Bocas Del Toro, Panama

Now for the rest of the story....
We did leave in the rain and we packed our bags through the rain to the bus stop. We took the 1 1/2 hr. bus ride to the border and then walked across the bridge from Costa Rica to the Panama customs and Immigration. That in itself is very interesting. The bridge is for trains, cars and also people to go across. The cars and people drive and walk on 2x6's some of which are broken. The bridge is about 150 yards long. So while I was carrying two huge backpacks as was Dean, Colton and Miranda were also each carrying a pack. What fun! Thankfully the rain stopped and we definitely thought that we had had ENOUGH! Then when we arrived into Panama and went to the 3 different places to get our passports stamped we grabbed a taxi bus and headed to the banana boats which we had taken last year. The trip was about 45 min. long. We were so happy to finally get there. When we dragged all our bags down to the boats we were told that there was a tree that had fallen across the canal and the boats wouldn't be going any more till tomorrow. SOOO we got back n to the taxi and took the road back from were we had come and went another hour to the other way that you can get to Bocas. Then when we got there we took a different boat for 1/2 an hour to the town, YEAH, we made it!!
Our bed and breakfast place has hot water and a/c. We are in heaven and we slept. Oh how great it is to sleep and not sweat. Today we did something cool. We went with some people that we met (on the long bus ride from Costa Rica )and rented a boat for the day. We went snorkeling and to the beach. We also tried to learn more about the indigenous by trying out one of their boats as you can see. Big fat Canadians are not meant for little cayuca canoes.
We also studied up on the local wildlife in the area. These are both native to the area and we just happened upon this strawberry poison dart frog and also this very cute howler monkey on the beach. No really, these are in the wild and that is why we love to come here.