The Rants of Issachar
Friday, March 18, 2005
Dad and I are in Boquete now. We decided to skip the coastal peninsula entirely and think about checking it out on the way down. It's the most heavily deforested area in Panama and it's almost entirely surfing beaches according to the other travellers we've met. So we decided to do a long drive past David and into Boquete.
As it turns out we should have planned better (yes, you were very right Mum), but when I travel it all seems to work out okay anyway. Our first choice to stay (Isla Verde) at was full, but the German lady who owns the place was very helpful in finding us a place to stay. She directed us up to a place called Villa Marita which was very nice and was next to a castle. Yes, a Castle. The guy who lives there is Dutch but his wife is English which would explain the style and the fact that it's called Kent. Very strange thing to see in Panama. I'm pretty sure that third picture off the Villa Marita link is the room we stayed in.
Here's a picture of the view of "Kent" from just outside our cabin.
Okay, so I can't read the error message that Blogger gave me in Spanish. I'll figure it out later. So still no photos.. :(
Update: (After I got back home) Here's "Kent":
So we looked around the town, went back and chatted about everything over a glass of wine looking at the view, then went out to a very nice restaurant (Bistro Boquete) run by a lady from California that served wonderful steaks.
We're back there tonight in about 10 minutes, because Dad's just arrived back from phoning Mum. More on today later.
Update: March 18th
Okay... Finally back on the net.
Well after the first night in Boquete we had to find a place the next morning. Unfortunately, Isla Verde was booked, but the German owner set us up with some Canadian friends of hers who just built a house in the hills and rent out a room and a cottage. They're very nice people from BC. The place was lovely and I do have pictures, but no joy on this net connection. (I can't even get MSN to work from here).
We ended up driving up the valley looking for some hiking, and went walking part way down the trail around the Volcano to Punte Cerro. We also went up the road to the volcano, but didn't drive the whole way up. (Apparently you can drive to the summit in a 4x4 with a winch).
As I said, we stayed at the Canadians place that night then drove out the next day for Los Santos. That's the subject of the next post...
As it turns out we should have planned better (yes, you were very right Mum), but when I travel it all seems to work out okay anyway. Our first choice to stay (Isla Verde) at was full, but the German lady who owns the place was very helpful in finding us a place to stay. She directed us up to a place called Villa Marita which was very nice and was next to a castle. Yes, a Castle. The guy who lives there is Dutch but his wife is English which would explain the style and the fact that it's called Kent. Very strange thing to see in Panama. I'm pretty sure that third picture off the Villa Marita link is the room we stayed in.
Here's a picture of the view of "Kent" from just outside our cabin.
Okay, so I can't read the error message that Blogger gave me in Spanish. I'll figure it out later. So still no photos.. :(
Update: (After I got back home) Here's "Kent":
So we looked around the town, went back and chatted about everything over a glass of wine looking at the view, then went out to a very nice restaurant (Bistro Boquete) run by a lady from California that served wonderful steaks.
We're back there tonight in about 10 minutes, because Dad's just arrived back from phoning Mum. More on today later.
Update: March 18th
Okay... Finally back on the net.
Well after the first night in Boquete we had to find a place the next morning. Unfortunately, Isla Verde was booked, but the German owner set us up with some Canadian friends of hers who just built a house in the hills and rent out a room and a cottage. They're very nice people from BC. The place was lovely and I do have pictures, but no joy on this net connection. (I can't even get MSN to work from here).
We ended up driving up the valley looking for some hiking, and went walking part way down the trail around the Volcano to Punte Cerro. We also went up the road to the volcano, but didn't drive the whole way up. (Apparently you can drive to the summit in a 4x4 with a winch).
As I said, we stayed at the Canadians place that night then drove out the next day for Los Santos. That's the subject of the next post...
2 Comments:
Posted by: 
GravesStop it, you're making me homesick
GravesStop it, you're making me homesick
Posted by: krisglad to hear you're suffering on a beach somewhere :)
krisglad to hear you're suffering on a beach somewhere :)
