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Anton Valley/Panama City
Our German boys were extremely thoughtful and very quiet, but the fiesta/ whatever the hell it is partying went on into the small hours again so we weren’t sorry to be upping sticks. S much better but it was still boiling in AV so it was time to move on. Our hosts were very concerned…
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Anton Vallee
Who can tell, indeed? Those serious looking people carrying the religious icon yesterday turned out to be wild fiesta types after all. Both the white noise machine and ear plugs had to be deployed as the noises of serious partying went on and on and on. We blearily awoke just before 7.20am and I toyed…
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Las Lajas/Anton Valley
Naturalmente Bungalows and Chantal turned out to be delightful. In the evening, We drove into “town” (a small parade of restaurants and shops) and had delicious pizzas at the Naturalmente Pizza restaurant. (Run by Chantal’s brother-in-law.)The rain stopped so we were able to eat outside. It’s a popular restaurant – the pizzas are very good…
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Playa Bluff to Las Lajas
Such a peaceful night and a contrast to the previous night – the only sound being the waves and a gecko that is in the room somewhere. It left its trail last night with some droppings by the fan and also in Steve’s water glass! Obviously on holiday – air conditioning and a pool to…
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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…
Middle-aged flash packers
The ramblings and wanderings of two middle-aged travellers up for adventure
- 2021 – There are no plans. Covid
- About
- Australia/Vietnam Revisited 2025
- Bulgaria – Roses and Trains 2025
- Cabo de Gata 2024
- Costa Rica 2015
- Escape to Italy 2017
- Going round in Circles – Circumnavigating Spain 2021
- Gran Canaria – The Isle of Dogs
- Greece – Pottering The Peloponnese 2021
- Into Africa – 2022
- Into Africa -November/December 2022
- Jordan Jaunts 2023
- Mini adventure in Northern Portugal – 2018
- Mission Triglav – Slovenia, Italy, France 2017
- My blog
- Myanmar and Thailand 2019
- Oman 2019
- Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
- Panama 2023
- Return of the Road Warriors – Europe revisited 2019 Liechenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany
- Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
- Roaming the Rhodope – Bulgaria
- Sicily wanderings – on the volcano trail
- Tea, Trains and Temples – A journey around Sri Lanka 2017
- Tenerife 2024
- The Grand Tour – Driving from UK to Turkey and back again 2015
- The Hills are Alive – Austria road trip September 2025
- The Silk Road – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan 2019
- Turkey – 2020
- Wainwrights Lake District UK part 2 2022 March
- Walking the Wainwrights part 1 – Lake District UK 2021
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