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Hotel Occidental David

Ubicado en la Avenida 3, Calle 4, Frente al Parque Cervantes David, Panama

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"Welcome to the Jungle"

A travel blog entry by sql_spice

3

... the showers, the toilets, the dorm, the private cabins, Rocky the Kinkajou's house, and the main dining/social building, whose open-air design hangs out over the edge of the jungle. It's freaking jaw-dropping.

We arrived at noon, and were told there might not be enough time to solve the treasure hunt before dusk- because we were in the middle of the jungle, everyone must be back by 5pm or get eaten by monkeys (I made that part up). But being ...

Boquete - Rain, rain, rain!

A travel blog entry by sskatie

11

... drying, roasting and tasting is as sophisticated an art as the wine making process, and the "cuppers" of this world are as particular as any sommelier I've ever encountered.

So, stuff I learned about coffee that I didn't know before:

- It takes a minimum 4 months to get coffee beans from the tree to be ready to roast.

- Contrary to popular belief, light-roasted coffee has way more caffiene ...

First Night Out

A travel blog entry by wartravels

... play some cards. For 14 beers, seafood soup and a huge fish filet, I think we paid less than $18. Unbelievable.  When we got back to the hostel, there was a kid from Israel, three girls from Canada and a girl from Australia hanging out drinking in the outdoor hut. They offered us shots of Finlandia. We offered them Panamas. The Israeli kid, Adam, turned us on to gypsy music. It sounded like a genre you'd hear in India. We loved it. Gyp-hop I called it. They were all going out to a ...

All good things must come to an end...!

A travel blog entry by rossmichael

51

... Lounge'. This hostel is pretty cool it is built up on stilts over the water. After checking in myself, Dan and 2 new friends we met on the bus Arja, a chick from Holland and Eli the funniest Israeli guy ever, organized a boat trip for the day. First off we cruised over to an area where there were a lot of dolphins, which we watched for a while while they were jumping around and playing. Next we went over to some coral and then spent a while ...

Panama ah oh ahh ohh ohh!

A travel blog entry by jamesrobert

119

... week here we were chasing waves, let me re-phrase, the boys were chasing waves. Veronica and me were along for the ride, cameras in hand, although Veronica does surf. She's a tough cookie, can't wait to take pictures of her ripping one day soon. I quickly reverted back to my childhood vacations where the best seat in the car was the trunk on top of all the luggage. I can spread out, still see the sky and read my book, nice. Besides chasing waves we got to check out ...