Red frog beach

While island hopping and taking one water taxi to another from bocas del toro. We spent a day trip at Red Frog Beach. A beautiful island that's rich in nature and wild animals, still pure until a dominating rich businessman tries to take over and turn it into a tourist money-making resort filled island- hm I should look into that, just kidding. A tiny island that almost reminds me of Gilligan's Island. There are a few volunteers that contribute to building plants, water pumps and decorating the beach house that are living under a few huts shared with the native Indio's that lived there long before any white man stepped foot on the island.

Bocas del Toro

A few years ago when I first started this blog, I made a post about dreaming over going to Bocas Del Toro in Panama. Funny enough, a few years later (this past April) I went. Bocas Del Toro is an island on the Pacific Coast of Panama. Its about a 1 and a half hour flight from Panama City, only costs $130, and the plane isn't as scary as the other backpackers make it sound out to be. This place has a huge influence from the Caribbean, it's obvious with the constant reggae and laid-back, NO PROBLEMS, kinda lifestyle. Bocas is a pretty small island, I'm sure you could see the whole thing in a day. It is very known for its popular Starfish beach- a secluded and more private beach that is a 15 minute walk along the edge of the island walking through palm trees, tropical plants and giant rocks until you finally find this hidden place- since there are no actual roads or paths built to get there. They have constant happy hours where they give away free liquor for a couple hours to get you hammered before it even hits 8PM and go to the three main spots to party. The best part about Bocas is that it is surrounded by other small islands that you can always hop in a water taxi and go island hopping. Anyways, you can't help, but love the place. No one ever actually leaves when they are planned to because they fall in love with Bocas for so many reasons, and I think one of them is that everyone knows each other by the end of the night-or after a few drinks and we all just can't help but come together and celebrate every night beside the ocean waves, while someone brings out their guitar or dance all night at the bar/streets. b

QUE XOPA

If drinking beers all day and dancing salsa all night wasn't enough for a couple months in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Cuba and Nicaragua, I found myself doing it all over again in Panama. If you didn't know Panama is the most Southern country in Central America, it connects Central America to South America beside Colombia. I found Panama to be a melting point of Chinese, black, white, moreno, and indio Latinos and a bunch of American expats. Panama City is actually the most beautiful AND SAFEST capital city I have ever visited in all of Central America. They usually tell you to stay away from the capitals because they are soooo dangerous, but not Panama City- although I know that it has its dangerous neighbourhoods from experience... When you're friend tells you she is positive she knows how to get to that restaurant(Cola Loca)in a country that she has never been to, you may want to double check the map before you let her lead you to the ghetto.