Our first destination after the border was Boquete, a pretty, quaint town I'd wanted to visit for years. I'd heard it was pretty and there was a good-sized waterfall, San Ramon, nearby. The road was good all the way up the hill.
One of the many eateries in Boquete. Just the one main drag, so traffic was slow and parking was nearly impossible. We kept going.
This church had some pretty stained glass in it.
This geological formation, called Los Ladrillos, was on the road out of town. We had no idea it was there until we saw there were rock climbers trying to make their way up the face of it.
The columnar basalt has been turned on its side and the ends create hand and foot holds for climbers. A smaller version of the Devil's Tower or Devil's Staircase, the slow-cooling lava formed into hexagonal columns.
You can see the swoop of the bent rock here. Pretty cool, I think.
Jason, cool-headed with his recent haircut, at San Ramon Waterfall.
San Ramon Waterfall
YOLO coming across one of the little bridges we had to cross on this road. Much of the road was only this wide, so we prayed there wasn't oncoming traffic.
Los Ladrillos is just to the left of this bridge, and you can't see if there is oncoming traffic until you are on the bridge. First come, first served is the rule, I guess.
We are nowhere near enough to the ocean to make this lighthouse useful. We are nearly up to Boquete, over 2600 feet in elevation.
A road to nowhere....
In Panama City, we stopped into the office of Overland Embassy, the company we're using to help us with the shipping of the vehicle to Colombia. Alejandro and Darwin here were extremely helpful and soothed any worries.
We added our sticker to their wall of fame. These guys have a great reputation for helping travelers crossing the Darien Gap. Well deserved.
We drop off the vehicle four days before the ship is supposed to leave at the end of the month. We'll be living in hotels/hostels for a few days at each end of the shipping. See you in Colombia!
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