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I'm currently staying on Carenero island just across from the main island. The hostel is called Gran Kahuna and is very peaceful with the sea lapping the shore just outside. The sand flies are a bit of a pain though.

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Hotel las Brisas, Bocas Town! No sand flies or sketch sitch.

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Aeroperlas has decided to cease their operations in Panama. Air Panama is the only option right now. Please have in mind that most flights are delayed and try to book in advance.

The Main Island is where you will find most of the entertainment like restaurants, bars and clubs but yet there is really no noise on the street that so you will be able to remain peace and quite in most hotels in the Main Island. The two I recommend the most are Tropical Suites and Palma Royale. Tropical Suites I like a little better because although it's older than Palma Royal, Tropical Suites is right in front of the sea and Palma Royal is across the street which makes a big difference to me.

Anyway I encourage you to visit http://extremepanama.com/bocas_del_toro.html, this website has been very useful to me when looking for hotels in Panama. I assure you there are many beautiful and more secluded places relatively close to Bocas Town.

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Thanks for your messages. Re the delays, how delayed are we talking about? I have a connection to make at the other end, and if my flight were an hour late it would be fine, two hours late and I might be in trouble...

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youre screwed

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Well we just got back from Isla Bastimentos and there's a great choice, just 10 minutes boat ride from Bocas town and very much into peace and tranquility. We had booked Bocas Bound Hostel with a/c in our room and I think they have it in all rooms. There;s a small kitchen but we were eating in the attached restaurant - daily specials for less than $6 for a full meal but also delicious pizzas and a lot of Panama food. There was a local band playing at the beach bar on Saturday and it seems to me like the best beach I saw in whole Central America.

The good thing is that there are a lot of jugle trails and you see such a variety in plants and animals - there was even a sloth hanging in the tree just outside the hostel and we met a bat scientist to tell us a lot about bats in Panmama and show us hundreds of photos.

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Usually flights are delayed around 30 minutes. When it rains most of the times they don't allow airplanes to leave. I think that you should be fine.

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Usually flights are delayed around 30 minutes. When it rains most of the times they don't allow airplanes to leave. I think that you should be fine.