Peregrinations in Panama with Marie and Jack

 

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"Cocomo on the Sea"...Our first stop after a flight from Panama City to Bocas del Toro on the Caribbean coast of Panama.   An artisan from the San Blas Islands on the Caribbean coast sells her creations.
 

Carnival time in Bocas town.

  Those dancers need some lively music.
 
Cocktails before dinner at Angela's restaurant in Bocas del Toro.   Marie meets the Argentinians at Angela's
 
Our "La Loma Jungle Inn" hideway for three days on Bastimentos Island....a few miles across the bay from Bocas del Toro   Peering into the jungle from our jungle perch.
 
The intrepid travelers set out in a dugout canoe for a trip "up the creek" into the jungle   A stop along the way up the creek
 
There were a few caymans along the banks of the creek.   Along the bank of the creek.
 
We are out of the canoe ready to start hiking. Treking?   Our guide Pachos and his son.
 
Pachos explains natural remedies found in the jungle.   They still make dugout canoes. This one is being whittled out of a tree in the jungle. Pachos says it will take 50 men to trundle the three meter craft through the forest to the water's edge.