The best part of the trip so far has been hanging out with my old friend Andrew (below, opening a coconut for us).
He took us to lots of great spots in and around his home base in northern Panama. And he also turned us on to great spots like the San Blas Islands (below).
These hundreds of small islands that make up the autonomous territory of the Kuna Indians were beautiful and remote. We were there for about two days and never tired of swinging in the hammocks as Mary Beth demonstrates below.
Another great spot was Bocas del Toro, another group of islands on Panama's Carribean coast, though these islands were a little more developed and touristy. Below Mary Beth, myself and Craig are on a boat tour that included dolphin watching, snorkelling, and getting a sunburn on Red Frog Beach.
Bocas del Toro had lots of great places to eat on decks that extended out over the water between the islands.
Between trips to Bocas del Toro, San Blas and other spots we would hook up with Andrew again and do smaller trips when he had time. Most recently we drove to Punta Burica to visit a resort called Mono Feliz (Happy Monkey). To get there we had to wait for the tide to go out and drive along the beach.
It wasn't called happy monkey for nothing since there are a number of species of monkeys that live around the 7 hectare resort. Below Mary Beth cuddles with an orphaned baby howler monkey that had been rescued by the resort's gringo owner.
Another great spot was Bocas del Toro, another group of islands on Panama's Carribean coast, though these islands were a little more developed and touristy. Below Mary Beth, myself and Craig are on a boat tour that included dolphin watching, snorkelling, and getting a sunburn on Red Frog Beach.
Bocas del Toro had lots of great places to eat on decks that extended out over the water between the islands.
Between trips to Bocas del Toro, San Blas and other spots we would hook up with Andrew again and do smaller trips when he had time. Most recently we drove to Punta Burica to visit a resort called Mono Feliz (Happy Monkey). To get there we had to wait for the tide to go out and drive along the beach.
It wasn't called happy monkey for nothing since there are a number of species of monkeys that live around the 7 hectare resort. Below Mary Beth cuddles with an orphaned baby howler monkey that had been rescued by the resort's gringo owner.
And that brings us up to today pretty much. We are back in David (the major city closest to Andrew's hostel) and will most likely be heading to Costa Rica soon.
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