Blogs from Chiriquí, Panama, Central America Caribbean - page 20

To our delight, even though we were getting rained on and hiking up a vertical trail through mud to get to this hostel, the Lost and Found EcoLodge turned out to be a GREAT place to stay for a few days! The atmosphere there was quite relaxed with many travelers who were there to volunteer or passing through to see the animals and insects. Numerous hikes, waterfalls, swimming holes, horseback riding, coffee farming and Foosball were a few of the things that kept us busy. Most notable was Rocky, a rescued kinckajou who loved to wrestle visitor heads while trying to chew on ears and noses!! He was such an amazing animal. At night other animals Olingos, Cacomistles and Kinkajous would come to feed on bananas and other fruits! It was awesome to see so closely ... read more

Hello everyone, it has been a while! I was planned to write since last week but I got a cold last week which didn't allow me to write anything. Feria Internacional de David The "Feria Internacional de David" (David's International Fair) started on March 12th. It was the 54th annual fair held in the city of David and it lasts for 10 days. What's the fair all about? It's a big area surrounded by high walls, filled with stands where they sell food, drinks, handicrafts, clothes etc. etc...all kinds of (cultural) stuff. There is also a small theme park with different attractios and the well known open-air disco's are there too: Pub Herrerano (P.H) and X-Zone Sensation. I went to the fair 8 of the 10 days, visiting P.H but also walking around the place. It's ... read more

The bus ride to David, Panama took us to different types of climates in the highlands and in the dry humid areas of Costa Rica, soon as we got down the mountains it was quite hot and we struggled , the bus is not airconditioned. While having a lunch stop, we chatted with a local truck driver going to panama to pick up his load, we met Hannah, the only other backpacker in the bus, from NZ, very friendly, she thought of going to Boquete with me but changed her plans later. Daniel is still undecided.. At the border we got out of CR easily then at the Panamanian side, Hannah and i have to buy a visa for $5, so we have to go through all this paperwork, while Daniel a brit got a stamp ... read more

"Magnentron", the greatest word in human history. The English equivalent, "microwave". Team tango entered Panama and caught a bus to the highlands. We stumbled upon a vulnerable small Scandanavian looking boy by the name of Ard Jan Bos, aka "magnentron", he turned out to be a drunken Dutch woman abuser, only joking, he was just a little drunk and an occasional abuser of women, but we grew to love him like a bastard step-child. We infact created the greatest traveling team known to mankind, "Team Reverse Oreo". On our first mission through the hills of Boquete we stumbled upon a family of farmers including a 90 year old mumbling dribbling old man with at the height of fasion with his bright yellow Helly Hanson fleece jumper. A litre of rum, 39 oranges and 16 dribbles later ... read more

Our original New Year’s Eve plan was to go to Bocas del Toro a Carribean archipelago in the north western corner of Panama. However, reading between the lines of people’s experiences there and a quick scout around online left us thinking that Bocas the US’s latest Cancun-ised party spot was perhaps best left off our itinerary. Instead we elected for the rather more sedate mountain town of Boquete. Unfortunately also evaded by Americans but this lot were the retiree set whom we felt would be a little more manageable. We stayed in what is certainly the most comfortable hostel thus far. Right on a little river this Swiss style chalet house equipped with an expansive dining table, kitchen with a fridge which could comfortably house a family of four and a handy outside area with do-it-yourself ... read more