Hotel Residencial Cervantes David

... We
unpacked the boat and settle into the man's home - the two story, one
room, rustic, open structure. Soon enough the sun was setting, the
tunes were playing, and the fish was cooking. A car battery attached
to a light bulb hung in a half gallon milk container provided our only
light. After dinner, the Panamanian men set to playing the guitar and
singing while we laid back in hammocks and makeshift beds. A few fell
asleep, but my busy ...

... fairly easy. Get on any collectivo heading to Bocas, about an hour outside of David you go through a yellow toll booth, about 3 mins later you should see three big yellow stones - you have then arrived at Lost and Found! We jumped off here and looked up. And up. And up. The hostel is located above a cloud forest and access from the road is via a teeny tiny path that weaves up the side of a mountain. Its steep. Its rocky. Its not fun to climb when you are carrying 15 ...

... chain that must have 10,000 restaurants in Panama because
suddenly they are everywhere. Panama is the land of food. Meaning
food does not seem to make it north of Panama.Suddenly everything is
available. I’m sooo pleased!

Well we are jet setters still, so
we woke up the next morning and flew to Isla Colon and the town of Bocas del Toro. On
the Caribbean side of Panama and home to numerous islands.

... by picking up some chop suey and going back to the hostel to watch the season finale of Good News Week on the laptop.

Our bus left at 7:30 the next morning so we were out the door and walking to the terminal at about 6:45am. A homeless man yelled out something like "go home Americano!" which made me feel uneasy. There certainly is some underlying resent towards Americans from the locals, and I 'd hate to be stuck in the middle. No wonder some American ...

... continuing on in Central and South America. Back on the road and we ended up in Chitré, which is down on the plains and very hot. It is rainy season at the moment meaning it normally rains in the afternoon, except for in Chitré where they still haven't seen any rain. We went for a little bus adventure one day and ended up in a tranquil little town called Parita. It was hot and we needed a beer, so we popped into a tiny bar for one beer. The locals, 3 men and a barmaid were very ...

... show was filmed there in the condos and houses. After we went to the Expo Orquideas (feriadeboquete.com) or Orchid Festival. Lots of stuff being sold and really pretty flowers. After the festival we went for ice cream next to Loretta's bistro. Two scoops were only $.70. Deal! Main street in town was roped off for the holiday for some sort of festivity. We came ...

... we never would have found him. (Mar. 22) Walked around town with Cory and went shopping. In the afternoon went to the International Fair of David (admission: $1.50) and bought cheap beer, burgers and meat sticks. We started to ask around about bull or cock fights and, after receiving many different answers, determined we would get on a bus headed for the border and get off at what they told us is called ¨The Coliseum of Roosters.¨ Most people said they wouldn't be fighting ...

... wood was rotten, the metal was corroded, there were HUGE gaps and basically I got the fear and walked along at a snails pace looking down at the river rushing past beneath me through the gaps. Mark, completely oblivious to my pains waltzed off ahead and only looked round to see why a lorry was beeping (it couldn't get passed and I was walking to slowly, whilst also telling the lorry to "F**K OFF!!") he then came to save me and the ordeal was over. What a baby I am!! We ...

... including very rare hyacynth ones and parrots and tucans and the most amazing aviary with more than 50 species of Panamian birds. I intended to go to a cloud forest lodge today, but on the way this truth occurred to me - tropical rain forests are hot and wet, tropical cloud forests are cold and wet and also very foggy. What is the point if you can see nothing ...