Panama City What a cool drive into the city. Over the bridge and canal, past the enormous ships and towards one of the biggest skylines of skyscrapers and cranes I have ever seen. It was like no other city in Central America. We had hit civilisation and hard. I didn't know what to expect but I didn't expect this. We made it to our hostel which was situated in one of the older parts of the city in an area called Casco Viejo. The area was almost half dilapidate...

Day 102-104 San Blas Islands We got into our 4WD at 5:30am packed with keen tourists, including the two young British girls from our hostel going to the same island, ready for what many had described to us as 'paradise'. We drove for about 20 minutes, pulled up into a supermarket car park where we all jumped out, paid our money, got a wrist band for our trip back and then stocked up on supplies for the islands. There was no way of buying food, drink or anythin...

Day 99 Santa Catalina We had heard from a few different people that another stop worth visiting along the way to Panama City was a little town on the Pacific coast called Santa Catalina which was known for its good surf and beaches. The travel to this little town took almost all of the day. We missed our connecting bus and the next one was in 3 hours time so we opted for the expensive but much faster taxi out there. We arrived into town, settled into a cute l...

Day 96-98 Boquete We started our long commute from Bocas to Boquete early in the morning. After a boat trip, a taxi and a few buses we made it into the hills of Panama. Boquete is one of those adventure towns where you can do as little or as much as you like. We chose to do as much as possible. The afternoon we arrived we went for a wander to one of the beautiful gardens nearby which is where we met Edward, our soon to be tour guide for the next day. The Gard...

Day 96-98 Boquete We started our long commute from Bocas to Boquete early in the morning. After a boat trip, a taxi and a few buses we made it into the hills of Panama. Boquete is one of those adventure towns where you can do as little or as much as you like. We chose to do as much as possible. The afternoon we arrived we went for a wander to one of the beautiful gardens nearby which is where we met Edward, our soon to be tour guide for the next day. The Gard...