Bocas del Toro -- Day 2

After a restful night’s sleep at the hotel (such a nice place!), Arietta and I woke up hungry and left the hotel around 8am to search for some breakfast. Nothing was open yet, except for the Indian restaurant Om so we decided to have a delicious breakfast there. Om is only open for breakfast and dinner and the breakfast menu was extensive -- there were American-style and Indian-style food offerings. I ordered a Masala Chai and a plain toasted bagel with cream cheese, tomato, and cucumber. It has honestly been years since I’ve eaten a bagel and this one was great! The chai was also excellent -- thick, sweet, and spicy.


After our leisurely breakfast, we stopped by the hotel to pack for the beach and we also went to the Super Gourmet grocery store to pick up items for a picnic on the beach. We caught a taxi/bus (colectivo) at the park in the center of town and after about 40 minutes, we were at Boca del Drago on the back end of the island. This beach is absolutely gorgeous and we were very lucky to have bright, sunny weather. I love this beach since it is very quiet (you hardly see any people here), has tons of coconut palms lining the beach near the water, the water is clear turquoise and warm, and Boca del Drago is extremely easy and inexpensive to visit.


Around noon, Arietta and I ate our picnic (a fresh baguette, havarti cheese, and an apple for me) next to the water and beneath the shade of a large palm. After a snack, we walked around the water’s edge and saw many large sea stars and sea cucumbers through the clear water. We stayed until around 3pm whereupon we took another colectivo back to Bocas town.


We took a break in the hotel until dinner -- we decided to return to Om in order to have delicious Indian food. I really like this restaurant -- it is a good deal and the food is excellent. I had another Chai to drink and for dinner I ate naan bread, daal (spicy lentil mixture), raita (cucumber and yoghurt mixture), curry potatoes, and tons of rice. After dinner, Arietta and I waddled back to the hotel and went to bed awaiting a relaxing day of wandering and shopping tomorrow.