Bocas del Toro Island, Panama
I don't have too many pictures from Panama because my SD card got damaged (wet) and I lost a big part of the pictures, but fortunately had another card which I had a few more.
While in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, I talked to many travelers and many were heading to Panama to this island called Bocas Del Toros after leaving Costa Rica. It was only about some 5 hours or so away. I decided, as I was so close by, I might as well do the hop across the border and get to see another country. We took a shuttle to the Costa Rica border, did immigration, crossed a scary looking bridge onto the border to Panama.. did immigration there and then took another shuttle which took us to a High speed water taxi to bring us to the Bocas Del Toro island. It's a very small island, probably inhabited by some 200 or so local people and the rest are mostly backpackers.
As you can imagine, with an island that remote and low population, the pace of life was very slow. There was not much to do apart from doing nothing. So, I did nothing.. chilled out there for a few days - rented a bicycle and went around the island to see the beachesof the island and I came across the set for 'SURVIVORS'.. They had one survivor series shot on that island.
Bocas del Toro has excellent surf and a great surfing destination. While I don't surf, I did go in the ocean and these waves were the strongest waves I ever encountered.. almost twisted my arm... just by the sheer pulling and pushing power of these powerful waves.
Another day, I took a tour to go snorkelling and dolphin watching. It was pretty neat.. lots of dolphins followed our boat as we headed to a particular part where they reside. Then we did some snorkelling, before going to Red Frog Beach.. where as the name suggests, we have many red frogs !! Unfortunately, the camera I used on that particular boat tour, the card got damaged. It's supposed to be an underwater camera.. Olympus tough and I thought I'd used it for snorkeling, but sand or water somehow got in and damaged the card with all the pictures I took for that day.. but surprisingly the camera still works.



