Bahia Hotel Bocas Town

Our last beach stop for a while... Bocas del Toro<br><br>Bocas is a small, layed back town on an island in the Bocas del Toro archipeligo, off the coast of Panama. The town itself is cute, and oddly, doesn´t have a beach. The town goes right up to the water, with many bars, resturants and shops actually being built over the water. We spent Tuesday poking around the town, and Wednesday exploring the surrounding islands ...

... s *lso going nice *nd f*st, the w*y I like it *nd it w*s thrilling to duck under the m*ngroves *nd le*n from side to side on n*rrow corners. Then we s*w Boc*s. <br><br>Ok, let me expl*in * little... Boc*s del Toro is the *re* in the Boc*s del Toro region. It is m*de up of * clump of isl*nds, with the l*rgest being Isl* Colon, where we were he*ding to. Isl* B*sitmentos is mostly * n*tion*l p*rk *nd h*s some of the nicest be*ches, these being Red Frog Be*ch *nd Wiz ...

... day of flaking out.<br>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.<br>Rob and Ben took off in the afternoon for Panama City, chances are I would run into them again!<br>To be honest after the last week, all the drinking, the whole nearly going to ...

... 20 dollars from us(don't ask) and then called it a night, laughing about it all the way home.<br><br>We decided to stay the extra day when we woke up to a beautiful morning...and we were so glad we did. Ended up going out on another boat trip to Los Cayos Zapatillos, which were these two islands on the outermost stretches of the Bocas Archipelago. It was the most incredible beach I have ever been to and we had it all to ourselves. We ...

Upon rising with the sun, it appeared to be a perfect beach day! The entire morning and into the late afternoon was spent in the water, on the beach and simply enjoying the hot, humid weather along the beauty of the turquoise waters! Mid afternoon, we had a small party in the shade facing the water right on the beach. We had wine, we conversed and enjoyed the day. An amazing event transpired, Ed located a ...

... to chat with her some more and a friend that she'd met while traveling who was from Israel came later too. Dinner that night was at this little hippy-esque restaurant, El Ultimo Refugio. There was an acoustic guitarist playing who sounded a lot like Bob Dylan or Tom Petty. The menu seemed like an ever-rotating deal that was written on a large white board and brought around to each table. There were only a few items on ...

... a big red underlined sign after 3 months, but ill leave you to make your own judgedments about who the "offender" in question could be......so anyway after coming back to our seats and annoyncing to the group that they had just "done the biggest s**t of their lifes" the overbbiging smell of poo on hot metal began to fill the bus and everyone, children, old women, EVERYONE began to regale in horror at the stench.....not so good we thought. the bus driver then ...

... a meagre 10 bucks. The next day I met up with Oz, a turkish divemaster-underwater photographer-chef extradornaire who Mer and I had met with her Husband, Trevor and I had bumped into on Boca. We were hoping for some shark sightings at Tigre Rock but alas no joy although the rock formations, swell and currents made the dive interesting in itself. BTW - Shout out to Boca Diving who's diving expedition was more professional and friendly ...

... Colon for an hour ($5 rental at Bocas Hotel) and luckily the sun slept in this morning (must have had one too many at the happy hour on Thursday) so it was fresh. As we did not dare take the camera to avoid wet accidents, a link to sea kayak is the best we can do to show you what it was like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_kayak With tired arms after all the paddelling, we hired 2 snorkelling sets (mask and snorkel) and ...