CURRENCY

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Balboa;
1 Balboa is equal to 1 USD.
USD is legal tender in Panama. There are no Balboa notes only coins, these are of equal size and value of American coins.

ELECTRICITY

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Most of Panama runs off of 110v

BANKS

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There is only one bank in Bocas del Toro City, it it located on the street to the airport.
Open mondays to fridays from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, and saturdays from 9:00 am to 12:00 md.

How to get to Bocas

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FROM DAVID:

By Bus:
take the bus to Almirante in the city terminal.
By Car:
Interamerican Highway up to entrance to Gualaca (10 Km).Turn to the left and go to the end of the road to Chiriqui Grande (98 Km) and then, at Punta Peña, the road to Almirante (68 km), where you can live the car in a parking.Roads are paved, in good condition. Beautiful views in the mountains.
By car or by bus:
in Almirante take a marine taxi ($4 - 30 minutes) or a ferry boat (1 hour) to Bocas.The ferry boat Almirante/Bocas del Toro only runs mondays to saturdays.

FROM PANAMA CITY:

By Bus:
Take the bus to Almirante in the Panama terminal.
By Car:
Interamerican Highway up to entrance to Gualaca (404 Km).Turn to the right and go to the end of the road to Chiriqui Grande (98 Km) and then, at Punta Peña, the road to Almirante (68 km), where you can live the car in a parking. Roads are paved, in good condition. Beautiful views in the mountains.
By car or by bus:
in Almirante take a marine taxi to Bocas del Toro ($8 - 1 hour).The ferry boat Almirante/Bocas del Toro only runs from mondays to saturdays.

FROM COSTA RICA:

By Bus:
There are two buses, one from Limon that ends at the border The other, from San José, that cross the border and ends at Changuinola. This bus departs from the hotel Cocori, in San Jose, at 9:00 am daily.To reach Bocas islands there are also two ways, through Almirante or through Finca 63.To go to Almirante from Sixaola you can take a taxi ($15) or a bus ($1), or taxi ($5) to the Changuinola bus terminal, and here a bus to Almirante ($1 - 45 minutes).At Almirante take a marine taxi ($4 - 30 minutes) to Bocas.To go to Finca 63 (10 minutes away from Changuinola) you can take a bus ($0.50) or a taxi ($1). At Finca 63, take a marine taxi to Bocas.To return to San Jose by bus, Transporte Bocatoreño departs every day at 10:00 am from the buses terminal in Changuinola.
By Car:
Cross the border in Sixaola, then drive to Finca 63 or Almirante (35 Km). Road is paved, in good condition. At Finca 63 you can take a marine taxi to Bocas del Toro. At Almirante you can leave the car in a parking lot and take a marine taxi (Expreso 25 and Bocas Marine Tours) to Bocas del Toro.

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