After Veronica received the visa for Costa Rica it was time for the adventures of Bunny (Veronica) and Tigre (Me) to begin...starting in Panamá. So we flew to Panamá city.
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| View from Cerro Ancon of Panamá City |
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| Panamá City |
We attended the Betania Adventist church as one Veronica's Colombian pastor friends Hans.
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| Bunny sang 3 songs |
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| With Pastor Hans family (note this was my Sabbath best attire as I could not find a clothes iron for my dress shirt. haha) |
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| We stayed with Johan and his family for 2 nights. Here we are at the Miraflores locks of the Panamá Canal |
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| Bunny enjoying watching ships pass through the locks :) |
There is 2 ship lanes with 2 sets of locks that ships must go through at Miraflores.
We left Panamá City and went to the Puerto Lindo on the Caribbean side to enjoy the beautiful water. It was a good choice :) Here we are on Isla Mamey
We couldn't get enough of the warm translucent water so we headed up north to Bocas del Toro for some more fun in the sun and water.
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| walking to Playa Estrellas |
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| One of the strange brown monkeys on the island ;) |
We did a 1 day boat tour of several of the islands. The snorkeling wasn't that great but the water felt great as it was HOT!!!
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| Cayo Zapatillo |
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| A Perezoso (Sloth) |
After spending quite a few days in the sun and becoming very brown, we decided to head for the hills of Boquete to enjoy a few days of hiking. Boquete is known for its flowers and we discovered that the fruits and veggies grow really well there too. After a couple days there we found a place more economical to stay at by camping for $10 per day. La Jungla (The Jungle) was a great hostel as the host Greg and Mamey made it a family atmosphere.
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| We enjoyed some natural hot springs as well |
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| Mamey, Greg, & Floyd their Greyhound |
Panamá was better than I anticipated however its taking some time getting use to the huge increase in prices especially when it comes to lodging. Colombia is such a cheap place and we're both spoiled to be coming from there. From what I've heard Costa Rica is even more than Panamá. Here's an example of what a private room in the hostel costs in...
Colombia....$25.00
Panamá.......$35.00
Costa Rica..$??.00
