Changuinola Travel Guide

 arasnosliw Says:  After quite some time cruising around the murky brown rivers surrounded by mangrove trees and fishermen, suddenly the scenery will disappear. The water becomes choppy and the boat begins to fly all over the place. This is because you have finally reached the Caribbean Sea.... 

 arasnosliw Says:  The tribes dominating the area around Changuinola are predominantly Ngobe and Naso-Teribes. The people are short, dark, and have slightly asian looking facial features. I was surprised at their short stature as I felt like a giant in comparison even to most males. They don't... 

 arasnosliw Says:  I think this guy is screaming internally "I am one sexy piece of meat" - he stands posed with his fishing pole in one hand waiting for tourists like me to speed by and snap his photo. I am going to blow off all men here and move back to Panama so that I can make him mine.... 

 arasnosliw Says:  So the only other passengers on my water taxi were two young Germans. One of them tried to pass out on the ride. I don't know how he managed to, as the ride became extremely bumpy as we reached the open water of the ocean. He was so light that I thought with every bump we... 

 arasnosliw Says:  See....this is what I wanna do all day. Sit on a boat, relax, drink some cervezas, and throw out some lines in attempt to catch fish. Well I certainly am no fisherwoman but if I could do this every day instead of going to an office to work I would be a happy, happy woman.... 

 arasnosliw Says:  Houses built along the waterways are generally on stilts to prevent flooding. Most of these houses are rather dilapidated and primitive. The men go out and sit in the river all day fishing or they go collect bananas to eat. Just throw out a string with a hook tied on the... 

 arasnosliw Says:  Take a look along the banks of the water. Now this isn't exactly the cleanest of liquids I've ever seen. It's brown, murky, and trash infested. Yeah, sewage systems don't exist around here, so everything is dumped into the streams. So if you want to go for a swim, watch out... 

 arasnosliw Says:  The locals living in the area paddle around on these long handcarved boats. To get around, this is their preferred means of transportation. The boats are so long that they can haul around lots of materials, particularly large bunches of bananas. Man, bananas grow like weeds... 

 arasnosliw Says:  Mosquitos, flies, other creepy crawlers....they are all prevalent along the rivers and canals of the area. Wear your bug spray or you will get eaten alive. Trust me, I provided lunch to many a mosquito that day. Or just tell your driver to go really fast to blow all the...