Contadora Beach Resort Contadora Island

... resturant here in Panama City. Today we took the morning to visit a national park just outside the city. The park is located near the Panama Canal, and we followed a couple of different trails through the rainforest. Along the first trail, we had lots of little river crossings (hopping over the rocks) and were rewarded with a park ranger who pointed out a few different types of monkeys in the ...

After arriving at my hostel which was quite a cool place being the top two floors of an apartment block, I had a sleep and then went to meet up with Cal and the Belgium's who was staying at Luna's Castle (the party place of Panama City). Upon meeting up I found out that they were all planning to go to the Miraflores lock at the canal with a Spanish guy I had met on the same overnight bus from Bocos. We were slightly concerned about getting a taxi that would take 5 ...

... kuna.
Sulla via del ritorno incrociamo le balene e riusciamo ad osservarle da
molto vicino, a non pił di 30 metri, mentre una barca di studiosi le
filma.

Tra le cose curiose capitate in quest’isola, l’aver incrociato
un bambino di 8-9 anni felice al volante di una jeep 4x4 con tanto di
famiglia al seguito. Altro che patente a punti, bonus e decreti
sicurezza.

WISTA's second travelling banner made its debut at a private shipping function in London. The banner was taken into custody by Maria Dixon, WISTA-UK president. The banner was taken to Madrid, Spain. It was handed over to WISTA Ambassador Mr. Miguel Pardo, President of the Maritime Cluster of Spain to be exhibited at their offices in Madrid.

... with a small fire extinguisher. This was very considerate of him, and I can“t tell you how reassured I felt. The cannister had just enough fire suppression to put his pants out should they ignite! As we taxied to the end of the runway I tried to not think about these small planes which make repeated takeoffs and landings everyday, more compressions and decompressions in a month than most long haulers do in a year. When flying in these old beaters ...

Hi all I got back to Panama city on Sunday. My last night in Bocas was uneverntful as it rained or downpoured most of the night, which was fine by me. Sunday morning I arrived at a resort in the jungle near the canal. Although the place was dead and only had older tourists or folks with families, it was also rather mellow. I did however go on a boat ride down the canal to monkey island where i saw howler monkeys jump on our boat and grab bananas. I also say ...

am bak here for a night to relax and prepare my self for colombia and have time now to say what i have done in this crazy city. the canal is incredible watching these huge panamax boats come in and see them flood the water and then watch the boat sink. its an obviously a must see but after you have been there for 3 hours it can get a bit boring. we also went to casco viejo which is a beatifull part of the city where ...

... as they never guess it first off, but being in their shoes I'd think I was American too seeing every other tourist is, it just makes sense. Lunch was had at a nice hotel up on hillside that advertises theuir Pizzas, and I forget the name of the place, but will note it here when I back track through any kept ticket stubs etc. The guy at the counter spoke excellent English and did the usual small talk which was ...

... and have some boogie board lessons, potentially turning to surf instruction. the ways break right in front of his place. so i could hardly say no to free lodging and suf instructions from such a hip guy, could i? i lost my debit card weeks ago and i have been managing thatnks to my lovel travel assistant Linda Rodier aka mom. so i am in the city waiting for the arrival of another one and will head up north as soon as it gets here. lets try some photos....

We wanted to go to Contadora because it was recently featured as part of the Survivor: Pearl Islands, and was hyped up in some stuff I'd read from International Living. The little puddle jumper we flew to the island of Contadora on was puny and scary. The only run flights in the morning because the weather makes flying unsafe in the afternoon. It was a DeHaviland Sea Otter, which I've never been in before. No fatties allowed- these seats are ...