Bocas Condos Bocas Town

... and miserable so we decided to cancel. As a result I went back to bed, however the others decided to go a bit later and although Cal tried to wake me - apparently almost breaking down the door to my room - I was dead to the world and thus missed out. Didn't matter though as I chilled out on the veranda overlooking the water and generally taking in the beauty.

That night we had a party with Cal & Belgiums to celebrate Vivian's ...

Jeg kom til oya isla Colon i Bocas del Toro grytidlig mandags morgen, etter aa ha kjort nattbuss hele natta og en liten baattur.Det er en nydelig liten oy i naerheten av grensen til Costa Rica i karibien. Hostelet jeg bor paa er et typisk backpacker hostel i skikkelig surfestil. Folte meg hjemme her med en gang. Atmosfaeren og menneskene her i Bocas og paa hostelet faar en til aa fole seg som hjemme og veldig avslappet. Det er et veldig lite sted med hus ...

... in Boc*s. They do * v*riety of nights th*t involve drinking copious *mounts of h*ppy hour speci*ls (beers 50 cents *nd mixes * doll*r) *nd *lso h*ve * "Power Hour" whereby the unlucky ch*llenger h*s to down * tot of beer every 60 seconds. Yup, you guessed it, we h*d *rrived *t p*rty centr*l. THe girl th*t checked us in looked like she h*d suffered * m*ssive h*ngover th*t d*y, *sking Al*n *bout 4 times to spell his n*me... A... L.... A.... N. simples. Our room w*s ...

... day of flaking out.
Walked around the whole island barefoot, took about an hour, through some mangroves and rough terrain, but i wasnt put off, wrote some journals and other various ramblings, chilled out in a hammock and downed a few quiet beers.
Rob and Ben took off in the afternoon for Panama City, chances are I would run into them again!
To be honest after the last week, all the drinking, the whole nearly going to ...

... once we tasted the food. When we finally found another place that was open, we discovered the exact same menu, realizing that it must be the same owners/food...hahaha! Overall, had a great experience in Bocas and were so lucky with the weather as it's notoriously stormy this time of the year, 3 nights was just the right amount of time there, would go back in a heartbeat and you must stay at Olas! What up Yariv! Off to Boquete via Aeroperlas!!

... br>We left our stuff there and walk a tricky muddy path for half an hour till the beautiful beaches on the northwest of the island. The beach worth the walk. We came exhausted and run to the blue warm water. It was perfect!! And we were alone there...the whole beach for us : )

At night, as I was cooking our pasta, the owner of the hostel (whose name I cannot remember..let's call him Wilson) told me he had cooked a lot of Gallo pinto (arroz con frijoles ...

... be 80 degrees, a nice breeze was blowing, it was again, perfect. One thing to note, NO WET SUIT IS NEEDED IN PUERTO VIEJO! We use them to snorkel and in the warm waters, it would be too warm. The day drifted by and the thoughts of home slowly slipped to the back of my mind. We walked down the beautiful path to Banana Azul to chill out. Well, about 2 minutes into the walk, it began to rain. No, it didn't rain, the sky opened. We quickly ...

... weather was ****** and cloudy and our hostel had no water and an annoying owner. We hung out on the patio playing cards and drinking beer with our new german and canadian friends, swam out to a flat island that made people seem like they were walking on water, and we went snorkelling again and saw lots of starfish and a sting ray at which point we calmly exited the water.

We arrived to a slightly cloudy Bocas and wheeled our suitcases down the road to our guest house. The local foreign population seems laid back and I think perhaps some of them have been here some time. We checked into our room, and were given a key with a larged wooden green apple attached. No way we were going to lose that, but ...

... car bars at Burning Man or some of the more elaborate bar floats at "Bay to Breakers," but it cost him several thousand dollars more. It was pretty much round, with the bar in the center, powered, slept three, had a head, and he rented it out to party groups. He promised to take us out on it if he rounded up enough girls, but his luck was apparently no better than mine. Overall, I had a good time, but it is still low season and the ...