June 4, 2019 Bocas

Another very full day in Bocas del Toro.  We had met our old panga driver, Don Choy on the dock and had set up a snorkel trip.  He took us to Coral Cay which words cannot describe.  The color explosion was spectacular, seeing fish of all tropical types, orange, yellow and purple sponges, so many different types of coral and all in the bath warm waters of the Caribbean.  On the way back from Coral Cay, we saw some dolphin playing in the area around “Sloth Island” and we also spotted a sloth on the island of its namesake.  Don Choy did not let us down.  For lunch we hit an old favorite place, essentially over the water on the shores of Carranera Island.  Returning to the Tropical Suites, happily snorkeled out, some of us went to the Dive Center called La Buga and hung out in the water and at the bar.  This evening we went to a restaurant we had been to years ago called Ultimo Refugio.  I attempted to get a fishing charter for the next day with Don Choys brother, Gabrielle, and met them both at 9, but to no avail.  You may be wondering why I havent mentioned surf, which is my favorite Bocas activity, and the reason is that there is none: flat.  It is forecast to come up though.  Crossing our fingers.

Pic of the girl as relaxing in the afternoon.

The primary form of Bocas transportation: Panga

In the water at La Buga