Passage de la frontière Costa Rica vers le Panama
by Gotfers
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
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Bonjour,
J'ai passé la frontière à Paso Canoas hier pour aller vers le Panama et j'ai halluciné ! Je fais ce post pour avertir ceux qui voudraient bientôt passer par le même endroit.
Cette frontière est du grand n'importe quoi !
On est arrivé en bus. On a marché avec nos sacs à dos sous la pluie jusqu'au seul bâtiment en face de nous qui ressemblait à un poste de frontière. (Là, une dame veut nous vendre un timbre à 1$ qu'on croit être pour nos passport mais qui en fait est inutile. Donc conseil : n'achetez pas de timbre à toutes les dames qui veulent vous en vendre même s'ils ont l'air officiel.)
Ce bâtiment est en fait le poste panaméen où on nous dit qu'il nous faut d'abord avoir un document de sortie du Costa Rica.
Nous voilà donc reparti en arrière jusqu'à un bâtiment à 200m de là après le poste de police. Là, pas de queue mais le policier nous dit d'aller payer la taxe de sortie de territoire en nous indiquant vaguement une direction. On se retrouve dans un bureau où on peut déclarer ses biens s'ils dépassent 10 000$ et dans cette pièce se trouve LA machine qui doit scanner nos passeports et nous faire payer la taxe. Sauf que elle ne marche pas et visiblement, ça fait un petit moment car il s'est du coup créé un business de paiement de cette taxe.
Vous pouvez soit la payer à une camionnette garée juste après le bureau (ça fait louche de filer son passport à des gens dans une camionnette...), soit de marcher un peu plus (direction Panama) jusqu'à une boutique qui réclame 8$ pour scanner votre passport et vous découper un bout de papier.
Décomposition des 8$: 5$ de traitement des données, 2$ de vérification de baggages qui n'a jamais été faite, 1$ de commission de la boutique!!!! c'est honteux! c'est comme s'ils sous-traitent ce service qui ne sert à rien pour qu'on donne notre argent à je ne sais qui...
bref, avec ce bout de papier, on retourne à la douane costaricaine qui regarde à peine ce papier et encore moins l'autre qu'on a du remplir (qu'il nous avait donné à notre 1er passage, sur notre profession, nom... ne vous embêtez pas avec le numéro de transport, ça ne sert à rien)
Puis on repart vers le Panama, et là, le gag : on ne nous demande rien, pas de justificatif de sortie, pas de justificatif d'argent suffisant (alors que c'est écrit sur la vitre!) On nous prend juste en photo et bon voyage....
Au final, on s'est demandé à quoi ça servait de faire tout ce bazar car on a l'impression qu'on peut passer la frontière comme ça en se baladant... On verra quand on remontera à Sixaola ce que ça donnera...
Bon courage
Plus d'infos et de détails sur cette destination sur mon blog http://lejourou.fondamentaux.org
Après quelques jours de visite du Panama, nous avons passé la frontière à Sixaola pour revenir au Costa Rica.
On s'est d'abord fait avoir en achetant un timbre à 4$ dans un bureau situé au début du pont, que nous croyions être pour payer la taxe de sortie mais en fait, on a appris plus tard que c'est un timbre de taxe municipale qu'il n'est pas obligatoire de payer... (il n'y a pas de sortie terrestre depuis le Nicaragua).
L'immigration est en fait situé à droite du pont à côté d'un magasin qui vend plein de marques. Après 15min de queue, un sourire à la caméra et un tampon, on passe le pont à pied.
Juste après le pont sur la gauche, il y a l'immigration costaricaine qui ne nous a rien demandé comme justificatif.
Là encore, on s'est dit qu'on aurait pu passer comme ça car les locaux se promène sur le pont comme un endroit normal...
Derrière le pont, plein de chauffeurs de taxi vous sautent dessus. Les bus (1 par heure, environ 1600 colons pour environ 1h de trajet) pour Puerto Viejo sont cachés en bas à droite vers le "marché international de Sixaola" (un vendeur de chaussures et autres)
Demain, on doit passer la frontière pour aller au Nicaragua. Espérons que ce soit simple...
