Blogs from Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro, Panama, Central America Caribbean - page 5

Advertisement


Mom and Dad Kemmerer Visit & Boquete – Erin After an overnight stay in Panama City, my parents finally arrived to Bocas landing strip via Air Panama! We were so excited to see them, and also very excited to get checked in to the house they rented for ten days Old Bank on Isla Bastimentos. We were not disappointed with my mom’s choice of Casa Roca! The property was a 5 minute walk along the ocean’s edge outside of Old Bank, and overlooked the water, private beach area, and rock jetty. The best part of the house was that the large doors lining the kitchen and living room area opened up to the big deck equipped with a hammock and comfy sitting chairs. We all immediately felt very at home J Our first priority was to ... read more


Det nærmer seg hjemreise. og allerede i morgen tidlig setter vi oss på flyet fra Bocas til Panama City. Her får vi hele dagen før flyet går hjemover kl 19 i morgen kveld. Vi har hatt en topp ferie, og vi har som alltid kost oss i massevis. Vi koser oss i hverandres selskap, å ingenting er vel bedre enn det :) Etter to dager med øsende pøsende regn har vi de siste dagene hatt herlig vær. Dagen i går lå vi kun ved bassenget og slappet av, leste bok og nøt livet. I dag startet vi dagen kl 08, Aleksander leide seg en båt og dro for å snorkle ved noen av revene i nærheten. Jeg lå ved bassenget og koste meg der. Når Aleksander kom tilbake dro vi sammen ut til Red Frog beach. ... read more
Sushi skulle prøves
Skeptisk
Han prøvde iallefall, men om han likte det.. Det noe helt annet :P


Idag våknet vi opp til strålende solskinn og nydelig vær, Aleksander var oppe allerede kl 06.30 for å nyte været. Han satt på verandaen å leste bok og så på soloppgangen. Jeg sov litt lenger og var ikke oppe før kl 09. Klokken 10 ble vi hentet av taxi som tok oss med til Bocas del Drago og Star fish beach. En flott strand hvor vi nøt de varme strålene fra sola. Boka jeg startet på i går ettermiddag var kjapt utlest og fargen kommer litt etter litt.Været er meldt litt opp og ned de neste dagene, men vi krysser det som krysses kan å håper på at de aller siste dagene blir akkurat slik som i dag, vi har nemlig flere ting vi vil oppleve:) I kveld har vi kost oss på en av byens ... read more
DSCN2162
DSCN2164
Bocas del Drago


For to dager siden kom vi tilbake til Bocas del Toro. Siden vi reiste fra Popa har det karibiske regnet fosset ned. Dagen vi kom og i går ble derfor deretter. Vi fikk ikke dratt på noen av utflukten vi hadde tenkt. Vi dro heller inn til byen og koste oss i hverandres selskap med god mat og drikke. Å dra fra Popa ble trist, og lettrørt som jeg er tørket jeg en tåre når jeg fikk klem fra Daryan, en av managerne ved hotellet (han så det ikke altså). Dagene der ut kan beskrives med få ord, perfekt, øde og idyllisk. Været var med oss alle dagene her, og vi koste oss fra start til slutt. Akkurat i det vi gikk på båten og skulle til Bocas kom regnet, og det øset ned, vi ble ... read more
Kjekt ja :)
DSCN2103
DSCN2104


Bocas Del Toro, Panama –Erin After a wonderful visit from Mom and Dad Deren, Jeff and I were on our way to Bocas Del Toro, Panama for a couple weeks until Mom and Dad Kemmerer arrive. As always, the goodbyes in Costa Rica were accompanied by tears. It is always so hard to leave Jeff’s Costa Rican family, and then Pat and Linda returning home was a double doozy for us. It was just such a special time for all! Jeff and I caught the 6 a.m. bus out of San Jose, Costa Rica hoping to arrive in Bocas early that same afternoon. It was an uneventful bus ride to the border minus the steady rain, which made crossing the bridge into Panama rather daunting. The bridge itself was the scariest I have ever had to ... read more
Local Kids Handlining
Kayaking!!
Calypso Joe


Our first experience of the Caribbean .... Arriving in style in the water taxi is somewhat reduced in glamour factor by the town of Almirante, the gateway to Bocas. It's quite grimy a fact that was intensified by the very dull weather. Don't get me wrong, it was really hot but there was still drizzling rain!!! The crossing itself from the mainland, saw me leave my black fleece in the taxi, so those who are fed up of seeing it in every picture along with my second most worn item, my pink rain jacket, you'll be pleased to hear unless you visit Boquete anytime soon, you've seen the last of it.... But after all that's what everyone thought when I had the identical black bench fleece lets call it 'mark one' stolen by some random girl ... read more
Humming Birds
Aqua Lounge
Star Fish


Another day in Bocas and it is still hot and humid. Still partly cloudy too, and windy in the afternoon. We took a trip out to Bird island which is really several small islands located just off the northwest coast of Isla Colon at the farthest tip away from Bocas town. Bird Island (also called Swan Cay) is the only home in Central America of the Red-billed Tropicbird and is also one of the most important nesting sites of the Brown Boobie. For this reason you are not allowed to go onto the islands, but tour boats can venture close enough for you to see these birds. As our boat got close to the islands, the birds circled around and around, giving us a fantastic show and a good opportunity to get some great pictures. Unfortunately ... read more
Swan's Cay AKA Bird Island
Tropicbird flies over Bird Island
Red-billed Tropicbird


Monday 6th Feb - Bocas The day before, we'd booked ourselves into a nice German hostel that was extremely clean, had TV in the room and had an excellent shower (a rare luxury on the road). It's funny that probably the 2 best places we've stayed at so far in Latin America are owned and run by Japanese and Germans and although you get plenty of weirdo krautz about, they are the countries of the people we've felt most akin to since we've been gone. We'd also bumped into a dutch girl on the way to the border who then stuck to us like glue for 2 days. The previous afternoon, we'd surfed round town looking for someone to take us on a discovery scuba dive and today was the day for our 1st taste of ... read more
Bocas Airport
Scuba Diving


We stayed in Santa Teresa for three nights. Santa Teresa is nothing more than a dirt road which jungle on one side and jungle, beach and sea on the other. Apparently they did pave it but it rained so bad last year it washed the road away! Either side of the road there are hostels, hotels, supermarkets and surfshops. I saw and heard loads of howler monkeys in the trees. There were also loads of big Iguana type lizards skulking about. Most people get about by quad bikes with surf board racks built onto them! The apartment was great and we were able to cook our meals which saved us money. We also had a TV so we watched films in the evening. Rich spent most of the time surfing, I just took the time to ... read more
Sloth!
Torch central
Tarantula!


My first impression of Bocas was pretty bad. A touristic but pretty run down village, a completely unmotivated guide to bring us to our hostel and to show us around town, almost nobody around in the spanish school, slightly rainy weather... not the vibe I was expecting. Then again it is usually not a good idea to expect too much when traveling to new places, so I swallowed my disapointement pushed my expectations out of my head and just immersed myself in the experience. During the following days I was rewarded with many more or less impressive highlights that made me feel quite comfortable here. There were a lot of different people to meet, beaches to discover, restaurants to try and quite a few bottles to empty. I saw dolphins from the waterfront porch of my ... read more
P1010048
P1000439
P1010054




Tot: 0.199s; Tpl: 0.007s; cc: 3; qc: 88; dbt: 0.1471s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.3mb