Off to Panama City! Score! Ended up getting the front seat on a double decker bus! Miwa wasn't sure what she was going to do, possibly volunteer in the area. So I said goodbye and headed off early to David city to catch a bus to Panama City. Most people said catch a night bus but I was almost going the whole length of Panama and wanted to see the scenery go bye. And I was sure glad I did because I got the front seat on a double-decker bus on the top with a giant...

Viewpoints, hitch. El Exploridor and lame cab ride! Miwa and I ended up doing another trek today on the other side of town. Just following the road up the side of the mountain with amazing views we ended up getting to a four-way intersection, which was not on our very poor quality map! We ended up just sitting around hanging out by the bus station until around half an hour later a car came by. Not even going the same way as us they let us jump in the back of the...

Pipeline trail, castle and hitch Two woman backpackers had gone missing the week before still hadn't been found. So going for a walk in the jungle by ourselves kind of bothered Miwa. I assured her there was no way we would get lost and it would be fine, so we left to hike the pipeline trail! It was a really nice trail with a cool waterfall and I got to see a "resplendent quetzal"!!! One of the most rarest birds in the world! I came back to the hostel and told th...

"Free" Hot springs and free BBQ Boquete was quite high up in the mountains so when we heard about the free Hot Springs we were quite intrigued. Little did we know the Hot Springs were back down the mountain into the warm air and out of the clouds! A group of us from the Hostel all decided to go together and we got off the bus and decided to just walk there, in the hot sun to the Hot Springs.... Lol It wasn't an easy hike either and by the time that we got ther...

Off to Boquete The boat ride back to mainland was much much worse this time, very rough seas! But we made it and I hopped on the bus. On the way I met Miwa from Japan, we were in the middle of a conversation and this crazy lady got on the bus, sat beside her and started talking her ear off really loudly! It was quite hilarious! When we got into town we walked over to Hostel Mamallena and decided to stay there. We went out for dinner chatted and just chilled.