HotelOlas De La Madrugada Bocas Town

... Colon) We "snorkeled" around a bit and relaxed in a small cove. We followed the sound of beating drums that were coming from the center of the forest covered island, but never got close enough to find out what it was. Better to wonder that get a blow dart to the neck. We also saw bright orange poisonous Dart Frogs. The paddle back was tough. Ocean kayaks don't track near as good as river kayaks. After getting cleaned up, we focused on some more trip planning and dinner plans ...

*** PLANING *** <br><br>Por la mañana, salida de Puerto Viejo a Siaxola (Panama) en el bus de las 6:30 AM. Una vez pasados los tramites de la frontera pillar un taxi y decirle que reserve sitio en las lanchas. <br> <br>Al llegar, el hotel está en Bastimentos, hay que tomar una lancha para llegar a 3$ por persona. <br> <br>Si llegamos con ...

... Al *nd I decided to le*ve the g*p ye*r crowd to it *nd went b*ck to Mondo. This itself w*s in full swing, it being 80's night *nd we were tre*ted to the s*me CD from the *fternoon being pl*yed on * loop. However, come midnight the pl*ce w*s *s silent *s the gr*ve. Seems to h*ve some kind of noise licence or something. Nice for those th*t h*ve e*rly morning snorkelling tours! <br><br>We bounded out of bed the next d*y so excited for our trip *nd went out on ...

... adventure in the rain, things have been low key around here. We spent the afternoon at the beach yesterday, grabbed some dinner on the water and went to sleep early. Some of our friends left yesterday so we took that as an opportunity to not be social and not go out! <br><br>We just finished our daily fruit smoothies-pina y banano por Carter y mango por Jaime/Himey. Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, delicious. Now it´s off to dinner! XOXOXOXOXOX<br>

... wasn't the easiest with just the flashlight that Milton had to guide us.<br><br>Later that afternoon, we took a little side trip to Red Frog Beach. This is a big surfer&#8217;s hangout, BIG waves. There were three other guests besides us, Sue and Kevin (CO), another newlywed couple (June 19) and Peter (MA), a 25 year old who just finished school and decided to go on his first solo trip to Panama. The five of us and Goose, spent some time playing in the ...

... village is filled with people as the local "college" is located in Bribri along with a jail, a lot of banana fields line the hillsides, a great place to just enjoy the environment. We even saw a crop duster plane spraying the banana fields, a very modern looking plane too I must add. Once we arrived back in Puerto Viejo, the clouds had remained. It was humid from the rain that filled the morning hours, it wasn't beach weather ...

... pull my bed from. Turned out one of the sets of feet I´d seen was someone sleeping on top of the stack. By now it´s about 3am, the hostel is quiet, so I just throw my sheep out on the plank floor and try to get a few hours of sleep. 4am my cell phone goes off, scaring the living daylights out of me despite the fact that I really hadn´t been sleeping due to worry and the pounding rain. It was my dad. He´d walked to the nearest hotel after he and my mom were ...

i woke up early, went down to the common area found out about a $5 tour to a beach to the other side of the island. i proceeded to work out a plan when krav maggah said it was and hour later! i had lost or gained an hour at some point, so i ran to the liquor store grabbed 2 sixers and head back. we headed out to the beach, drinking all the way. i hadnt eatin any breakfast, so i was packin a good buzz. on the way to the beach we stopped and saw some ...

... when I hopped on a bus for $1, followed by a van for $0.40. The boat to the Bocas del Toro island archipelago turned out to be a really cool experience. It was from a town called Changuinola (famous for the Chiquita bananas), and the boat actually went through the old banana plantation canal. It was also awesome because the driver wanted to go as fast as possible, and he certainly had the boat to do so - I´m sure we hit 80 or 90km/h. I finally got to Bocas del Toro at about 5 ...

... to see and clear blue water - much better snorkelling than Cahuita a few days ago. I also went on the boat out to "Dolphin Bay" and "Red Frog Beach , neither of which disappointed in living up to their names as we saw lots of dolphins jumping &amp; flipping out of the water (really cool !) and the little red &amp; black frogs near to the beach which is on another island called Bastimentos. Bocas town is a bit of a party zone &amp ...