I took the bus up to Bocas last Saturday morning...caught the 5:30am to another city, then took that bus for a total of about 5 hours, then a boat to Isla Colon. So arrived at about noon. It is quite warm there, and the city is a bit dirty. But there are many beautiful beaches. My friends and I went to Red Frog beach on Saturday. The water felt great! They had a shower there to rinse off the salt water after swimming...just our luck that they turned the water off before we were finished swimming in the ocean. So we resorted to rinsing off with our bottled water. The kids at the beach entrance were so adorable! They saw that I had cookies in my bag, so they kept approaching me asking for cookies. We also fed the many stray dogs there at the beach that were hungry. They were actually quite friendly and very cute! All in all I had a great time in Bocas with my friends. It's a great place to visit, but I was ready to go home to a cooler climate after 2 days. We all kept flagging down a taxi to give us rides just to ride in an AC vehicle and get out of the heat. Anyway, it was fun! What really impresses me about this country are the people. They were all so friendly on my bus ride up...making sure I got on the right bus...making sure I got off at the right stop...flagging down a taxi driver for me....making sure I got on the right boat. Truly nice and friendly!
Yesterday morning I went for a great hike to a couple of waterfalls with some friends. It was really beautiful! Today is a holidy here, as they are inducting a new president. So I went with a group of students to the hot springs again and then to the river to swim. They swam; I slept. Wow, I was really tired today. It was nice having a break from class.
Well, I have homework to get done and will be having dinner soon with my host family. I tried to upload some new pícs on here, but this pc I am using at the internet cafe is insanely slow. So I hope to add them next time.
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