Mango Beach Club and Resort Isla Colon

... but after dragging 50 lbs of luggage each through town, dripping with sweat, we were desperate just to park it somewhere. Anywhere. We found a tiny little locally owned place for $25 and grabbed it. Sure, it was dark and a little stuffy, but it had AC and was in the middle of town. We decided to catch our breath and cool off before checking out the rest of town. We soon found out why the rooms are only $25. No running water. We had to ask the hotel employee to turn some ...

... decides its fine to back flip off the diving board...it must be fine. Hazy night but met some very interesting people, namely a mental/German/hasselhoff-lookalike/loco /dance guru who had the best dance off...we could probably write a whole new entry for Andreas but we wont...ended up meeting some awesome people whom we would spend the next few days celebrating with. <br><br>The following day consisted of working off the previous night with visits to uninhabited ...

... mall attached to the terminal while Annie and Ryan went to Panama Viejo. Our time at the mall mostly entailed us sleeping at a table in the food cart and briefly checking out some stores. We then met back up with Annie and Ryan for another movie, Star Trek. Fun, although I struggled to keep my eyes open the whole time. It was then time for another overnight bus, this time to Bocas del Toro. I slept better (due to a lack of sleep the night before and to ...

... a party place with people drinking and smoking all the time. No hot water and sometimes the water worked. There was a shared kitchen and free pancakes and coffee all day. There are mosquitoes here and it had been raining a lot here. It did rain almost everyday here. When the sun was out, it was hot and humid.. I took Spanish lessons at Spanish by the Sea: I was able to get a room there as well. I ...

i woke up at 8.30am with a bit of a hang over, after another night of drinking im ready to take it easy. i would like to get to carnival but i have no idea how it will work out.. uh feel a bit poisoned,i guess i will head out from here at 12ish but who knows.the weather is good today so im out but i will probably take a bus to david and out towards boquete.

... relief to the constant heat. And our next door neighbours play music so incredibly loud. We often wake up, or (try) to go to sleep, with our chests vibrating, our lungs shaking with each breath, as their base lines blare through our walls and into the depths of our minds. There's this one song, that they always play, on repeat. Sometimes when it comes on we laugh hysterically, amused and unable to continue conversations over its volume. Other times, it infuriates us ...

... to fall outside - hour after hour, morning, afternoon, night, while awake, and while sleeping (which was soothing once you got over the fact that your bed was so damp that you could keep fish in it and they probably wouldn't die......). Not-so-nice stories of locals' houses being washed into the sea, people dying in flooding and landslides, and of sickness spreading in temporary camps sometimes filtered in, but we were disconnected from the emergency going on ...

... bunch from around the globe, many conversations were had in various smelly corners and many friends were made, we had to get along or it'd be complete insanity. Despite the good company and FREE coffee and pancakes always up for offer (ooh yeah), people were constantly talking of ways to escape the island. Long ago had the boats and planes taking us off stopped running, and even if they were, the roads on the mainland had 25km stretches washed away and rendered unusable ...

... mention to our fellow travellers before getting onto our night bus. Experience in travelling third world countries has taught me that if it is hot outside and they have access to air conditioning in a bus, store, airport... then it will be turned up to max creating a freezer like atmosphere for your body to try to survive in. To be honest, I survived the night well and was even feeling generous enough to use my arm and half my body as a ...

... to Finca 63, where we were supposed to catch the boat to Bocas del Toro. From the highlights of Lonely Planet, I had imagined the ride to be slow and scenic. Unfortunately, it was going way too fast and too rowdy for anything to be seen. I´m just glad that I made it to the island without falling into the water. After meeting up with Stephen, we paddled our way to his sailboat to leave my bag. On the boat, it was very tempting to take a nap ...