the mainland because the river almost overflowed. They had to close ...
In the mouths of the bull
... - no radar, no autopilot or anything - even saw the co-pilot pull out a map at one point. Still we made it here to Bocas del Toro ok :) Picked up at the airport by the head teacher at our school, Cecilia, and went to school where we waited for the ...
Boca Del Torro
Bocas is a carriban island with loads of backpacks so there is loads of Parties, almost all of which start in Mondu Taitu hostel, great craic. Most people are there to surf. You have to get boats to all the break ( which are really good reefs ) from ...
Last lazy day at La Loma
Today was our last full day at La Loma, and after our big adventure yesterday we decided to spend the day close to home. I sketched flowers in my sketchbook and napped. Rick read and napped. At lunchtime we took a special trip to the ...
Dengue strikes
... been horendous in another part of the world but 56 bucks later it was covered. Having had enough of the island life and tropical diseases for now we decided to b line it for Panama City when the health would allow it. It was only a 10 hour bus ride ...