Whiskey Shores Beach Resort Bocas del Toro

... of just sailing us through the day. He also told us that he limited his tours to about 6 people so that it would be nice and comfotable. We were assured that we would go to a number of spots to go snorkling, etc, etc.
Sounded good enough and we went for it.
Now reality was a little different. The guy just wanted to make money, so we waited more than an hour to get the boat fully packed with 9 people. There were 3 ...

No one likes to wake up to rain while vactioning in the islands, but sometimes **** happens. Especially in the rainy season. So our solution to the problem? A bike ride that started out as a scenic trip to the beach on the other side of the island...that turned into 18 miles of nountain biking through the jungle on beach cruisers, wearing flip flops! Had we known what we know now, we might have opted to hang around the hostel, read, maybe ...

... to find out where we should go/what we should do - all we knew about Panama City is that it was close to the canal. Ben ventured out into the street for about a minute - inside the hotel we had less prostitutes and unconscious people rolling around in the gutter so he came back in pretty soon. Needless to say we had a night in.

The next day we got a taxi to Miaflores before our flight to Bocas.Miaflores is where you can see the big ships go ...

... however find McPato´s, a classic rip off of McDonalds after one Panamanian couldn´t afford the franchise. So we went there for the novelty value.

It´s a 4 hour bus ride to the port where you pick up a small boat to Bocas Del Toro, the main highlight of Panama and where everyone heads. But when we are told that we ´must´ take a taxi, the old childish mantra of ´you can´t tell me what to do´ kicks in and feeling stubborn we refused to pay ...

... now and is much more pleasant. She speaks Spanish but understands I do not so she always shows me the total amount on paper. I like shopping in places like this one, so rustic, all you need and always fun to look around at things you don't even need. We continued to Banana Azul for dinner. Ed had steak and I had a nice pasta dish. I went online, we visited with other tourists and just relaxed in the evening environment. We left and ...

... a problem", Erwin sheepishly states. Another 30 minutes of troubleshooting, and we determine that the battery lead is the problem, and it has now broken off. With tools, not a big problem, but 30 minutes from home without tools, a minor problem. Eventually, we are able to mash the frayed ends of the cable firmly enough onto the batery terminals to draw enough current to ...

... kun voi muina miekkosina suhahtaa paikalle ja aiheuttaa kakkihalvauksen. mutta kivan sellaisen!! mutta hiukkapa miamista ennen sita. kosmopoliittihengessa taru oli tupsahtanut bostonista meita treffaamaan ja hienosti meidat olikin paikallistanut lentokentalla. ja mitapas jai miamista paallimmaiseksi mieleen, ainaskin etta on muuten loydetty semmoset drinkit etta lahtee karaistuneemmaaltakin kaipparilta kannat kattoon. siella south beachilla kun majailimme niin ...

Left Costa Rica and arrived in Panama, we feeled stitched up by the immigration because we had to buy a bus ticket back to Costa Rica because we didn´t have any confirmation of our onward journey. To cross the border we had to walk across a rickety old railroad bridge, scary because we could see the river running below us and it really didn´t feel safe. Arrived in Bocas Del Toro in the Caribbean.

... from backpacker's hostels to upscale resorts. I stayed at a middle of the road hotel which had a restaurant over the water, but so did half the other places in town, which made for a lot of nice places to sit, eat, read, drink or talk. However, despite the tourists, there are a lot of Panamanians who work there, although they supposedly live on the mainland, and they seemed particularly friendly. That most of them speak good English ...

I went over to Bocas de Toro for about 6 days. I went with my friend Ted from Canada. We stayed at Jaguars at Bastimentos. We rented a boat one day, hiked around the island, met up with some more Canadian friends, surfed, and partied Reggae Style at the Aquarium at night.