http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Cerro-Punta/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Panama , Cerro Punta en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:04:05 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:04:05 BST Well I decided to stay in David one more night because of the carnival insanity. Apparently buses are unreliable and when they do show up they are jammed packed with people. Also you need to take taxis off of the main highway and most of the taxi drivers are partying anyways so you cant get ride. Im not sure if it would have worked out or not so I decided not to take the chance.Im really not http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Cerro-Punta/blog-244269.html Sitting at 6000 feet surrounded by rainforest gives your mind clarity and lots of napping time. Fortunately the place where we are staying has awesome comfortable hammocks with views of the surrounding beautiful valley. Check this place out and get here sometime in your life. httpwww.losquetzales.com We had a morning guided hike in the national park Volcan Baru looking for birds and smelling http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Cerro-Punta/blog-169650.html Hola We apologise that this blog has been a bit slow in appearing unfortunately we have no excuses we just haven't got around to writing it until nowWe're currently in Costa Rica after finally leaving Panama a month ago but we'll do our Costa Rica blog when we get to Nicaragua Should be sometime in the next week.Since Christmas which seems a long time ago now we managed to get around to http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Cerro-Punta/blog-124098.html I walked this trail from Boquete to Guadalupe the day after climbing Volcan Baru. Going this direction is less conventional because of the significant elevation gain between the two trailheads. Along the way I first encountered the enchanting and seemingly misplaced Jungle Crab see photo then a large family of howler monkeys up in the canopy. The monkeys made quite a production in response to http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Cerro-Punta/blog-95629.html Just for some background the precipitating event for my travel to Panama was winning an allinclusive whitewater kayaking expedition with Boquete Outdoor Adventures. Me and my pals Justin Sean and Kirk won the Total Vertical Feet Challenge held last March by steepcreeks.com by kayaking for many hours in cold less than ideal conditions down the Tellico River in Eastern Tennesee in order to pre http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Cerro-Punta/blog-93288.html My word I am so exhausted right now I can scarcely stay sitting up Yesterday morning Maayan and I took the bus to David and then to Cerro Punta. We quickly realized that we had been missing out on the more beautiful side of the volcano by staying the whole week in Boquete because Cerro Punta is truly beautiful. It is really hilly and full of neatly manicured little farms and Swissstyle houses http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Cerro-Punta/blog-3646.html