Blogs from Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro, Panama, Central America Caribbean - page 17

The main street in Bocas started some kind of transformation on the 16th of February. Ten beer tents lined the park across from Heike, a huge stage two doors down adorned with four levels of speakers, a semi-trailer truck with a high pressure water hose, fried chicken and bread stands everywhere……and the people start to gather. The festivities started Friday morning, people started gathering in the streets; families, children, young crowds and the old. The energy was brewing for an exciting 5 days of partying and celebrating. Meanwhile the guests’ at Heike were getting pretty excited about the party, starting the festivities early with beers in one hand and water guns in the other. We played all day with the local kids having water fights, tickle wars and dancing in the streets to the reggae roots, ... read more

After arriving at the delightful hour of 4:45 AM in Almirante, the mainland entrance to the Bocas island area, we caught a taxi in the dark, sketchy town to the water taxi dock. We waited with the other sleepy people from our bus for the first water taxi at 6 AM to come take us to Isla Colon, the largest island in Bocas with Bocas Town on it. On our way there, it started to rain, which up to this point in my travels has not been a problem, because it is the dry season. Dry = no rain, but not this morning. The town had been getting steady rain for the past few days, which is unfortunate as there are only a couple paved roads. Since every hostel/ low-budget hotel I had called earlier said ... read more

Well, I didn't expect to be here, but sometimes you just end up on a tropical island. Your chances are better when you're travelling thru central america without much purpose. So, I was in San Jose, and I had a good feeling about the place, like I could live there. I started taking doxycyclin because I have had some crazy health lately, and I think I have pneumonia. Anyway, it's been helping and I hope I'm feeling better, but the progress seems really slow. One night I had really high fever in San Jose. Basically, i was sick and weak the whole time there, so I did almost nothing, and still managed to like the place. It was really clean and seemed like a nice city compared to the other countries I was coming from. Not ... read more

Hi guys, So i´ve spent the last few days in Bocas Del Toro which has been so relaxing, coming from Puerto Veijo! If you like surfing and just hanging out definately come here, it´s just some little islands off the carribean coast in panama. Must admit though christmas was a real non event, we had a huge party at the hostel christmas eve but seriously chrissy was like a non event.....hope everyone had a brilliant chrissy at home. From the sounds it was quite cold though, it rained here that really tropical weather and then it was just superbly beautiful weather after that! The strangest thing happened last night too. I don´t know, all you surfers out there might be able to relate to this story....so we went out surfing in the morning....well Im just a ... read more

(written for Ed by one of the beautiful women, Kathy) Dear Friends, Family and Strangers, This is Ed's first foray into the electronic world of blogging. OK, so he had to get a beautiful woman to get it started for him but at least it's started! He WILL attempt to update this on a somewhat regular basis to keep everyone informed of where he is and what he's up to. However I'm certain he won't want this to get in the way of his very busy schedule of snorkeling and kite surfing. For those of you who don't know Ed, he's devilishly handsome, athletic, financially independent and smart gentleman. Ed wants nothing more than to share his great lifestyle with a like-minded woman. A woman that is laid back, athletic, likes to swim, snorkel, do yoga ... read more