Bocas, Panama --Water shortages--While you are having fun, eco tourist meet thyself!
2007-03-14, Bocas del Toro, Panama. By: rmalone

This ia a little editorilizing(is this a real word?) on my part after our trip to this region. As a "responsible eco tourist" there are things I am supposed to do. Take only pictures, leave only foo...

Bocas Del Torro bus trip Almirante water taxi, Heike Hostel, Mondo Taitu
2007-03-10, Bocas del Toro, Panama. By: rmalone

March 8, 2007 We finally made the big step and left Isla Boca Brava. Mitch of the sailboat offered to take us to David and unbelieveable as it may seem we were able to put all of Al and Wendy and...

Two weeks on Isla Boca Brava...Hanging, hiking and howling
2007-02-25, Isla Boca Brava, Panama. By: rmalone

Hanging, hiking and howling on Isla Boca Brava......it´s for the birds Pacific Island in the Golfo de Chiriqui Arrived via bus from Boquete to David (school bus), then transferred to small mini...

Retiring and Blogs Boquete Panama : Boquete Panama Guide
2007-02-20, Boquete, Panama. By: rmalone

When Wimberley, Texas restuaranteur and general good life conosiuer David Lewis responded to our Panama stories with a question about Panama being a good retirement spot, we could not answer. We have...

Hiking Birding Panama: Boquete - Tres Paseos, y Quetzals at Three miles high in Boquete Area
2007-02-16, Boquete, Panama. By: rmalone

Bajo Boquete and the area for 15 kilometres around it has lovely scenery and has many a nice place to walk when you get off the main thoroughfare. The biggest downer of Panama is that 90% of the cars...

Birds of Panama help requested
2007-02-02, Panama City, Panama. By: rmalone

We have not bought a bird book because it costs over $50 and is very big and heavy. If you know birds and have the time we would appreciate it if you would view our pictures of Panama and tell us the...

Boquete Biligual Services Pete`s Mountain Tours and Dentist Lao Santiza have lived in Texas
2007-02-19, Boquete, Panama. By: rmalone

Bilingual Trilingual Panama is country number 45 for us! We always try to learn a little of the local language of the country where we are traveling to show interest and respect, and have never ha...

Panama: Boquete Boogie, Birding, and Coffee drinking
2007-02-09, Boquete, Panama. By: rmalone

Trip from Panama City to Boquete: Managed to wake up early and be ready to go in plenty of time. Got to the Albrook Station and it was already in full swing. Got ourselves some coffee to go with ...

Gamboa Horror in the rainforest; thrill seekers go it alone in the jungle with no sure ride back....
2007-02-08, Panama City, Panama. By: rmalone

Horror in the rainforest; thrill seekers go it alone with no sure ride back We are using Moon Guide for the first time ever. We mostly use lonely planet, but Moon seemed newer for Panama and we had a...

Panama-The US military is gone, but the Smithsonian is still in Panama and nowhere else outside US?
2007-02-06, Panama City, Panama. By: rmalone

Something is very strange here. The panamanian currency, the Balboa, is actually US currency. Go figure. The coins are diff, but similar size and number to US coins, but the bills are the same..... ...

Panama - Casco Viejo and the Miraflores lock on the Panama Canal
2007-02-05, Panama City, Panama. By: rmalone

Decided to go wander around in the Casco Viejo area. This is the oldest part of Panamna City--walled town, narrow streets, etc. Wall was built to keep the pirates from sacking the town again. We wal...

Escaping the US Fear culture; airline travel tales; to native americans and high rises in .Panama !
2007-01-31, Panama City, Panama. By: rmalone

1-31-07 Washington, D.C. Sunny travel day Wednesday, high of 32 f.... cold!-- but that was to change dramatically after we made our getaway.... Sorry we got to spend so little time with our fri...

Boat Adventure from Hell
2006-10-30, Isla Colon, Panama. By: lindy

Today I had one of those days where you´re happy that it happened because it´ll make a good story, but only happy once you´re back at your hostel, safe and sound. A big group of us decided at about 1...

Crossing Bridges
2006-10-27, Isla Colon, Panama. By: lindy

I´m on Isla Colon in Bocas del Torro, and it´s awesome! A few girls from the hostel and I caught the 6:30 bus from Puerto Viejo. Speaking of Puerto Viejo, stayed at rocking j´s and had the most bizzar...

Crossing The Canal
2005-11-15, Panama Canal, Panama. By: mala

Teaching pottery for a free cruise is a good idea. I know nothing about pottery. The good thing about working on a cruise as a lecturer's assistant (aside from the basic free-ness of it all) i...

the last week or so
2006-08-27, Panama City, Panama. By: aloden

After the volcano boarding, headed out to this huge volcano crater lake. The water's 30 degrees all day long cause it's heated from below and it's also supposed to be the cleanest lake in all of Cent...

Panama Canal
2006-07-23, Panama City, Panama. By: aloden

Built nearly a hundred years ago by the collective effort of over 75,000 souls, the Panama Canal represents one of the greatest feats of human engineering ever accomplished. What else can I say, lots...

meandering and panama santa
2006-07-23, Panama City, Panama. By: aloden

Panama City´s one of the safest cities in all of Central America. There are only two areas in town where you´re not supposed to go....EVER. So, yesterday morning, Steve decides to show me around t...

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum... Central America here we come!
2006-06-01, Bocas Del Toro, Panama. By: conor_gg

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum Central America, here we come! Sailing on a pristine yacht through the tropical waters of the Caribbean (dining on freshly caught fish the size of an accordion, sunnin...

Monkey business on the Panama Canal
2005-04-05, David, Panama. By: snutbrown

This might actually be quite a short entry – I hear everyone heave a sigh of relief! We´re currently in David, which is the third biggest city in Panama, in the west and not far from the Costa Rican b...

And so we quit Quito and present Panama...
2005-04-01, Panama City, Panama. By: snutbrown

Back again and we can hardly believe that it´s been another week nearly! How time flies... So, last Sunday, we did got to the Mitad del Mundo, which was quite cool – Chris reckons that it´s a bit l...

New years, new work, and some more exciting stuff
2005-01-04, Puerto Armuelles, Panama. By: madjulios

hoo roo Oztraya. Well, not a whole lot except partying has been going on over new years. I'm getting good and tanned from lying on the beach drinking beer. Although it's back to hard yakka tomorrow. ...

the festivities
2004-12-26, Puerto Armuelles, Panama. By: madjulios

Okay. Two weeks to go until i head out bush. I justified coming to the internet again today by the fact that i won´t be able to soon. That and the fact that i needed the walk because i ate too many ch...

Sorry about the updates but merry xmas
2004-12-23, Puerto Armuelles, Panama. By: madjulios

Okay have to be muy quick... Last night the teacher responsible for the mountain debarkle came to talk to us with his wife. We all sat around the table and connie translated. It was an extremely in...

Luckiest man alive
2004-12-22, Puerto Armuelles, Panama. By: madjulios

Big news. I may have mentioned that i wasn´t going on the hike that the rest of the uni students were going on - quite lucky that. They came back last night.... People walked in soaked and cryi...