Blogs from Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro, Panama, Central America Caribbean - page 8

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Our first stop in the Atlantic Ocean was Shelter Bay. While we were at Shelter Bay I made some friends. On the last day we were there I got invited over to a mega yacht called Supernova. There was a kid on there who was 7 years old and he wanted to play Wii with me. The next day we left Shelter Bay and went to an anchorage that had an old Spanish fort. We got there around dinner time so we went into town and there were only 2 restaurants that we could find which we thought was weird. The next day we left kind of early because the town was so small that we couldn't do anything. When we got to Isle Grande it was really hot so we jumped in the water. That ... read more

Having some problems uploading the pictures so I only have about half of them up so far. Enjoy. This past Wednesday I awoke before the sunrise to begin my mini-vacation to Bocas Del Toro, Panama. I was instructed to be at the airport in Tamarindo at 6:30 AM which required a 6 AM taxi and $30 of my precious dollars. I arrived at the airport and waited for an hour and a half until the plane arrived. The plane was small, it fit about 18 people if I counted correctly. The trip was two legs. A 45 minute ride to San José, where I had to wait for 2 hours before the 50 minute flight to Bocas Del Toro. The flights went well, although it took me a few minutes to get used to riding in ... read more

Bocas Del Toro is a collection of small islands just off the coast of Panama. The main island is Colon and is actually a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a narrow, one lane road. We travelled there from San Jose on one of Costa Rica's local, long distance, high frequency buses. There was no toilet or air-conditioning and the side mirrors were duck-taped to the outside of the windscreen. It took about six hours to go from San Jose to the Saxiola border post. In all, about 250km, some of it over gorgeous mountain scenery but a lot of it through countless Dole and Chiquita banana plantations. The border is a river, over which is a rickety iron bridge that is held together chiefly by rust and goodwill. Somehow huge articulated lorries complete with wagons ... read more

Bocas Del Toro Bocas Del Toro is easily one of the best places I have been in my life. It is a small town that is on Isla Colon near the Costa Rican border on the Caribbean side. The main street is only about a km long, and it is infested with shops, stores, bars and hostels. Funny, when I was organizing my week here from a distance, I was worried about where I would stay, what the living envirnment would be like, and whether or not it would be adaptable. Well, it was easily adaptable. Hostel Calipso was easy to find (kind of hard to not know where places are here because it’s such a small town) and I was able to meet up with some friends I made in Panama City. I have truly ... read more