One of the many marble statues/carvings

Elevator to the rooftop bar

Our room in the French wing

Checking out a rum room

And dinner a la fresca on one of the squares

Looking down on the hotel courtyard from the roof

We flew over the Panama Canal

Coming into Bocas

We found our captain, grabbed some groceries, and headed out of Bocas Town, which is the main town on Isla Colon

Coming up on our house on Isla Cristobal

From the back of the house

So much deck space, plus a pool and a hot tub

Mangroves behind the house

Main house behind us in the mangroves. There’s two bedand baths in our house, and another three bedrooms/baths back there.

Headed into Bocas Town for dinner

Back at the house for the evening…

We discovered we have Southern and Spotted Eagle Rays that hunt by our deck!

Went exploring the mangroves on kayak and paddleboard.

Steve swore there was a human skull in the water. It was a baby stingray.

Mangrove tunnels!

“Jess, did you see that gator?”

Cooling off after padding

It knows how to rain in Panama!

Map of Bocas and its dive sites. Bocas Town is on the southern tip of Isla Colon and our house is on the northern tip of Isla Cristobal. We dived a couple sites off Isla Solarte.

Sunset from our deck

Eagle rays came back to visit

We went south down San Cristobal, then over to Cayo Coral and Cayo Zapatilla

Passage through the mangroves

Bahia de los delfines

Scarlet macaw on Cayo Coral

I almost made friend with some sunflower seeds

Snorkeling Cayo Zapatilla

Back at Cayo Coral for lunch

Vanilla sky sunset from our deck

And then into Bocas Town for dinner

And a little shopping

Night snorkeling on our house reef. A little octopus took quite a liking to Steve.

So sad to be leaving Bocas - this is a place we could stay for a while

Back in Panama City, at the Sofitel Legend this time

Wandering the street market and art vendors

There is so much historical architecture here in this part of town

Hopping between rooftop bars…

Rooftop 1

Might be the prettiest cocktail ever

Rooftop 2

Rooftop 3

And we found a fantastic Asian fusion restaurant rooftop 4!

View of the modern downtown from Casco Viejo, which was the second downtown of Panama City. The first is Old Town and looks like it’s just some ruins and a museum.

So wish we could bring this home! Damn Trump.

So sad to be leaving - we really loved this country. We’ll be back to explore more! (After learning a little more Spanish.🙃)

Going home first class. Copa gave us these cute little travel packs!

Bye Panama! 🇵🇦