Volcan, Panama – Travel Guide
Volcan is a very small but very pretty town in Panama. It’s not exactly a tourist hotspot – and really, that’s what’s so lovely about it. We never intended to visit Volcan. After we finished house sitting in Boquete we…
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Panama is more than just the canal. We hopped between Caribbean islands in Bocas del Toro, hiked cloud forest in Boquete and learned the slow art of coffee in a Panama coffee finca. Travel guides, route ideas and on-the-ground reports from a country that punches well above its size.
Boquete, Panama – Travel Guide
Green mountain views, world renowned coffee plantations and cafes that just sell strawberries, it’s no wonder that we loved Boquete, Panama. When we realised we had a spare six weeks to explore Panama over Christmas, we set about looking for a…
From Smuggling Rum Across the Panamanian Border to a Luxury Nature Retreat
When we turned up for a nature photography tour, we had no idea that rather than taking shots of toucans and tree frogs, we’d actually be smuggling rum across the Panamanian border. The tour, which was organised by a nature retreat…
What I Learned From a Coffee Finca in Panama
Ever since I first set foot in Central America, I’ve wanted to go to a coffee finca. In Costa Rica, we never found the right time and in Nicaragua, we were never in the right place. In Panama, we found ourselves…
2014 in Photos
Back in January, who knew that our 2014 would look like this… When we came home from Taiwan at the end of 2013, Luke told me that 2014 was my year. By that, he meant it was up to me…
How Much Does It Cost to Travel Bocas del Toro, Panama on a Budget? [Infographic]
The Panamanian island of Bocas del Toro isn’t the friendliest of places for a budget traveller, but keeping travel costs down is still do-able. When we were travelling in Puerto Viejo we decided to hop across to Bocas del Toro for a week. As…
When I Met the Man Who Built His Own Paradise
In a dockside bar in Bocas del Toro, a silver-haired Belgian man, once a lawyer on Wall Street, told us how he escaped, disconnected and built his own island paradise in Panama.
How Not to Get Robbed in Central America
Want to know our secret to not getting robbed while travelling in Central America and the rest of the world? Everyone told us that as tourists, we would be obvious targets in Central America. People who had never even been…
Why Those That Love Dolphins Shouldn’t Watch Them in Bocas del Toro
Everyone loves dolphins, right? These social animals have been known to save beached whales, become lifelong friends with one another and play with human swimmers. But dolphin watching tours are harming the Bottlenose population in Bocas del Toro…