Three months in, 7 countries, 13 degrees of latitude and over 2500 miles by a range of buses (from amazing first class to crazy chicken buses) We just turned up in Merida, Mexico and successfully made our way south to Panama City. On the way we have experienced amazing cultures, foods, people and landscapes. All in all a very different world to what we are used to in the UK So Panama? What do we think... 1) For one, it was very sunny and hot here, getting near...

So here we are in Panama, which is very famous for the Panama Canal. Dave and Emily are a bit geeky and have been superexcited about visiting, but even those of you not into concrete and dredging must admit that the following story is quite impressive... This part of the continent is what you call an 'Isthmus' (neither Emily nor Dave can pronounce this word) which means the narrowest point of land between two oceans. It didnt take long once this land and the Pac...

From David we took a very nice bus all the way to our final desintation in Central America - Panama City! After 3 months on the road, experiencing a variety of villages, towns and cities with various levels of comfort and aesthetic quality, Panama City was a welcome sight. A fairly large and very cosmopolitan place with lots of cool modern skyscrapers wrapping around a Pacific Ocean bay. Our first view was over the Panama Canal bridge whereby the big impressive...

Leaving Bocas early in the morning we headed across the continental divide. Within 3 hours of leaving the Caribbean coast we came over the top of the mountains and the Pacific Ocean was in view. The landmass being so narrow here that at the highest peak you can see both oceans. In 1513 a Spanish explorer called Vasco Nuñez de Balboa took advice from Panamian natives that a vast ocean existed over the mountains. So he took off on foot into the unknown, climbing ...

Still living on the Islands of Bocas Del Toro. Was originally planning to spend maybe 2 to 3 nights here but we have both felt so at home here that we ended up staying 5 nights, and would of loved to stay longer but out Panama City flight is looming! Our last day in this amazing place involved jumping on a catamaran and sailing off to visit all the islands that make up the Bocas. We also discovered by our captain (who has a striking similarity to Flavio Briatore...