http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Panama , Bocas Del Toro en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 22:04:50 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 22:04:50 +0000 Still living with no basics. Haven't had a shower in 11 days. Haven't had a hot shower in almost 2 months. Days we aren't correcting shoddy workmanship I come over to Bocas and internet. I will go with a different carpenter for the rest of the job. Mine has not been truthful with me and that is worse than making mistakes on the house. The house won't be perfect but it has charisma and http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-451198.html 1018 Wanchow and I went back to Almirante where I can use my credit card as money is flowing like water into my house. I bought a water tank toilet sink inflatable mattress mosquito net plumbing and some varnish. I bought Wanchow a fridge and washerdryer in lieu of some cash. We had quite a load in our little boat.1020 Patty and Tim left. They're hopping a sailboat out of Pa City http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-448147.html 1017 4 days of down time. Last night Tim Patty Algo and I boated over to the marina for a meal and some makeshift music. For the videos go to httpvideo.yahoo.commypages6613427public1Today Tim and I went to Bocas Del Drago. Nice area. For some nice videos of live starfish go to httpvideo.yahoo.commypages6613427public1 http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/Isla-Colon/blog-447297.html Day 7 of actual construction and I have a roof. It still needs to be painted. Unfortunately I missed roofing day as I was enjoying an interesting day traveling to another town getting more cash. I thought the bus ride over the mountains was thrilling. That was a warmup for the bus to Changuinola and the bank. And theres nothing more thrilling than walking through a foreign marginal shan http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-445780.html I met a cool couple at my Hotel and they wanted me to show them around some as well as see my shack. We hiked through the jungle and saw my site Javier's spread 2 beaches and some of The Red Frog Beach Project the marina. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-445070.html So it was a down day and I was craving a salad. They're not big on salads at the cheap local eateries. I went to the produce stand and got lettuce pepper tomato onion cucumber carrot and took em back to my room. It was then I realized that I am not in a hostel with a kitchen anymore. All I had was a butter knife. Try peeling and cutting the aformentioned veggies which were washed in t http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-445019.html woke up today to nonrainy weather...a good day for another boat trip we felt Did a trip with another tour company today the captain was much nicer and had a lovely Caribbean accent. First stop was Dolphin Bay you cant swim here as there are hundreds of jellyfish which you could see For a while we saw nothing then other boats in the area all headed towards an area and we caught a glimpse o http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/Isla-Colon/blog-444801.html OK nobody's checking out the videos at Yahoo videosgtgtgtgtgtgt copy and paste this gtgtgtgtgtgtgtgthttpvideo.yahoo.commypages6613427public1They're pretty cool. They're just like pictures except they moooove. Ooooo And they have sound. Aaahhhhh Dozens of new ones over 80 in all....Today Wanchow and I went to Almirante where they takes those n http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-443383.html Day 2 Wanchow had quite a crew today. My labor is through the roof not really. Most of these poor unskilled guys make 15 a day. Making concrete the oldfashioned way. You can build a foundation with a plumbbob string Lsquare wheelbarrow shovels trowel wood rocks sand cement and sweat. Some of the 70 lb. bags were carried by men up a steep slope then down into slippery jungle http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-442469.html Found my builder Wanchow. He has built many houses on this island and the other islands. He works hard and is quite fast according to my sources. When the TV show ldquoSurvivorrdquo filmed a season on these islands several years ago Wanchow was the guy who built the houses for the crew. The money is starting to flow now various permits and plans will run over 1000 and material for http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-441297.html On to Bocas. Pacific to Atlantic in one bus ride. Ezequiel is going to caretake my property and in exchange he can use it for farming or cows or whatever. I offered that arrangement hoping he would take it instead of me paying him to just upkeep the place. This way no money out of pocket foir me and hopefully he can have greater benefit for his family. Sadly I say goodbye to Omar and http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-441277.html Hallo allemaalHier een korte update en een teken van leven uit Panama.Lost and Found resortNa Panama city ben ik eerst naar het Lost and Found resort gegaan. Dit is een hostel midden in een 'cloud forrest' midden in een natuurpark vlakbij Boquete. In de middle of nowhere werd ik uit de bus gedropt en moest ik 15 min. een geitenpad naar boven lopen. Eenmaal boven was het zeker de moeite waard. Er http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/Isla-Colon/blog-439763.html ... for instance in panama bocas del toro http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/Isla-Colon/blog-432005.html Not much to say about here. We arrived decided it wasnt so great and would leave the next day. 4 days later....we were still there. After trying to leave every day and failing we finally realised what the problem was and figured out the only way to solve our dilema.The problem 2 americans Frank and Annelies. We just had a little too much fun chilling at the beach and partying at night together http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/Isla-Colon/blog-426577.html Van Tortuguero teruggekeerd naar het dichtsbijzijnde stadje om er een bus naar de grens te nemen. Onderweg langs Puerto Viejo en Cahuita gereden wat ook wel leuke badplaatsen leken maar ik had een andere bestemming op het oog de eilanden Bocas del Toro van Panama. Daar zou ik een duikcursus volgen de Padi Open Water wel te verstaan Dat had ik in Honduras door de omstandigheden gemist maar men http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-425990.html So far all of the border crossings we have done have not been that bad. You go through the typical formalities of stamping passports and then you are on your way. Not Panama. The one glitch is the need to have an onward ticket. Kind of a scam in my opinion. So in order to cross the border you have to have some kind of ticket already to leave the country. Conveniently they sell tickets back t http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/Isla-Colon/blog-424481.html We crossed another incredibly relaxed border on the from Costa Rica into Panama to reach Bocos del Toro. It's quite a pretty little route across a rickety old bridge that doesn't like it should still be standing let alone carrying coaches across it Once into Panama we took a short speed boat trip through the canals and over to Bocas Town Isla Colon. Bocas has a pretty developed waterfront http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-421847.html Ja nachdem ich Livia schweren Herzens wieder zurueck in die Schweiz ziehen lassen musste habe ich noch einen weiteren Tag in San Jose verbracht und habe mich dann wieder in Richtung Panama aufgemacht. Die Grenze kenne ich ja scho... habe sie immerhin 3x passiert. Bin jetzt mit Andrea einer anderen Schweizerin wieder in Bocas del Toro. Wieso auch nicht 2x gehen wenn es einem gefaellt. Gestern http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-409180.html We arrived in Bocas del Torro a Caribbean island off Panama after a painless journey around lunchtime. Once we had settled ourselves into our hostel and reacquainted ourselves with the German couple whom we had befriended in El Castillo we headed to Wizard Beach. Like Cahuita the Caribbean culture dictates that most things are in English as well as or sometimes instead of Spanish. The local http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-404035.html aaa http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/blog-402467.html