Boco Del Toros to panama to ecuador..

A lot has happened since I left the town of Puerto Viajo. I decided to cross the border into Panama from puerto Viajo. I hopped on a bus and headed to the town of Sixola and from there I walked across a bridge into Panama. Welcome to panama. The town of banana trees and the site where the United Fruit company prosper. As our bus went through countless banana trees all owned by Chiquita by the way, it was hard to imagine that most of our bananas back in the states comes from this area. I can honestly say, I will never look at a Chiquita banana the same again. Well after I crossed the border, I decided to head to the Boco Del Toros, a couple of islands just off the eastern coast of panama. I took a boat from the town of Changinoula to the isle de colon. What an amazing boat journey. Speeding down the river to the point where the river dumps into the Carribean ocean. The scenry was amazing. Boco del Toro reminds me a lot like some of the other carribean towns I had visited. The culture, the people, the laid back atmosphere. Unfortunately when I hopped on the boat, I had no idea that it was Independence day in panama hence boco del toros was flooded with a buttload of tourists. That being said, I had an insanely hard time finding a hotel for the night, as I never have anything reserved or planned but finally settled in a cute bed and breakfast located close to the center of town. That night, I went out in the city and decided to check out this bar that seemed to be crowded as I always like to mingle around with the locals. Here I met a guy from the UK whom I had met on the boat and a girl from the UK as well. We hit it off well, drinking the night away... talking about life... why we´re here.. traveling.. not knowing what tommorrow holds. To an extent we could all relate to one another as we were all in transition periods in our lives and we had no idea where the future would take us. Different lives, different places, but at that particular moment we had met drinking a beer and talking about life, only to move our separate paths the next day. We had a great time. Rum and cokes, panama beers.. Tequila shots.. the whole 9 yards. as we all got tipsy, the girl decided she wanted to go dancing and dragged us along. We went to this really hip bar-danceclub which was packed. and packed mainly with locals. Here we danced the night away.. which says a lot about me, as i rarely dance. Then we just conversed a bit and contemplated jumping out into the ocean as we were all pretty drunk. It was then I realized I lost my hotel key! doh! I decided this was a sign that I had to call it a night. I headed back to my hotel having to wake up the landlady at 3 am. It was okay as she was a little cooky herself. The next day, I went on a boat tour to see the other islands. Went swimming, snorkeling and visited an awesome beach called Red Frog Beach. I had an amazing time. The next day i decided it was time to say bye to Boco del toros as I had to be in Ecuador Nov 7th. I caught a flight from the islands to panama city and stayed at this hostel in the center of town. The hostel was pretty decent but I got a chance to watch TV which I hadn´t done in months. and what do u know. monday night football was on. I sat and watched real football as the other latin american tourists looked on wondering why i was fascinated in this fake football. Here I met this one of the most beautiful girls I have ever seen.. that really says a lot. She was norweigen and seemed a bit naive however was on a similar backpacking journey with her friends. She was working her way up north and I working my way down south. Too tired to really work on any sort getting to know you deal and given the fact my flight to ecuador was the very next day. I bid farewell and hit the sack. The next day i went to the Tocumen airport and flew aboard copa airlines to quito ecuador.

Finally arrived in quito where I realized i had to take a bus to the village i will be working in... misahualli. it was a 6 hour bus ride, but amazing circling through scenic mountains and hills. Quito itself, looked charming in itself and i definately will have to take some time to explore that city.