Panama City is changing rapidly with the renovation of the old town and the new Panama Canal locks. We spent a day walking around the old town, which is undergoing massive renovations and looks amazing. The old and the new.…
Panama – Pedasi
Pedasi is on the Pacific coast of Panama a small town with some great neighbouring beaches. And amazing countryside.
Panama – Boca Bravo
The best thing about Boca Brava was my dinner, Lobster. The hotel restaurant was nice but the hotel was not, and the beach was also dirty.
Panama – Boquete
Panama has one volcano so we thought that we should climb it. We left at midnight, reached the top by 5.15am, froze and watched the sunrise. Then took four hours to come down. It hurt. Nice view though. Sunrise at…
Panama – Bocas del Toro
Getting into Panama was a bit of an issue, but as always there is a solution if you have some money! Panama requires you to have transport booked out of the country, either a flight or bus. As we didn’t…
Costa Rica – Cahuita
After the volcanoes, we once again headed back to the Caribbean coast and the beach. We stayed in a nice cabin in a place called Cahuita near the border with Panama. We had a kitchen in our cabin, so we…
Costa Rica – La Fortuna
We got a Jeep-Boat-Jeep from Monteverde to La Fortuna. It was more of a Bus-Boat-Bus, but it cut down the journey time by a couple of hours. In La Fortuna we went to a Hot spring, complete with water slides…
Costa Rica – Monteverde
After the beach, we headed to the mountains again. Monteverde is another very tourist centred town. There are two national parks to walk through, a lot of zip lining and coffee/chocolate/sugar tours. We did all of them, starting on Rebeccas…
Costa Rica – Tamarindo
From the border with Nicaragua, we caught two local buses to Tamarindo. Also known as Tamagringo, due to it being full of American tourists (gringos to the locals). It’s a very American town, but has a excellent beginners surf beach.…