After the first night around town, we found out that there was going to be a celebration in the town for the creation of Bocas Town. Originally we thought that it was going to be a large parade on Sunday...we soon found out that it was an entire weekend long event. So everywhere we went around town they were preparing for concerts, dancing, and on Sunday the parade.
Everyone from Puerto Viejo that I traveled to Bocas with, spilt up to try different activities. My two french friends (Julien and Latitia) went to a beach on the other habitable island. They told me that there were good waves for surfing but that they water was quite shallow and so if you took a digger on the board, you'd get quite scratched up. The English girls (Tess and Lucie) went underwater-boarding, which from a brief description seems to be a board that is attached to a boat, which you can use to propel yourself up and down or side-to-side to explore the ocean/reefs without snorkeling.
The first night of the weekend celebrations started early and didn't seem to end...I tried to go to bed around 12 a.m. but couldn't sleep so I worked on compiling a second video of my trip so far until 6:30 a.m. There was still music playing in the distance when I had finally made it to bed, but the loud music (being narrated by some guy ALL THREE NIGHTS) stopped around 5 a.m. and was the same until Sunday. Needless to say I was exhausted the entire time I was in Bocas.
SUNDAY! Have you ever been to a parade? How about a parade that starts at 7 a.m. and doesn't stop until 11 p.m.? Dancing, drumming, cotton candy...it was all here! For the first 2 hours I sat and watched as the kids danced past, or swung their drums over their heads, then caught them again, right on beat and continued playing. After two hours I stopped watching, but I couldn't stop listening all day because it was so loud. I started to go a little crazy from all the noise and decided to take a boat across to an island with a swimming area for a short break. There, me and friends found people swinging, jumping from trampolines, slack-lining, and flipping into the water! It felt good to cool down and give my ears a break but then I went back to the mainland and watched and listened to fire-dancers and more drums!
I had met so many new friends by the time that I was ready to leave Bocas and it was hard to say good-bye so soon. Even my first traveling friends (the Swedish Brothers) arrived from Panama City. It was awesome to see them again, we caught up and shared a few stories, but for the first time in our travels I was leaving first. It sucked to leave before my friends but I was really glad that I saw them one more time! I will try to visit them, among other friends, and visit Europe in the near future!
Everyone from Puerto Viejo that I traveled to Bocas with, spilt up to try different activities. My two french friends (Julien and Latitia) went to a beach on the other habitable island. They told me that there were good waves for surfing but that they water was quite shallow and so if you took a digger on the board, you'd get quite scratched up. The English girls (Tess and Lucie) went underwater-boarding, which from a brief description seems to be a board that is attached to a boat, which you can use to propel yourself up and down or side-to-side to explore the ocean/reefs without snorkeling.
The first night of the weekend celebrations started early and didn't seem to end...I tried to go to bed around 12 a.m. but couldn't sleep so I worked on compiling a second video of my trip so far until 6:30 a.m. There was still music playing in the distance when I had finally made it to bed, but the loud music (being narrated by some guy ALL THREE NIGHTS) stopped around 5 a.m. and was the same until Sunday. Needless to say I was exhausted the entire time I was in Bocas.
SUNDAY! Have you ever been to a parade? How about a parade that starts at 7 a.m. and doesn't stop until 11 p.m.? Dancing, drumming, cotton candy...it was all here! For the first 2 hours I sat and watched as the kids danced past, or swung their drums over their heads, then caught them again, right on beat and continued playing. After two hours I stopped watching, but I couldn't stop listening all day because it was so loud. I started to go a little crazy from all the noise and decided to take a boat across to an island with a swimming area for a short break. There, me and friends found people swinging, jumping from trampolines, slack-lining, and flipping into the water! It felt good to cool down and give my ears a break but then I went back to the mainland and watched and listened to fire-dancers and more drums!
I had met so many new friends by the time that I was ready to leave Bocas and it was hard to say good-bye so soon. Even my first traveling friends (the Swedish Brothers) arrived from Panama City. It was awesome to see them again, we caught up and shared a few stories, but for the first time in our travels I was leaving first. It sucked to leave before my friends but I was really glad that I saw them one more time! I will try to visit them, among other friends, and visit Europe in the near future!
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