We arrived in Bocas del Toro, an island off the Caribbean coast of Panama, planning to spend 2 days there. How plans can go awry... It was so nice there we ended up staying 3 nights, and left wishing we could have more! We booked into this amazing hostel, which was probably one of the most chilled out places. It had a roof terrace with hammocks, from which you could see the dense jungle on one side, and on the other the main plaza, with the ocean behind it. On ...

We arrived in Panama City, weary after not having slept for 24 hours, and hit the sack in Luna's Castle (our hostal) muy rapido. We wandered around San Felipe for the following day, discovering that underneath the altar in the main church there was a tunnel used for smuggling drugs. Stange, we thought. Leaving the city the next day, we took a mere 7 and a half hour bus to the sweltering hot David city, finding our hostel empty... Not the best sign... We tried to...