Category: My blog
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Boca del Toro – if at first you don’t succeed….
Not a great night sleep wise. We have a fabulous view out to sea and I wouldn’t change it, but the downside is we are next to the restaurant and immediately above 3 rooms and below two apartments. Nadia and Salvatore had some Italian guests staying and although they weren’t up very late, it was…
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Isla Colon- Playa Bluff Jungle Hike
The weather forecast looked good for today – a very slight chance of a shower but nothing much- so we decided to do the walk up past Playa Bluff and along the jungle trail which ends at the tip of the island. According to Nadia our host, the walk was about a 4 hour round…
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Boquete- Boca del Toro
Our last day in Boquete saw us potttering around town, seeking out the delights of our local area. We found a flower park with some very peculiar sculptures and also a real park, set alongside the river. It was lovely to see locals out and about enjoying it. The Boquete area is home to the…
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Playa Blanca – Boquete
All good things must come to an end and to be honest we were getting a little bored with so much inactivity. I was beginning to think I was developing bed sores from spending so much time lying down. Next stop: Boquete. A small town up in the cloud forest area, it has a reputation…
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Playa Blanca – Lazy Days
I did my usual trick with the air conditioning (turning the temperature down instead of up)and as a result woke up freezing. The temperature is now set at a balmy 24 degrees and will stay that way until we leave. We have settled in very well here at PB. We’ve got used to the fact…
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Panama City to Playa Blanca
Two things of note happened after I had posted my blog yesterday. Firstly, we went to an Italian restaurant across the road and while we were eating, there was a bit of a kerfuffle with staff taking photos and being photographed with a good looking man. Assuming he was some sort of sports or film…
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Panama City – day 4. Amador Causeway and Albrook Mall
The Amador Causeway was originally built as a military base, protecting the southern most part of the Panama Canal. It’s now a 6km boardwalk. Obviously it’s not completely pedestrianised (perish the thought) but there are dedicated cycle paths and walking tracks and not much traffic uses it (it’s a dead end) so it’s a pleasure…
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Panama City – day 3. The Pipeline Trail
Managed to sleep until 6.30am – jet lag is done. Today was the day of the pipeline walk and possibly visiting the canal, depending on time. The pipeline trail is a 17 kilometres jungle pathway. During WWII, a petroleum pipeline and its service road were built across the isthmus of Panama. The pipeline was never…
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Panama City – day 2. Casco Viejo and Ancon Hill
Today we decided to explore the old town in Panama City, known here as Casco Viejo. It’s important not to confuse it with Panama Viejo which are the ruins of the original Panama city that was destroyed by the Welsh pirate, Henry Morgan. Casco Viejo is the not quite so old new town built to…
Middle-aged flash packers 