Wandering Through Panama (Day 7) - Boquete & Volcan

Today we drove up into the mountains, to one of the most talked about areas of Panama, Boquete.  Leaving the hotel, we went left and took a right at the first intersection and technically it was a straight shot to Boquete.  When we got to the Panamerican Highway, we did have to go right to the next intersection and then go left because we could not go straight across but it was not real painful.  Remember that very few streets are marked so you need a GPS or good directions.

It is a pleasant drive to Boquete, they were working on the read so when they finish that, the ride will be very easy.

The road to Boquete:

Here you can see the new section of road, this will be a divided highway soon.

It was cool in Boquete and when the sun was blocked by a cloud, I did have to put on a long sleeve shirt.  There was also an occasional sprinkle in the form of a mist.

A picture of the square in Boquete.  All towns have a square and it seems like every square has one spectacular church.

This seemingly out of place golf community was only a couple of blocks off the square and we would not have found it if we had not been told it was there.

 I did talk to a fellow Gringo in the square, he was just sitting there and enjoying a cup of coffee and watching the goings on for at least an hour.  He told us about the large x-pat community there.  He also gave us a tip for the ride to Volcan "follow the yellow line", more on that later.

Next we drove to Volcan.  We took the new road.  We were told to go back towards David about 15 km and then go right at the Shell station.  We were also told the road was not marked so the only way to know if you were still on the right road was to "follow the yellow line".  Once or maybe even twice I drove right past the turn thinking I was on the right road only to have to back up to take the turn so I could "follow the yellow line".  Well it worked, we did get to Volcan and I would not have made it if I had not followed the line.

Volcan was a nice town but did not have near the charm of Boquete.  We did not do too much exploring around Volcan, we just kind of drove there, drove thought the town and then turned around and went back to David.

The road to Volcan

We saw this accident on the way to Volcan.