VAMOS SOUTH: Bocas Del Torro, Panama

After an amazing 2 weeks in Costa Rica we entered Panama through the northren border and headed to Bocas del Torro. This is a caribbean archipelago with some awesome islands. Here are pics from our week there.

Patrick crosing the border to Panama.

Since it is the low season we were able to get a room at this hotel for a great deal in Isla Colon. This was our backporch/dock. We spent most of our time here, there was some good snorkeling and coral on the docks posts.

I know it looks like Patrick is not smiling but he claims its his facial hair covering his smile....

Apparently his facial hair does nót cover his smile when it comes to cookies! This was our first place with an oven and Patrick was so excited to get his cookie fix.

There are lots of old cars and differnt models of cars that have been fun to see. This is a mini cooper Patricks mom once had.

After a few nights on Isla Colon we headed over to Isla Bastimentos. This was unlike any place we have ever been. It had one main sidewalk (no roads) that took about 10 minutes to walk and the rest of the island is dirt trails and amazing beaches. From what we gathered the population is between 1500 and 2000.

Here is the main sidewalk.

Another view of the sidewalk.

Here is a panoramic view of the main town along the ocean. This was the main deveopment on the island. The rest of it was jungle, farms, and beaches. We dont have any pictures of the beaches because there was some kids mugging people on there walk to the beach. So we left our camera at the hostal. Although we never ran into any trouble.

I liked the creative reuse of trash for plant holders. We have a doritos bag, a coconut shell, a cup, and a box of wine. Unfortunately the trash was a huge issue on the island and you found it everywhere especially in the water in front of the houses. There was also a constant smell of burning plastic.