La Coralina Bocas Town

... s Pizzeria left us very satisfied. <br><br>It was a highlight to be able to chat with Courtney and Andrea for a brief moment. Looking forward to sharing a place like this with them in the future. <br><br>Looks like we will enjoy the beach life for another day and then catch a plane to Panama City. The massive bus ride across the country just doesn't seem worth it. <br><br>Now that we are back on our feet, more adventures are sure to come. <br><br>Pura Vida!<br><br>Alejandro y B. Andre<br>

... podemos alquilar una barca (40$) para que nos lleve a hacer Snorkel a Hospital Point y a la Playa Red Frog, incluso si se tercia hacer una inmersion. <br> <br>Restaurante recomendado: Rooster<br><br>Hotel: Yellow Jack Hostal (www.yellow-jack.com) <br>Precios por Noche: Casa familiar (4 pax.) 80$ ( 14 &#8364; Aprox. por persona) <br>

... t with 6 Sp*ni*rds *nd * couple doing their PhD's on the Red Frogs f*mous in the *re* *nd *n end*ngered species. Its *lso why the Red Frog Be*ch h*s th*t n*me, the red frogs live on B*stimentos. Their skins secrete * poinsonous serum for protection *g*inst prey (which didnt seem to deter the little kiddies pl*ying with the frogs when we eventu*lly got to the be*ch!). <br><br>Our first stop on the bo*t w*s to find the dolphins *nd find them we did. A little school ...

Bocas del Toro was touted in my Lonely Planet guidebook as "one of the best experiences in Central America". Indeed, I was told by other travelers that it was "paradise". I on the other hand found it lack-luster. I would not disagree with the "experience" part of Bocas. I have to admit that it was really cool how one has to ride a fast moving lancha, small boat, to get to Bocas which consits of a group of islands right across the border from Costa Rica. Oh ...

... that's for sure. Upon our return about 2:45 p.m., it felt like a sauna outside. I took a siesta (yes, you read this correctly). It felt nice and when I awoke, it was nearing sunset and I couldn't miss going to the beach at this magnificent time of the day. I went out to take some photos and met up with Jose and his fellow worker Michael. They said they saw dolphins near the beach swimming so we all watched but never saw any. I ...

... awake with fright over what had happened to me. A worker at the hotel generously agreed to drive my dad into town to pick me up. Even though I thought I´d covered my bases on getting home safely (after my parents so kindly let me go out with people I hardly knew in a strange town), lesson learned -- find out what time the transportation stops running! 5am arrived back home to get what little sleep we could before getting up for our boat tour - and it wasn´t much.

... and some howler monkeys, i was half drunk by the time we hit the monkeys and i started howling at the ****ers. ****** them all off started shaking braches, screaming, just making a scene.. haha ****ing drunk, ****in with monkeys! we hit a nice pristine beach and walked down to the star fish beach. the beach was true to its name nice clear water with star fish all over. the sand was nice but felt like glass between your toes! i spent the day ...

... Panama time, and I couldn´t believe how hard it was to find a place to stay. Since I have pretty much only had about 2 hours of sleep in the last 2 days (that turtle patrol was this morning!) I wanted to get a quieter room where I can get a good night´s sleep. Turns out it was hard to find any room that wasn´t a huge dorm room on the main street, so I coughed up for a private room, and I guess I´ll move somewhere cheaper tomorrow. The air conditioning is quite a treat though! More later!

... nights out were great - you tend to meet many other travellers pretty quickly as the main area of Bocas is actually pretty small and it´s a very sociable place. The social bonding process is undoubtedly speeded by regular early evening drinking games in "Mondo Taitu" , a cool hostel &amp; little bar which offered happy hour beers at 25p a bottle ! There also seemed to be "ladies nights" in one of the bars each night - which involves ...