Well we are now safely back in Panama and enjoying the joys of the Caribbean on a little island called Bocas del Toro. Unfortunately we had our first slip in luck in our last place (Cahuita in Costa Rica) as our backpacks were stolen from our room on the first night. It has left us with plenty of shopping to do but at least our important bits were safe thanks to Rhian's cautious approach to hiding things (previously, but never again, referred to as paranoia). Th...

So we left the chaos of Panama City and since then it has been (mostly) peace and tranquility. We stopped for a couple of nights in a beach town called Santa Clara. Lovely beach - or at least we imagine so not in rainy season :) Then into the mountains where 'peace and quiet' doesn't do it justice. You may also notice if you look at the pics carefully the not so subtle art of Machete fishing in the river - from what we can see you slash randomly at the water and...

So first things first we have failed the first photo challenge. Our apologies but we blame the lack of hats on sale at the canal?! Arrived in Panama City 3 days ago after the hairiest flight of our lives (5hrs and the seatbelt sign never went off!) Trying to take things a bit slower than NYC but have made the obligatory visit to the canal (though it was very cool - the boat we saw paid $160k to get through the canal - some pay $400k - so i suppose the one in t...