The bus to Panama City was very comfortable, I was impressed. It had air conditioning and a lot of leg room. Thankfully I sat next to this smaller woman on the aisle and basically listened to music the entire first half of the ride and the second half listened to Spanish lessons. We had stopped in this little town on the way for 30 minutes, got some snacks and arrived in Panama City at this mall around 9pm. I had heard to use Uber becuase Taxis overcharge so I tr...

We arrived at Bambuda castle in the moutains and it was so magical! The drive in general was stunning with clouds and moutains, it looked what I was expecting Brazil to be like, didn't expect Panama to be this beautiful to say the least. We were all so shocked about this hostel, it was so high end! I felt like I was in Lord of the Rings with the little hobbit shacks on the moutain, my own private room was $65 compared to $15 but totally worth it. We got a bottle ...

I left Puerto Viejo early in the morning, it was pouring rain. It only took about an hour to get to the Panama boarder, had to pay $9 exit tax fee, walked accross a bridge and through immigration. Drove another 45 minutes which took us to a small boat to Bocas Del Toro main island. I arrived to the docks and it was simple getting a taxi to my hostel, Pica Loca Bay Hostel, on the other side of the island near the airport. As soon as I walked into Pipa Loca I felt ...