Bocas Inn Panama

... pick-up truck taxi. Before we could ask how far the hotel was we had arrived - it was literally a three minute walk away. The Bocas Inn is a simple, very green affair (don't worry Caroline, this isn't the start of another 'green rant'): six rooms, with a ...

... like a cross between a banana and a potato. They salt them, press them into patties and fry them... Mmmm... tasty. Food here in Panama is pretty good. Of course, we're living on an island, so it's mostly fish, seafood and the ubiquitous chicken. Tasty ...

... Hostelet jeg bor paa er et typisk backpacker hostel i skikkelig surfestil. Folte meg hjemme her med en gang. Atmosfaeren og menneskene her i Bocas og paa hostelet faar en til aa fole seg som hjemme og veldig avslappet. Det er et veldig lite sted med hus ...

... canal de Panama et qu'Eric doit aller rechercher sa voiture au Nicaragua, nous decidons d'aller passer quelques jours a Bocas del Toro, un archipel du Panama dans les Caraibes, proche de la frontiere avec le Costa Rica. Bocas est un paradis tropical, ...

Having made it safely over the horrible bridge (see previous entry!) we headed to the archipelago of Bocas del Toro off the carribean coast of Panama. Whilst driving to the coaat the driver stopped the van and we got out and saw a wild sloth on the ...

... the entire countrysides are forgotten, littered with poverty - except of course the touristy areas like Bocas del Toro. Some small differences we noticed between Panama and Nica. are they don't use the traditional corn tortillas here. In Panama they ...

... reisevenner, vi maatte splittes vi ogsaa! En flybillett feilbooket og oops Tonje stod igjen i LA, mens kristine satte nesen mot Panama city alene. Et dogn senere fant jeg paa mirakuloest vis frem i Panamas skumle gater og fant kristine godt plantet i ...

... when America handed the canal over to the Panamanians.  A tenuous link, but a link nonetheless. I sit abored a night bus from Bocas to Panama.  This is no spelling error, I'm trying to be clever with words.  It's utter tedium.  I can't ...

... 'll see in the picture of the spot where Jene almost went off that the bridge more dangerous that we even expected.  We made into Panama for about $30.  We had to pay a 15 dollar entrance fee, a 5 dollar visa and then after we were finished we ...

... would like to cancel the rest of the trip and just stay here the whole time.  But, alas, we have already paid for the half day Panama Cruise so we will need to move on.  Right now it is 6:00 pm   We are talking "travel" with the Petaluma family.  We ...

... , whom owner of our accommodation Jane told us was one of their most favourite Panamians, gives us a running commentary on Panama including politics, natural resources, the people, the population, the rivalry with Costa Rica, the foreign investment, the ...

... of which were accomplished.  After happy hour at the hotel, again, we headed to Mexican with our hotel owning friends from Pedasi, Panama then back to the Jazz bar, with no Jazz, for drinks. The next day we headed off on our rafting adventure. Kim ...

We spent our last night in Bocas del Toro on Isla Carenero, a tiny island about 600 ft across the water from Bocas Town, at a lovely little inn called VerdeTierra. We finally witnessed some of the 'wet season' in Panama yesterday and lazed away much of ...

... tome with a green cover and it dedicated each page to a different country. I have always remembered the pictures of the Panama Canal, and the associated facts and statistics, the kind on which schoolboys thrive, and I always had a secret hankering to ...