A CRAZY ROAD TO AN EPIC SPOT [Vanlife Panama]
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waking up early tomorrow we got a big adventure in store we're headed to the top of the volcano the highest point in the country in a four-wheel drive truck starting at 4am we gotta hit some groceries on the way and get some sleep yeah big day tomorrow well we're all ready for tomorrow getting up at 3 30 a.m to take this jeep up to the top of the volcano here we got some camera gear some warm gear and they're gonna provide a lunch and hot chocolate and stuff coffee goodnight see you in the morning thanks good morning we're heading up the tallest mountain wow it's pretty early we're off to a really early start but the driver says it looks clear out so we're gonna head up the tallest mountain of panama oh we got a bit of a jeep situation oh toyota so here's the entrance to the national park we're getting checked in temperatured up time to head up the mountain so this is a toyota land cruiser prado and they replace a lot of suspension parts oh my god oh oh my god we're almost the top taking a quick little break here but you can see the towers up there and it's been a hell of a ride this has been insane this guy really knows how to drive feeling good hands awesome sunrise colors over here hey oh my god we're getting some pink action over there we did it you live up here man are you insane we even got wildlife on this tour here beautiful sunrise up here at the towers costa rica over there the pacific coast the car that could wow what do you think emily so this is a little optional side hike up here 10 minutes up to the highest point we're gonna go take a peek feel that sense of accomplishment of getting to the highest point in an entire country which is probably one of the best countries to do that easily because the highest point in panama is still just 11,200-ish feet you can feel the lightness of the air here i thought we were there but i think we're about halfway this is epic i have wanted to get up here the whole time since before we even left costa rica was dreaming for weeks about getting up here somehow oh so glad we're up here this is getting a bit steep here choose your path wisely huge rocks the whole way and there is surprisingly some life growing so you can see from this point there are a bunch of craters up here and the last eruption this one got blown out he said but this used to be a lake oh man this is it don't climb the cross the sign says but look at this oh my god oh clouds are just whipping about this is the most beautiful sunrise i can remember loving it that's just amazing beautiful beyond belief and there's the caribbean from one point seeing both oceans from one point up here through the clouds there definitely water islands yeah the driver was telling us how the coast comes closer here and the country's skinniest point would be over there where they built the panama canal we got little birdies up here what's your name there's Volcan and that's the trail you hike up from that side beautiful there's a clear view of the caribbean over there with bocas del toro and the other islands you can see the lights of the town where you take the water taxi over i could just imagine how amazing it would feel to reach here by foot 6 000 feet elevation gain on the trail as well as nine miles round trip that's from the volcan side obviously the side we went up is a four wheel drive road we weren't super interested in hiking up a road on the other side they required a guide anyway ninety dollar guides we thought well if i'm gonna have to pay money to a guide let's just take the land cruiser this has got to be one of the best things you can do in panama and the company we went with is called beyond adventure i hit up a few companies this one gave us a good price he said normally it's 120 i'll do it for 90 for you one of the most epic mornings on record whoa thank you guys for coming up here and everything you know wow what an amazing place we have i love it here we made it to the top of the top with our buddies such a fun day such a fun night such a fun morning what is it i don't know it's tired up here look at the clouds coming down it's amazing just like ghosts coming from the mountain it looks like a smoke like just a wispy cloud yeah and that bay over there is where boca del toro is that's where we're heading always nice to spot the next adventure from a mountain we did it buddy unless you want to do something cooler than that okay first yeah what are you making over here ham and cheese sandwiches nice just my normal breakfast in my normal spot well i think our time is drawing to close up here at the top of the highest point in panama but it's just been epic and halfway there this is going to be a wild drive down i miss you not to eat too much but that hot chocolate and sammy really hit the spot and it's just incredible there's not anything around as high as this such an awesome time up here it's time to go down we have some hot chocolate and some sammies hopefully they don't react badly oh my gosh this is wild that's the road so we broke down we're not gonna make it down just kidding just need some power steering fluid from the other guy there we go well done they say this volcano have seven craters but the main thread or the main vein is the one i showed you oh and then alll others are all the veins so when they explode they all explode there''s obviously some more craters wow and that was 500 years ago yeah about 500 years okay that's it these guys are crazy oh my gosh that's higher whoa we just slid around in there wow wow we have made it back to the van my little guy has been given some breakfast and so is my little lady over here such an amazing day and it's only nine o'clock so this door handle hasn't been working for about a month so getting in here removed this pocket here already some screws see if i can get this reconnected in there but Curt's here for moral sport hey if you guys are worried about danny fixing this door don't worry i'm here to coach him out and sombrita's watching as well dang thanks a ton to Curt because we were able to get in here and reattach the door handle so now a bit of reassembly but i'm sure they would have charged me like 100 bucks so not bad okay moment of truth with the left hand hey hey so we just got to put some stuff together heck yeah we've been walking around the van a million times wow you want to try it again emily look it oh thank you Curt thanks for the help oh no problem okay good morning so one last thing we're gonna check out in boquete is the geisha coffee so we haven't heard about it before we got to boquete but this is like a fancy fancy cup of coffee and we're really excited to check it out so yeah we'll see what the cafe we picked out has to offer yeah this was a pretty sweet little camp spot here twelve dollars a night at malu not bad at all because they had good wi-fi shower potable water we just filled up again and yeah curt and snow are right ahead of us and we'll go check out this coffee yes it's gonna be a good morning so he's gonna fresh grind up some of the geisha coffee and i can even i can already smell it it smells delicious and we'll have a pour over so you can taste more of the floral notes why not hopefully we'll see what it is wow very nice got our own little pot of coffee to share wow i'm excited i love coffee i lived in seattle for four years and we're big coffee snobs up there in a good way even in Spokane they're pretty into coffee we don't drink starbucks if you want to i don't blame you there's a lot of little coffee shops there okay i can just smell the coffee and already be happy feel awake this one smells super good wow super it's it's got a lot going on in there you know i'm almost more a fan of like an espresso these days because the pour over tastes more like tea you know and this is like it's got a lot of flavors in there i can see why to an expert this would be something special but probably not my favorite haha oh no what do you think emily wow yeah it's i think it's really good it smells chocolatey yeah it tastes a little chocolatey yeah it smells very floral it's nice i like it yeah tasty it's pretty fancy i like it more for you yes yes and apparently nomadic movement is making this coffee now i don't blame them because this is a good area to grow it and it was judged the number one coffee at auction some of this per kilogram went for over a thousand dollars so it's pretty good well thanks for checking out boquete with us we had a great time in this area but it's time to move on and to curt and snow thank you so much for helping us get monetized yes thank you so much we'll see you guys next time thanks for watching bye
2021-08-18 11:54