bocas, day five

This morning I got up very quickly and packed very quickly and ate breakfast very quickly, much to Nadiv's surprise. He was not aware that I could move faster than a sloth. Breakfast was made by cook Sonia and included a breakfast omelet and German bread (made with the blood of Jews).

We left Bastimentos to spend our last day on Isla Colon. Our flight left the following day and we were a little concerned about getting a water taxi at 6 am. In Bocas Town, we found a super sweet place to stay at. It was a few blocks away from the main drag and built on the edge of the water with a huge wooden living room deck. The owners, surfers Mike and Jaime, are from Venice Beach. This place had hot showers and a jacuzzi AND COUCHES so it was like decision made.

It took four hours to get our room ready for some reason. In the meantime, we played several rounds of Bananagrams, which is like the funnest game ever! You might know this game as "Australian rules scrabble" but it's more fun when you call it Bananagrams. I beat Nadiv twice.

Then we took a bus to Play del Drago. Everyone had been telling us how great this beach was, and I mean EVERYONE. But it kind of sucked. It was overcast and the sand was wet. We saw a few starfish in the water. There were no waves at all and Nadiv swam out far without my having a heart attack. However, there were stingers in the water (sand flies?) and after fifteen minutes it started to drizzle. I managed for a bit with the umbrella, but then the rain got harder and it was just kind of miserable to be out. As we walked back to the bus stop ("bus stop") it started to pour. We took shelter at beach restaurant and ordered somewhat tasty Caribbean food which I refused to eat slowly. It came with patacones, which were, of course, terrible.

When we got back, we jumped in the jacuzzi (but not before Nadiv jumped in the ocean again). JACUZZI!!!!!!! It was one of those above ground ones that you see for sale at the County Fair. I am definitely buying one when I move somewhere with a yard.

Pre-dinner Bananagrams game! We are so competitive and the Bananagrams frenzy was so great -- Mike kept egging us on -- that Nadiv accidentally tossed one of his tiles too hard and it fell off the table and through the slats of the deck into the ocean! Mike said he had to go get it. I don't think that Nadiv was upset for a minute He quickly stripped off his clothes and jumped in the water. It was pretty shallow under the deck. He found the tile after a few minutes and some scrapes from barnacles were the only casualty. (Jaime was appalled that Mike made Nadiv jump in and she kept saying that since it was a V tile, it would be fine left in the ocean. "No one likes that tile, anyhow.")

For dinner, we went to Natural Mystic, and all veggie hippie reggae hookah bar restaurant. It was frickin awesome and a perfect place to eat our last meal. The food was DELICIOUS and the lights were all covered with red fabric and the hookah was grape and the band was pretty good. I didn't really want to leave, but we had to pack and before that, I had to visit every grocery store to purchase Intenso cookies.

I did not find Intensos. But I did stop in every grocery store.

Back at our place, we packed our stuff and then watched the local geckos hang out on our walls and ceiling. Nadiv read on his Kindle, and I fell asleep in a quick second.