We left San Jose at 6 in the morning last Friday. We met our friends Reto and Felipe from school and their 2 friends, Hannah and Julia at the station. A Belgium, A Switz, 2 Austrailians and 2 Minnesotans :) We all took a 5 hour bus to the Southern border town named, "Sixaola." From there we crossed the bridge (see in pic) and dealt with customs (Matt is doing 3 things at once in the visa/mouth pic). After clearing the Panama border, we were bombarded with local taxis. We finally settled on a legit truck taxi that took us 30 minutes to a water taxi. We sat in the back of the truck...I better understand why women in the middle east cover themselves. (Peep the photo). The water taxi then took us 25 minutes to Bocas del Toro. Our hostel was on a more secluded island off the main island, so we took ANOTHER water taxi to Bastimiento island. It was a haul, but once we got there, it was bliss. We had a good time, relaxful. I even saw a dolphin! I threw some pics up here for fun. I think the best part of the trip for me was getting to know people from other countries. Very interesting convos on politics, jobs, religion... The fact that Reto and Felipe held these conversations with us and English is their 3rd language was impressive to say the least. Beach, hot dog bonfires, ( we built a bonfire on the beach one night), community cooking, jenga, hammocks, kayacking, reading...
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