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7 hour flight to Panama direct
Max slept the whole way on the red eye |
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Panama City is super modern and quite stunning and expensive
View from the hotel |
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| We took a cab to Colon to ride the train along the Panama Canal back to Panama City |
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| ship going through a lock |
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| The open air cars were amazing |
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| Gamboa Ariel Tram Rainforest Tour |
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| We took a boat ride on the Panama Canal and some monkeys jumped in our boat |
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| Ariel Tram above the rainforest |
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| climbed to the top of a tower for a stunning view of the Panama Canal and the rainforest |
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| The tour also included a butterfly house, orchid farm, reptile house and buffet lunch |
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| The tour van pulled over to watch a cruise ship go through a small lock |
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| We had dinner and walked around Casco Viejo (old town) |
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| Beautiful but lots of trash |
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| view of downtown |
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| 45min flight to Bocas del Toro |
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| Koko Resort - 2 nights |
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The resort was picturesque and we enjoyed it but it was surrounded by trash and poverty.
It wasn't bothersome, just humbling. |
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| Flying Pirates ATV jungle adventure |
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| mapping out our route |
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| Max loved the ride and somehow managed to use his feet to stay on when it got really bumpy |
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| Max's class was studying mushrooms so we had to stop and get pics of every mushroom we saw |
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| We spent about 5 hours riding and making many stops along the way for lunch, snorkeling, swimming and sea shell collecting |
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| Max figured out how to snorkel. We're thrilled he can join us now. |
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We went on a boat excursion to snorkel and it rained all day.
Dolphins swam next to our boat, and we got to do a little snorkeling.
Max kept us positive, he doesn't let a little rain bother him nor should we. |
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| lunch spot |
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| We saw the owners dumping their compost in the sea so Ole and Max put their snorkels back on and got to see tons of fish eating our leftover lunch scraps. |
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| After the tour we took a water taxi 30mins to our next resort. |
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| our own golf cart to get around |
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| Probably the nicest place we've ever stayed. 2 bdr, 2.5 bath, full kitchen, private pool, breakfast buffet, drinkable water out of the tap, golf cart, laundry and an activities desk to arrange adventures. |
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| Ziplining |
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| Beach hikes |
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| Dinner at the resort on an old ship docked in the Marina |
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| chasing bullfrogs |
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Adventure day at the Blue Coconut.
Snorkeling, swimming, SUP, and lunch. |
On our way to a bat cave tour.
The water taxi through the mangroves was beautiful. Max was so brave and was actually the reason I was able to continue on the tour despite my fear of dark water. We hiked through knee deep water in the pitch dark with bats flying straight at us. Max thought the whole experience was amazing. We eventually had to swim through the dark water and it was totally fine because my 5 year old was having such a good time. I wasn't about to teach him to be afraid.
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| More mushroom shots for his teacher. |
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| For dinner we'd take a 30min water taxi back to "downtown" Bocas del Toro |
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| The square |
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| two nights we got to watch the marching band practice |
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| Surf Taco - run by some exppats from So Cal |
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| Villa #64 |
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| a sample of our shell collection |
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| rainforest hike |
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| sloth |
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| back to Panama City for a night |
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| We are so lucky that Max is a great traveler and adventurer. |
