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...

Arriving at the Panama border crossing (after a typical 6 hour bus journey) we got our exit stamps from Costa Rica and then proceeded to enter Panama. To do this you have to cross over a dodgy old railway bridge, with large gaps between the planks requiring a level of coordination that is hard to maintain after a long early morning bus journey. The border guards demanded to see and onward or return ticket, this is the first time this has happened and luckly we b...