Hello from Bocas Del Torro
We’ve been in Bocas Del Torro for the last couple of days. It’s an archipelago in the Northeast Portion of Panama. It’s a funny mix of Spanish and English and then the people are a mix of black, latino, and indian. The town is a run down tourist spot that half of which is built over the ocean. It looks like it won’t be long before the sea overcomes this place entirely.
It rains a lot here, but we’ve been lucky enough to have great weather.
Some might say it looks like paradise here, others might think paradise has rotted away.
I think we’ll start working our way back north tomorrow in Costa Rica.
Funny things about Bocas Del Torro:
They grow bananas here (the Chiquita company is based out of here), but they are hard to find in the stores.
All the boat tour companies sell the same trip.
I think we all wish we were on a climbing trip. Unfortunately, climbing is hard to come by in these parts, and what you do encounter, is hard to get excited about. Climbing trips are great because they get us off the main tourist track, and give us something to do each day. It also saves us from having to drop a bunch of money every-time we want to do something. things are generally cheap until they are multiplied by three, and then they seem to start adding up.
Hello from Bocas Del Torro (video)
Did you see our video post? – how fun is that?
