We shared a taxi back in to Bocas town with Marina and Daniel. They were leaving the Caribbean to make their way towards Santa Catalina on the Pacific coast. We will be doing the same but wanted to have a day at Playa de las Estrellas before we left. We checked in again at Posada Isla Chica for one more night and managed to get the same room as we had before with the balcony overlooking the street. We dropped our bags in the room, took out our beach gear and...

It was slow morning while we waited to see if we could move to a smaller, and cheaper, room. We had to wait until the people in the other decided whether they were staying or moving on. In the meantime, we were looking for different accommodation options in the islands - we plan to spend quite a few days here but on different islands. Finally, at 11am we got the call to say we could change to smaller room. The new room is cheaper but better for us because it h...

We were on the move again, from the highlands of Boquete to the Caribbean island archipelego of Bocas del Toro. We decided to take local buses even though there was a faster albeit more expensive shuttle available, we were in no rush and didn't mind seeing the view from a locals point of view (so to speak) rather than a tourists. Our ride out of Boquete, on the old yellow American school bus, came to a stuttering halt almost immediately due to a cycle race on the...