Le Tour de Bocas

At 10:30 I set out with the Aussies on a $15 boat tour that would take us to four different attractions around Bocas Del Toro. We piled into a boat and went to Dolphin Bay, where sure enough, there were dolphins around. Our driver took the boat around in circles and they would jump up and play in the wake, it was pretty cool.  Next, we went to a snorkeling spot at a shallow reef. I'd never been snorkeling or gone on a dive before, and after choking on saltwater a couple times, I rigged up my mask just right and swam around, looking at all the fish and different coral features.

I went looking for where the fish liked to hang out, but they were all pretty spread out. There was one spot, though, that had a few bigger parrot and angel fish:

Aside from the couple of near drownings, I liked snorkeling, and was glad to have a waterproof camera to capture everything below the surface. The next time I come to Central America, a dive cert will definitely be in hand.

After lunch on the landing of a restaurant, we got back in the boat and jetted over to Red Frog Beach, a great place for a swim and a nap. We had some fun body surfing before heading back to the boat. By now the sky to the east had gotten dark and the clockwork afternoon rain was getting close. There was one more spot for snorkeling to get to, but the water had gotten choppy and we didn't want to get stuck in the storm, so we headed in.

That night I was dying to have a burger for some reason, so I pigged out at a restaurant, ordering a fat BBQ burger, un cerveza, and a chocolate brownie à la mode. Yes, I did just shove three different languages into that sentence.

That night we went to the Aqua Lounge, a cool party bar with big holes in the deck where all the drunk kiddos like to jump in. There was a four foot gap between the deck and the surface of the water, so it was hilarious watching them try to wiggle themselves up and out of it. They had a couple swing sets too where you could fly out into the bay. We had a couple drinks and danced a little before heading back on a packed taxi boat. A great day in Panama.