Carrie was already awake, but I woke up today to the sound of drumming! To be honest, in that space between sleeping and waking, I thought it was construction going on somewhere. But to be here for two days of…
Happy Panamanian Independence Day!
November 3rd is celebrated as independence day in Panama. One of two Independence days for Panama. Since Panamanians get both days off of work, many people take the 4th off as well and make it a long week vacation.
Leaving Playa Coronado: Panama City to David, Panama
11:42 PM David, Panama Wait a minute! We don’t have to leave Panama. We can go LOTS of places in Panama we haven’t seen yet! Somehow, since we were riding with Dan, we were thinking we would have to leave…
Halloween With Americans In Panama
How do Panamanians celebrate Halloween? I don’t know. We celebrated with Americans in Panama.
Leaving Bocas Del Toro
Bocas Del Toro was our favorite place up to this point in our travel. Bocas Del Toro is where we learned to SCUBA, met Kristyn and Dax, and got to really enjoy island life. Come and see what we liked and didn’t like about Bocas Del Toro.
Hotel Angela – Bocas Town, Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama
Our thoughts on staying at Hotel Angela, Bocas Town, Islan Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama
Uh-Oh. Power Outage?
9:45 PM Bocas Del Toro, Panama Hotel Angela We heard the rain pouring down from outside of our room, but as we have no outside windows, we didn’t know how hard it was raining. So I thought I would go…
Scuba certified and a perfect airline
We’re certified in SCUBA! We finished our last two open water dives on Monday. It was great. Now we’re really looking forward to going and scubaing for fun instead of for a class. In fact, we like that idea so…
Swim With the Fishies
Learning to SCUBA with Starfleet SCUBA in Bocas Del Toro, Panama was both fun and interesting. We’re happy to have gotten our SCUBA certification with Starfleet Scuba and to have done our certification in the Caribbean.
Oh Wonder of Wonders! AC, Hot Showers, and Crossing the Sixaola Bridge Into Panama
Puerto Viejo to Sixaola Bridge to Almirante to Bocas Del Toro, Panama. We’re staying at Hotel Angela in Bocas Del Toro, but getting here, we traveled the bridge between Costa Rica and Panama, traveling over the Sixaola River. The Sixaola Bridge is something to see at least once in your lifetime, without question. Maybe just cross the bridge at Sixaola once though.