Blogs from Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro, Panama, Central America Caribbean - page 10

Well it was a very amusing wake up. I was wet with my head down at the wrong side of my bed. We all exchanged stories then went out for a very late breakfast. It was cloud covered and for once we didn't mind. The whole day was spent watching movies and reading. The town is getting read for carnival so a bunch of guys in costumes chase the locals. They are dressed like devils and hit the ground with whips to make loud cracking sounds. It looked entertaining as teens ran around the devils trying to grab them without getting hit. After lazing about all day we just went to bed early to get a good day in tomorrow.... read more

Alright, up-and-at-em. I rolled out of my bunk and headed downstairs for breakfast. This hostel has a free pancake breakfast so I made myself a huge plate of them and settled down in the common area to eat and wait for the guys. One by one they awoke and we headed into town for some more food. After loading up we jumped into a boat to head to one of the little islands. There are tons around this area, all with massive white beaches. It really looks like picture book material. So our little boat took off with 6 of us aboard heading to Wizard beach. There was some huge swells twice the size of the boat but that didn't purturb our local driver who, with his 200hp motor, launched us over them. We would smash ... read more

I was sad about leaving Colombia, in my heart I considered myself a 'paisa' (a paisa is someone from Medellin and the Antioquia part of Colombia) but somehow I was excited about exploring central America especially Nicaragua and Mexico..........I had the worst experience ever at the Colombian airport, my bags were searched - I mean taking out everything from the bag and even broke open one of my tampons, I do not know what they were looking for ......I was almost crying, anyways that is the past. Finally I was in Panama, I stayed in a hostel that is extremely hyped -Lunas Castle, for me it was just a big hostel with too many people and unclean. I met a girl from Texas on my very first day and together with other peeps from Israel , ... read more

We left Puerto Viejo a little behind schedule and made our way into Panama. First stop was in Bocas del Toro; a chain of islands on the Western Caribbean coast of Panama. The vibe here was really cool. To get to the hostel we were staying at, you had to take water taxis there and back. Everything has a relaxed feeling to it. We came with the dancers and an Ozy named Mike. We ended up finding a house that a guy rented out to us for a good price, and got hooked up with a local guy who wanted to go surfing. The second day we were there, a swell came through and we finally got to surf some Caribbean waves. The waves broke over a shallow reef and if you fell on a big ... read more

woke up today to non-rainy 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 of a fin!! We could have seen 2, we could have seen 20, they all look the same and we only saw 2 at a time!! (we would post pictures of them here, but the pics really arent that interesting..we e not going to lie, the dolphins werent performing tricks and jumping out of the water. but it was still amazing to ... read more