Plus d'infos et de détails sur cette destination sur mon blog http://lejourou.fondamentaux.org
J ai également passé cette frontière la semaine dernière, et, franchement, ai déjà vu bien plus long et compliqué que çà..j ai trouvé çà ultra simple !
Merci pour ce retour tres utile! C'est toujours bon de savoir a quel genre de scam on peut s'attendre en passant une frontiere...
J'ai une petite question, si quelqu'un peut m'aider se serait super. On pense traverser la frontiere de Golfito a David le 31 decembre puis prendre le bus et bateau de David a Bocas del Toro le 1er janvier. Est ce que quelqu'un sait si les transports publiques (bus et bateaux) fonctionnent sur ces 2 dates? Malgres le nouvel an etc?
Merci! Laetitia
J'ai une petite question, si quelqu'un peut m'aider se serait super. On pense traverser la frontiere de Golfito a David le 31 decembre puis prendre le bus et bateau de David a Bocas del Toro le 1er janvier. Est ce que quelqu'un sait si les transports publiques (bus et bateaux) fonctionnent sur ces 2 dates? Malgres le nouvel an etc?
Merci! Laetitia
Bonjour,
Compte-tenu du tourisme à Bocas del Toro, cela m'étonnerait qu'il n'y ait pas de bus un jour férié !
J'y étais en Novembre, mois plein de fêtes nationales, et les transports en commun fonctionnaient.
Bon voyage
PS De David, ton bus s'arrête à Almirante. De la gare routière, tu marches 100 mêtres vers Taxi 25, terminal des taxis boat. Je crois que cc'est 6 USD pour Isla Colon. De là, sois tu restes sur Colon ( je ne te le conseille pas, car c'est plutôt un endroit fait pour les noctambules), soit tu reprends un taxi boat (entre 3 et 5 $) vers une autre ile. Voir sur Google Map
Merci beaucoup pour ta reponse Helena :)
J'ai demande a la reception de l'hotel ou on va rester si les transports fonctionnaient durant les fetes et ils m'ont effectivement confirme que c'etait le cas.
On a malheureusement reserve trop tard pour Bocas del Toro (quelle bonne idee pendant les fetes de fin d'annees...) et tout ce qu'on a trouve dans nos prix etait sur Colon. Est ce que tu me conseilles une ile en particulier qui serait sympa pour une sortie a la journee?
J'ai demande a la reception de l'hotel ou on va rester si les transports fonctionnaient durant les fetes et ils m'ont effectivement confirme que c'etait le cas.
On a malheureusement reserve trop tard pour Bocas del Toro (quelle bonne idee pendant les fetes de fin d'annees...) et tout ce qu'on a trouve dans nos prix etait sur Colon. Est ce que tu me conseilles une ile en particulier qui serait sympa pour une sortie a la journee?
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Thanks for your replies
Hi everyone!
I’m currently a student on a gap year, and I don’t plan to go back to school right away. That said, traveling really interests me. But I’ve been wondering: does being a student come with any perks when you decide to go abroad? The real question is whether I should re-enroll in a program just to keep that status without actually attending.
Thanks in advance for your replies,
Axel
I’m currently a student on a gap year, and I don’t plan to go back to school right away. That said, traveling really interests me. But I’ve been wondering: does being a student come with any perks when you decide to go abroad? The real question is whether I should re-enroll in a program just to keep that status without actually attending.
Thanks in advance for your replies,
Axel
bonjour a tous et toutes
je suis francais et vie en france et ma copine thailandaise m'apprends qu'elle est enceinte, elle vit en thailande. Dans un premier temps, un test de paternité afin d etre rassuré. quelles démarches dois je effectuer pour reconnaitre l'enfant, puis je le faire avant la naissance ou apres, ou dois je le faire, les papiers etc....
Je précise que je souhaite qu'il reste en thailande mais peut venir sans probleme en france à n'importe qu'elle moment !
Merci de prendre le temps de lire et d'y répondre.






