Blogs from Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro, Panama, Central America Caribbean - page 11

Over Springbreak (late March) of 2009, we took a quick trip to Panama. We stayed 2 nights coming and going in Pamana City, and 6 nights on the island of Bocas Del Toro. We have been partial to Asia as one of our favorite destinations, however, we were left feeling like we would certainly return to Central America. Just hanging out again at La Coralina Lodge in Bocas Del Toro would be fine by us! ... read more

So the rest of our time in Granada passed without incident (apart from Liverpool destroying Chelsea) and lots of time spent planning and re-planning our trip. We then started the descent to Panama, which unfortunately meant passing through Costa Rica. We got from Granada to Rivas (a small grubby town near the border) where we stayed with the Nicaraguan-Australian Norman Bates, in his cell like bedrooms, some of which you could rent by the hour, but it was unsurprisingly a lot cheaper than anywhere else in the town. After a 5 am start the next morning we made it across the border in to Costa Rica, but only just, seeing as the guy at border control obviously didn´t like the cut of Ben´s jib. He decided that there was a problem with his passport which had ... read more

So I have a ton of pictures to post, but both computers I have been on either didn´t have usb plugs or they just don´t work and I am not going to try to switch again. So the picuters will just have to come later. The plan was originally to stay in Puerto Viejo for a night and continue to Bocas in the morning. On the ride from San Jose we met up with some Aussie blokes who were going to the same place and ended up staying for four nights. Crazy party the first night, good drinking the next two and Australia Day yesterday. We stayed at Rocking J´s which is a wicked hostel with tons of people from all over the world. Met a guy from Kalidascope Pizza in Medford the first day. The ... read more

¡Hola! This morning I am in Bocas Town, on Isla Colon, in the province of Bocas del Toro, Panama. Since I last wrote, I´ve had a lot of adventures! Tuesday morning I finished writing my blog just as Rachel woke, and after she showered we walked a few blocks to the main street. I popped into Habla Ya, a local spanish school, and was able to arrange for an hour long private lesson. Rachel was interested, and so we agreed to take the class together after having some breakfast. We ate a very Panamanian place, with small tables and a friendly young man who served us. Our lesson started at 10:15, and we had a great time with the teacher, who spoke little english. We first practiced the pronounciation of some survival spanish phrases (¨where is....?¨ ... read more

Hello, im Panamanian and its so funny that this was my first time in Bocas del toro.. a few days ago i visited this awsome panamanian treasure i love taking pictures, im a new traveler have been in some places in america.. but have taken so many things of every trip. well, this was school trip, since im a hotel management student. spent a weekend there .. took a bus from panama city and got to almirante and then take a boat to Isla Colón , when we first got there it was rainy and pretty early in the morning. but later the sun came out and we went to isla pajaros i saw so many kinds of birds and the place is just amazing.. the sad thing is i dunn know how to swim so ... read more