Travelogues Bocas del Toro

Monday, 02/09 - Friday, 02/13/26: After about an hour flight from Panama City, we reached Isla Colón - the main island of the Bocas del Toro archipelago.

After a short night in David, we continued to Almirante the next morning. This is basically the last stop before taking a water taxi to the islands of Bocas del Toro. We covered...

And another week is over... On the one hand, I feel like time is flying, on the other hand, it feels like I've been traveling forever. But every day there's something new to...

Hello 🍻 Since the last entry, it has mainly been about that and food Wednesday was the closing party for most of the volunteers in Puerto Viejo, where everyone gathered on the...

The nice thing about relationships is that you always have someone to blame when something goes wrong. That's what happened on our first anniversary. Okay. We got off to a...

Today is the last day before departure, the weather is mixed between clouds, light rain, and sun. We have planned a 4-hour jungle tour for today. After a hearty breakfast, we...

27.3. At breakfast and coffee, we wait for the next shuttle to Bocas. This one is definitely 40 minutes late, but it's not a big deal. The 4-hour journey to Almirante, where we...

My beloved former roommate recommended us to go to Starfish Beach. Allegedly, all you have to do is stand on the roadside and wave down a bus that will take you for a few...

Goodbye Costa Rica & Hello Panama! From Puerto Viejo, we headed towards Panama - our first destination was Bocas del Torro. During our journey in the previous weeks, we met...

The border with Panama was the first one I crossed over land and even on foot. I left early in the morning to have enough time for the border crossing. Two young women from...

The shuttle to Panama arrived at 7:50 a.m. According to the schedule, it took 3 hours (in reality, it took about 5 1/2 hours. Yippeeee) We drove relatively quickly to Sixaola....

This time we traveled with a tourist shuttle. Ten tourists in a minibus as fast as possible to Almirante please! Of course, not everyone here follows the mask requirement. Feels...

At 7:30 AM we were picked up by a driver who was supposed to take us to Bocas del Toro in Panama. First, we went to a meeting point and then continued with 12 people in a...

Today we were able to sleep in because we didn't have to vacate the apartment until 11:00 am. Unfortunately, Anne woke us up at 7:00 am by shouting in alarm. We saw a large...

Today we were woken up by the sun again and we decided to take a boat tour through the islands of the archipelago. We informed Simon during breakfast and he booked us 3 seats...

The journey and border control to Panama went really smoothly 🤗 at first, we were a bit unsure if everything was in order, as it didn't look at all like an official authority....

After a noisy night caused by the strong surf, we woke up around 8:00 am. I immediately went to the terrace to enjoy the wonderful view. I got a coffee from the bar and sat on...

23.04.22-29.04.22 From Isla Colón we are now driving to our next hostel on Isla Bastimentos! Katja and Uli, who are staying on Colón, accompany us for a day and...

17.04.22-23.04.22 The next 6 nights we will spend in the east of the beautiful island on the stunning Playa Bluff! The hostel is located right on the coast - from...

After waking up, I went back to my spot on the terrace with a coffee from the bar and enjoyed the sound of the sea and the view. But today it was raining a little and we decided...

15.04.22-17.04.22 And now: Off to the island! First, we fly to the island of Colón, one of the 7 larger islands in the island group and the namesake province of Bocas...

On the go a lot, so here's another quick update Explored Zapatilla 1 + 2 in Ireland Saw sloths Watched dolphins Snorkeled Observed colorful birds (see photo, beware of...

On the main island of Bocas del Toro, we had arranged to meet with Pesch and Connor to see for ourselves the legendary island-hopping party, the 'Filthy Friday'. The whole thing...