Goodbye Costa Rica, hello Panama

So we have travelled from San Jose to Bocas del Torro in Panama. We took 3 buses to get to the border.

At the border we cleared Costa Rican migration behind a Dutch mother and daughter. They had been living in Costa Rica for four years but didn’t have residency and the daughter's passport had expired and Costa Rica were refusing them entry. Eventually we got through easily but we were leaving Costa Rica.

The border here is actually a river and we had to walk across a bridge with our bags before entering Panama. It is quite fun walking across a border bridge the last time we did this was between Zimbabwe and Zambia with Victoria falls as a backdrop.

Then 1 further bus and a motor boat to reach the island of Bocas del Torro. All together a 12 hour journey. Good to be back on the Caribbean and tomorrow we are planning to go diving,

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