Hotel Laguna Bocas Town

... with a nice table overlooking the bay. We found out we only had $25 left in cash, so we split an appetizer, the mahi mahi filet with passion fruit cream sauce, and a slice of peanut butter pie. With a bill of $24.70, we spent our last change on a can of coke to wash it all down.

Tomorrow we have to arrive at the airport at 630am for our flight to Panama City. We'll see you on the Pacific side!

B&A

... d*y of *ctivity.

The next morning d*wned sunny *nd we he*ded to Lily's C*fe. Its * bit of *n institution on the isl*nd *nd Lonely Pl*net recommended th*t you try the hot s*uce th*t is m*de by Lily herself. We h*d french to*st with fruit s*l*d *nd delicious coffee, *ll served by * friendly loc*l who took * shine to my blingt*stic phone, even be*ring it off to show it to Lily herself. I feel so proud. Lily's C*fe is * gre*t pl*ce for views, its right on ...

... along this path there will be nothing left to see in ten years. Now, I know what you are thinking: "Chris, you were there for 4 days, what do you know about the place?". Well, if learned that much in 4 days imagine what other environmental attrocities I would learn about in a week, a month, a year! I feel borderline ashamed for aiding and abetting in the destruction of what seemingly used to be a seculded natural wonder with my tourists dollars hence why ...

... happening night life, particularly in Aqualounge on the Wednesday night, the high-ish diving board (little more than a pirate-ship plank) into the sea providing plenty of entertainment too - alcohol and swimming being perfect bedfellows, of course (don't worry mom, I was merely a bystander for such proceedings)! The return of Jo, an English girl with whom we had travelled for a time in Bolivia, was also a welcome diversion - its mad to think that she was at home for ...

... Spanish." He said he wants to learn English and I could tell he was very grateful for the small gift. It's hard to speak to someone who knows as much English as I know Spanish! Dinner was delicious, we went to town to Cafe Viejo and had a large ham and pineapple pizza. It tasted awesome! A scruffy looking local strolled by and showed a couple magic tricks with cards and dice, looking for tips. He was a nice guy so we watched and tipped him ...

... Plantation -Lunch (without any money) -Stranded, boat breakdown So it was quite the day. Oh, more details you aks? Alright. When we met Erwin, we told him the things we wanted to do for the day. One of which - the cacao plantation is a bit off the beaten path, and the only time the owner had available to give us a personalized tour was around 1:30 PM. So Erwin suggested ...

... bike ride to a town called manzanillo which was about 15 km away i think. we finally decided to leave puerto viejo and head to panama last wednesday and thats when the adventure really started!! puerto viejo is apparently about 30 minutes by bus from the panama border and we got up in rainy weather to go catch an 830 am bus. sooo we waited and waited and waited, heard that maybe the bus was in a fender bender or something, waited some more and then ...

... minutes to get on to the beach to look for Joey. He had already been swept out and was moving quickly. He was panicing and struggling to stay above water. Kevin was yelling and motioning to Joey that he should swim to the left, parallel to the shore, while I ran to get help. Surprisingly people were not reacting much to the situation. I tried to yell to where the surfers were, but they were too far out and could not hear me. By the time i ran back to Kevin we ...

... walk along the Island pathway, we sailed to a restaurant based on the water of Cayo Crawl. Excellent lunch for $10 and on to Hospital Point, where the experts say the best snorkelling and scuba diving can be found. As novices in the snorkelling business we were not sure if it was the best, but it was certainly amazing. We just regretted not having a water camera to take pictures of it! No need to say we are both ...