This was my first out of the country trip that wasn't pre-planned for me! Very exciting. I left on a Monday with Megan and we headed to Puerto Viejo in Limon where we met up with Ben and his buddy Kevin (who came to visit for the week). We played on the beach for a bit and then Tuesday left fairly early for Panama. It was about a 2hr trip to the border, and then we had to wait in line to get our passports stamped. We had to cross this long, hole filled bridge to get to the Panama side, where we then had to follow this man's directions to buy a return ticket, get a $5 visa and our passport stamped again. Then we took a van to a place where we got on a boat to take us to Boca del Toro. Boca del Toro is a collection of islands and is probably one of the most touristy places in Panama, but it was super relaxing. We stayed in a hostel called Gran Kahuna, and it was awesome. The downstairs lounge areas had couches, hammocks and a big screen TV. The 1st day we just explored the area. Wednesday we took a $15 boat tour from 9:30 am to 5pm, which included dolphin watching, snorkeling, and a trip to Red Frog Beach. We saw a dolphin naturally when we were 1st heading into Bocas, so going to search for them seemed a little strange. There was one, but it was kind of weird because whenever he'd surface, the boat would like chase it and it'd disappear again. Then the boat driver started moving in a circle and the dolphin would follow it and do flips and other
tricks. Snorkeling was pretty cool and after a while I got more use to it and relaxed without hyperventilating. It was nice because the water was warm. Also, the beach was beautiful with white sand and blue blue water. the waves were gigantic and super strong but it was pretty to watch them break because they created white foam. Red Frog Beach is named that way because there are tiny red frogs there. Everyone else from my school arrived Wednesday day and so we went out to this place called Aqua Lounge for Christina's birthday that night. Our group of people was the one that got everyone up and dancing at the club, and Will was dancing like crazy and of course he ended up taking his shirt off (very typical of him). Ben and some other people jumped off the diving board into the water, and then some other people were jumping on a water trampoline. It was pretty fun. Thursday we went to a beach called Starfish Beach, and it was the coolest one I've ever seen! There were starfish as big as my face all over the bottom of the water, which was crystal clear. We were wading among them and decided they couldn't be dangerous, so we opted to pick them up. They are super hard and we could see them sucking their little tentacle thing that they must move with back inside. Very neat! That night I didn't go out and Friday Megan, Ben and I literally didn't do anything the next day. Ben said we were on and eat, sleep and poo schedule!!! haha Not too far from the truth. It was relaxing though. That night we went to a club/bar that was build on top of a shipwreck. It was pretty cool. Megan Ben and I left on Saturday and man what a long day on the bus. We left Panama at 7:30 in the morning and didn't get back into San Jose until 5pm. It was a great break from classes!!
tricks. Snorkeling was pretty cool and after a while I got more use to it and relaxed without hyperventilating. It was nice because the water was warm. Also, the beach was beautiful with white sand and blue blue water. the waves were gigantic and super strong but it was pretty to watch them break because they created white foam. Red Frog Beach is named that way because there are tiny red frogs there. Everyone else from my school arrived Wednesday day and so we went out to this place called Aqua Lounge for Christina's birthday that night. Our group of people was the one that got everyone up and dancing at the club, and Will was dancing like crazy and of course he ended up taking his shirt off (very typical of him). Ben and some other people jumped off the diving board into the water, and then some other people were jumping on a water trampoline. It was pretty fun. Thursday we went to a beach called Starfish Beach, and it was the coolest one I've ever seen! There were starfish as big as my face all over the bottom of the water, which was crystal clear. We were wading among them and decided they couldn't be dangerous, so we opted to pick them up. They are super hard and we could see them sucking their little tentacle thing that they must move with back inside. Very neat! That night I didn't go out and Friday Megan, Ben and I literally didn't do anything the next day. Ben said we were on and eat, sleep and poo schedule!!! haha Not too far from the truth. It was relaxing though. That night we went to a club/bar that was build on top of a shipwreck. It was pretty cool. Megan Ben and I left on Saturday and man what a long day on the bus. We left Panama at 7:30 in the morning and didn't get back into San Jose until 5pm. It was a great break from classes!!
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