April 4, 2011.

After watching the Dolphins for a while, we were off to a paradise like place to snorkel. The place was unbelievably beautiful, the sun, the coral and fish were wonderful to see, the water was an emerald green and very clear. After spending some time snorkeling, we boated to a lovely restaurant and had lunch.


relaxing after snorkling

After lunch we boated to Red Frog Beach. Here, we walked on a jungle path, seeing the Red Frogs, to the beach.


Red Frog Beach

We set off on our adventure around 9.30 a.m. We arrived at our taxis marions site and set off in the boat with a mother and her 26 year old son, who were vacationing. Our first stop, after riding in the boat some 20 minutes, was the calm Dolphin Bay, where we waited for and watched Dolphins coming up from the water, sometimes a school of sardines would ripple the water as they swam by.


It was a topless beach with very few persons, only two men. We spent some time in the warm waves, being aware of the warning signs on the beach of riptides. It was a very sad to leave the beautiful beach and return to the town of Bocas del Toro as the day had been perfect.


privatebeach




Enjoying the day and having a nice hotel room with hot water, we still decided that we had to move on and explore other places in the country. Our hotel bathroom had a wood ceiling, which we thought was unusual, as it was in extremely good shape. We wondered what kind of wood it is. Later, we discovered that the wood often used is either a red oak or a mahogany. We will continue to explore this.