Sunday, January 20, 2008

Panama, Boquette

After the San Blas, what else can a person do? Another beach can only end up in a deception. Well, arriving to Panama city was arriving to the states to me, huge skyscrapers, malls, all the American fastfood chains were represented.. And, Panama City is one of thew best shopping places, so that is what I did..

Last Wednesday I left Panama City, going to David for a hike in Boquette. At the purple house hostel I met Yuriko from Japan, with whom I went to Guadalupe for a night to start early the next morning the Questzal hike. It was a nice hostel/lodge, where we already spotted some hummingbirds...

Starting the hike it was first a long way up to the ranger station. There enjoying the views before starting to walk to Boquette through this beautifull jungle. Awesome views, waterfalls, small bridges that became one with the tropical forest. Simply great!! Luckily quite different again. At Boquette enjoying a fresh regional coffee before moving on.

The next day I left for Costa Rica, spending two night in San Jose, I just arrived in Monteverde. Here I am going to do two more hikes, hopefully sportting quite some wildlife and then moving on to Volcano/Arenal...

There is one big difference between here and the other countries. Over there you primarily met travellers, only a few tourists. Here there are loads of tourists, relatively few travellers.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dus jij loopt nu stoer in je 'traveleroutfit' tussen al die toeristen. Gaan ze al met een boog voor je opzij? Maak plaats hier komt een echte reiziger! Gniffel, gniffel, gniffel.