Today, Bocas del Toro saw a little bit of Panama’s nine-month rainy season. For the most part, though, the weather was just deathly muggy and overcast. I hung around the courtyard of my hostel and read a book while I tried to drink water fast enough to keep up with my pores.
But I also made […]
Well, I think I’m done with night buses. Last night’s journey involved nearly every conceivable annoyance and inconvenience, including a broken seat (mine), screaming niños (somebody else’s), and a really-really-rediculously bad stench that seemed to combine moldy upholstery with rotting food (didn’t figure out who to credit with this).
But right on schedule (5-ish in the AM), […]
No rain today, so far! This morning I headed to the Miraflores Locks to check out the Panama Canal. Not the most exciting place ever, but it was pretty cool to watch a car carrier and two oil tankers pass through one of the Pacific-side locks. If you’ve been to the Ballard locks in Seattle, […]
Today I headed inland from the city center to check out the metropolitan nature park, which is known for its panoramic view of downtown and the canal, as well as a thriving ecosystem of plantlife, turtles, monkeys and 250 species of birds. Sounds pretty good, right?
Well, my walk took me a couple of kilometers into […]
The flight from Quito to Panama was quick; barely enough time to skim my travel book and sketch out my itinerary for the next couple of weeks. But it looks like my route will take me from Panama City to Bocas del Toro, to Puerto Viejo, to San Jose. Hopefully this will include good salsa […]