This morning we had booked in the tour that I think every tourist that comes to Panama City books in..... a transit through the Panama Canal. I mean, can you really come to panama and not take a trip though the canal?? So we were picked up at the crack of dawn.... Literally!! It was a 6.15 pick up.... so again my elusive sleep in evades me!! We were sitting in the hotel foyer. We were told anytime between 5.45 and 6.15. So we were all down there at 5.45. O...

I almost vomited last night when I set my alarm for this morning. 3.20am is inhumane. We were all set for a 4.20am start. Why not go out with a bang!! Today we were making our final trip to our final destination on this tour. 7 weeks.... Central America almost done. We just had to get everyone from Boquete to Panama City. It started off well, everyone was there on time and we walked the 50m to our chicken bus. The ticket man saw us coming, and by the time w...

This morning we were picked up for our panoramic tour of Boquete. Our transportation, an open backed old school jeep. It's kind of what I had imagined a safari in Africa would be like. This was going to be fun. We drove our way through town and started to four wheel drive up the volcano. The hills were zooming past, and I was thinking that it might be hard to get a good photo. But then we stopped. I turned around and saw the most spectacular view of the gr...

This morning I was woken at 3am by the guys that went out drinking last night. The guy staying in the hotel room across from us was trying to unlock his door for about 5min. If I wasn't in my pjs I would have gone across to open it for him. The other two boys were obviously in the room above us, as all I could hear is what I could only describe as elephants walking on the roof. I don't know what the hell they were doing up there, but I could hear them rifflin...

Today 6 of us charted a small speed boat to take us around a few of the islands. However, we needed fuel for this, so Elena and I first made a pitstop past the local supermarket and picked up a couple of pineapples and a watermelon. Barry's job... supply the knife. After breakie we all assembled at the pier where our boat was leaving from. After some manoeuvring of boats we were finally all aboard!! This morning was a lot cooler than yesterday, and we had q...