Bocas Del Toro, Panama

Our time in lovely Boquete was over as we were up early to take a shuttle bus and water taxi to our last stop in Panama. We were going to spend some time in Bocas Del Toro on Isla Colon, located in a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea...

After 4 hours in a packed van we arrived at Almirante to catch our ride to the islands...

Our taxi arrives...

It was a swift ride as the water taxis waste no time getting to their destination...

Our destination was Bocas Town, the largest on the islands...

It is also the Center of activity so there are many shops and services here...

Some of the main streets...

It definitely has a Carribean feel while reminding us of our time spent on Caye Calker in Belize.

Lots of dive shops...

Colourful houses...

And shops...

Speaking of colourful houses, this is where we stayed...

It is located in a local neighbourhood about 30 mins walk from town at the edge of a mangrove in Saigon Bay....

We walked through here on the walkway....

The neighbourhood houses...

And some of the neighbourhood kids...

It was not a boring place!

Island life is all about the beach and there were many of them, this one was across the street from us...

We spent a day on Playa Bluff, a pristine beach on the north of the island...

This was not a swimming beach...

But the surfers were out...

We spent the day relaxing at one of the Beach Clubs...

It was a fabulous day...

Topped off with the best shrimp cerviche ever...

Another day we took a boat tour of the islands with a group of young teachers from Chile...

We saw dolphins...

Lots of starfish, not a great picture because of the movement of the water but loved the colors...

Snorkeling...

And sloths...

Our final stop was Cayo Zapitillas where a season of Survivor was filmed, this place looked like Paradise!

We also enjoyed our time at the AirBnB as we watched the sunsets...

Activity in the bay...

Our host was a chef who treated us to three course evening meals that were worthy of a fine restaurant...tuna tartare, mahi mahi on risotto, chocolate mousse and on this night the appetizer was tuna carpaccio...

We shared wonderful meals and games of Skippo with young people from Germany...

Lots of cervazas with a view...

We really enjoyed our time here, took a short flight back to Panama City and spent our last night with a young couple in an AirBnB near the airport who dropped us off in the morning...

Alan and Elkys...

Now off to Columbia...