Mamacita de azucar!

We took a short flight to Bocas del Toro, Panama. Bocas is on the Caribbean side of the country maybe an hour from the Costa Rican border. Bocas consists of 6 islands, all densely forested. Columbus landed on Bocas in 1502 but the region was forgotten since there was no gold to be found. The region was later populated by Afro Caribbean immagrants from Jamaica and San Andres. The main Island being Isla Colon where you find the City of Bocas. Bocas is Panama´s major tourist area and has a very Caribbean vibe. There is so much to do here by way of water...snorkeling, diving, beaches, etc.

We arrived at the airport and then took a water taxi to our accomodations. Oh my gosh was all I could say. Tabitha, who at this point I have decided is sugar mamma (mamacita de azucar en epañol), scored an incredible place at Punta Caracol. Punta Caracol an environmental friendly aqua lodge where each cabin is built on stilts over the Caribbean Sea. Each cabin has low voltage electricity so, no hair dryers! Of course, we had the master suite! This place was...off the hook, sick, bad ass, and every other adjective you can think of for WAY cool!

We hung out at the lodge for a while, ate breakfast and napped. We took the water taxi back into town where we had lunch and checked things out. Bocas, the town, is very small and laid back, but you can tell that it is growing in order to accomadate the fact that the word is out on this place! Here come more tourists! We water taxied back to the lodge and Tab and Karen took the kayaks out for a spin. You can kayak and snorkel right off the back deck of the cabin! We cracked up when Tab took a dump on the kayak...what?? you can´t stand up on these things? Dinner was served at the lodge restaurant and was really good. I had caracol (conch) for the 1st time. It´s kind of like calamari but a little more chewy. I crashed out that night around 10 and apparently slept through one of the biggest thunder and lightning storms ever. Tab and Karen were a bit freaked out and didn´t get much sleep. Tab claims she saw sparks on our thatched roof...hmmm. Me...snug as a bug...woke up fresh as a daisy, ready for the next day!