Colon, Panama

... , but it's possible to get a ride on both the Pacific and Carribean side. The most common route is between Colón in Panama and Cartagena in Colombia. A few private yachts take passengers, usually backpackers looking for an adventure and with time to spare. ...

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... at first they thought i was costa rican. Storm damage. So i witnessed first hand all the distruction that this region of panama has felt over the past month or more, roads were out land slides rocks everywhere new rivers new water falls trees fallen ...

more to come later but basically spent the day driving around to different shipping agents and back to panama city, to the airport and then back to colon - an exhausting day which left us with three possibilities.  we decided we would try to find a private ...

Bocas town is for partiers and Bastimientos for relaxation. Between the red rooster and the crystal clear waters we caught some fish and ate Coconuts!