A search for a coffee in the morning took us to a small kiosk next to the police station, it served breakfast as well as coffee so we settled down on a bar stool at the countertop. There was absolutely nothing fancy about the presentation of the food but the scrambled eggs and tortillas tasted great and was really filling. As an added bonus, it was incredibly cheap too.

With full tummies we were back on the bus for the 2 hour ride to David. Our bags were put on the roof this time and we sat there with our fingers crossed that the clouds in the distance wouldn't mean rain... luckily it remained clear and dry. With a quick change to old American school bus in the terminal in David, we commenced our 1 hour journey to Boquete.

We got a room at Refugio del Rio, it was probably the last private one left and it's only available for 2 nights so not sure whether to change room or go to Bocas del Toro early - we'll decide tomorrow. The hostel is nice enough, we have cable TV in the room and there is a hot tub in the very nice garden with a stream running down beside it.

We walked into town and up to the river but it started raining so we turned around, grabbed some beer & snacks from the supermarket and headed back to the hostel. The rain stopped a little later allowing us to wander through the town to find somewhere for dinner. At the very top end of the town was an Argentinian restaurant, La Posada Boqueteña, that did pizza as well as steak. We decided to have the Gaucho pizza even though the Spanish & English descriptions differed. That didn't actually matter because it seemed like the chef just put whatever he wanted on it regardless. It was nice all the same and huge, a few slices went home with us, in a doggy bag.

Back at hostel, we jumped into the jacuzzi for a bit of relaxation and were more than surprised that it was really hot. Really hot, to the point that we both jumped up out the water and then slowly eased ourselves back in, like you would a scalding hot bath.

Our room was close to the stream so we were able to fall asleep listening to the water gurgle it's way downstream. Very relaxing!!