Sunday morning we were walking around Bocas, trying to get our day planned out, and stopped to inquire about express tickets to Panama City (they cost more, but get you there without transfers in a mere ten hours). We found out that we had two options, a day bus at 8am, or a night one at 7pm.
We went back to the hotel to swim and think about it, and when we returned like an hour and a half later, they were ALL sold out. Both trips. So, left with the option to either wait another day and leave Tuesday or still leave Monday and coordinate a trip on our own that would probably take a minimum of 16 hrs, we decided to stay put. One more day at the beach isn't all that bad, I guess......
We ended up getting a water taxi to take us to one of the other islands, arranging for a round trip ride. It was kind of sketchy because we didn't even know where we were going and simply asked to go somewhere where we could swim. Our driver threw in a snorkel mask and had us jump out of the boat at a beach surrounded by no tresspassing signs.... Someone can own the jungle, but not the beach, right??? We had it to ourselves for the first few ours and then a few small boats showed up with people to swim and snorkel. It was called Playa Ladrones and, luckily, our driver came back to bring us home ;)
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