Panama. Click to enlarge.
Surf: 4/5 = Well Above Average
Price: 4/5 = Quite Cheap!
Party: 4/5 = Great bars and good people.
Localism: 2/5 = It’s not your wave, and don’t forget it.
Thieves: 1/5 = Pick pockets and car break-ins are common, very common.
Surf at your own risk.
Time Frame: January 2009
Two of my amigos and I decided that we would take off New Year’s Day to escape the remainder of the cold Halifax winter. We wanted waves, cheap beer and a good time. Panama over delivered. I’ve been to Costa Rica and Nicaragua before, back in 2006, but Panama would be new to me.
We flew into San Jose, Costa Rica because it was cheaper. Then we took the $15 over night bus to ‘David’, the first major town after the Panamanian border. We had 21 days in total and all we wanted was surf. The next day, we headed northeast to Bocas del Toro where we first discovered that Bocas wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. Read More…
