22/12/09 - day 13. up at 7. shared a taxi with 2 others, who were also going to the bus station, to catch the 8.30 bus to costa rica's capital, san jose. this was 8 hours of bus journey i was not looking forward to. it took 11 hours. got to the panama - costa rica border around half 9, got herded off the bus and had to get an exit stamp on the passport for panama and get the bags checked out. this menay everyone piling into a little room, laying all bags on the...

21/12/09 - day 12. got up around 9, had the free coffee and pancake breakfast (which was very good) with the others. conner and i had decided to go to a beacj resort called barqueta. so after saying our goodbyes, we went our separate ways. got the bus to David (its literally the ONLY place you can go from Boquete) at about half 10, ate some lunch in town around midday, dumped my big bag at the hostel, then got another bus to barqueta. we eventually got there a...

20/12/09 - day 11. got up around half 8, had a tree trek booked for half 9 which is a canopy tour involving 12 zip lines and various height tree platforms that you zip between. there´s 3.5 km worth of lines and it was well fun. you were harnassed in so the danger was safe and it felt a bit like flying! oh and it takes place in a forest. to get up there had to take a big old 4x4 which was on a very scenic route, though INCREDIBLY bumpy and rollercoaster-esque. ...

19/12/09 - day 10. up at 8, ready to be on the move again. shared a taxi with 2 others who were also leaving the hostel for the bus station. got there about 9, taxi driver kindly pointed out which bus i needed to get on for Boquete. got on (without paying or buying a ticket - turns out you pay when you get off) and 10 or so mins later, we set off. was a pretty bumpy bus ride up there and i got very squashed as so many people were on it. mainly kids. i was glad ...

18/12/09 - day 9. got up late (10ish), strolled into town to see if there was anything to do in David. there wasn´t. i went to the park for a bit of a wander but it was so hot i didnt last long. i had been told by many a backpacker that my next intended destination (bocas del toro) was a rain fest and was gonna be like that for a while so i went online to see about changing my route a bit. was easier than i thought given its xmas time, and i booked myself a ho...