Atejade: 23.01.2022
So I set off again on foot down to the main road. Only 10 steps separated me from it, and lo and behold, a white local/chicken bus was already rolling up. I loaded my big backpack into the luggage compartment and made myself comfortable inside. The ride back to David was very pleasant, with all the open windows and the good breeze, I could enjoy the ride.
When I arrived in David, I quickly used the restroom, and when I came back, right where I had gotten off, my next minibus to Frontera, a town on the border with Costa Rica, was waiting. It went so smoothly again today, couldn't have been better organized. It was only a short distance, on the Pan Americana which was really well developed here in Panama, an hour to the border.But there was one little important thing missing, the entry stamp. And lo and behold, somewhere rather inconspicuous, I found the registration building. They only wanted my digital QR code for the corona vaccination and my exit ticket, and the officer stamped my passport for entry.
Afterwards, I wandered around for 5 minutes to find the bus terminal for my onward journey. When I arrived there, they just told me that my bus leaves at 2 o'clock. But when the time came, nothing happened. I remembered that Costa Rica is one hour behind Panama, so I adjusted my watch and waited another hour in the shade of the well-ventilated bus terminal.Among the many scarlet macaws high up in the treetops and the occasional wandering white-nosed coati, he showed us, for example, bats, howler monkeys, or a well-camouflaged lizard. The highlight was a small, perfectly camouflaged snake, whose name I unfortunately didn't remember, only that it was the 6th most venomous in the world. And it was lying exactly one meter next to our path at a stream bed.
The whole hike was 11 km, and on the way back, we followed the beach directly, barefoot through the cool water. Unfortunately, swimming was not allowed here due to strong currents. At the destination, there was a fresh coconut and delicious mango and pineapple.
In the evening, there was another little highlight, I walked from the soda back to the accommodation, and suddenly I felt a sense of excitement, and lo and behold, right above the road, there was a sloth with a baby in its backpack.