Day off in Panama City - Preparing the bike for a boat ride!
Taking some time out in Panama City, I organised a boat ride from Panama to Colombia, and prepared my bike by packing it down ready.
Booking a boat ride from Panama to Colombia
Blog post written: April 26th 2010
Organising a boat to Colombia was extremely easy through the hostel here in Panama City.
Richie, the guy that owns the place, knew of a boat leaving on the 28th, and a quick phone call and it was all booked.
By the time various deposits, transport costs and taxes are added up, its basically 400 dollars. Not exactly cheap, but I am hoping that the experience will more than outweigh the cost.
I spent the day disassembling my Bob Yak trailer, phoned home and did a few other chores. A two dollar carton of wine was just the job at the end of the day.
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Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.
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