We considered heading to the beach but with that state of the sandflies on the beaches we opted to head into Bocastown. Bocastown was about a 2 km walk down a road with rough patches of sidewalk. We passed by many houses of varying degree of repair and disrepair. We stopped into a restaurant once we made the turn onto the main street and Tegan and Elliot had an ice cream. I had a pepsi, that I shared with Tegan and poured some into her cup of ice cream to make a float. She really enjoyed that. Elliot didn't like the raisins in his ice cream; rum & raisin is what he ordered and he thought the raisins were chocolate chips initially.
We made are way through the many shops that lined the main street in search for a couple of t-shirts for the kids and a flag of Panama. Most of the shirts we saw had either Bocas del Toro or Cerveza Panama on them. We only found a Panama shirt for Tegan. Some of the handmade jewelry and crafts were quite nice and well crafted. There was a cute little woven sea turtle necklace that I was sure Tegan would love, but she passed it by. Picky kids.
On the way back we hopped into a place for some Pizza and fries for Elliot. The pizza was hand-tossed and looked promising, but it was somewhat of a let down in flavour. Instead of going to the beach I suggested to the kids that I could take across the street to Jenny's pool. The thought it a good compromise. Tegan and Elliot ended up playing with Kayla for a spell and then they reminded me of the pool and we invited Kayla to go as well. But in they end Kayla didn't come along with us. Tegan and Elliot did play with another girl in the pool and the had a great time. It also rained the whole time they were in the pool and I just stood under a palm tree watching over them while they played.
Tonight we made sandwiches in our cabana for dinner and watched some TV while we packing up for tomorrow's departure from Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro.
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