Mondo Taitu Hostel

We spent 10 days/9 nights in Bocas del Toro and visited many beaches, dive sites, and local restaurants. Our residence for this the was the Mondo Taitu Hostel.

We were glad we chose Mondo as or hostel because we met great friends and enjoyed theme parties at their bar!

One group of friends were the “Canadians” (left to right from top: Christina (duh), Becca, Maia, Britt, and Elyse). They are some of the best and funniest humans ever!

Christina and Becca decided to do hand stands, which led to Dave having to give Christina shoulder massages 🙂

This intimidating pic is from 90’s hip hop theme night at Mondo:

Our Favorite Local Restaurant

When we first got to Bocas we saw this restaurant called Golden Grill and it quickly became our favorite. Mostly because the internet worked really well (in comparison to our hostel). It is also where we had Thanksgiving dinner (pepperoni pizza and empanadas).

Our favorite local restaurant with the best wifi

Bluff Beach on Isla Colon

Bluff Beach is located about 7.5 km north of where we are staying in Bocas Town. It is a local hotspot for surfers because of the bigger waves. The day I went it was a fairly calm day, but wanted still reached about 3 meters. Here are pics of the bike ride up, the waves at the beach, and even a short video.

Dolphin Bay and Zapatillos Island

We took a tour today that included a visit to Dolphin Bay and Zapatillos Island.
Here’s a short video of the dolphins we spotted:

ZAPATILLOS ISLAND
The island is shaped like a foot print and hence the name zapatillo. We walked around the perimeter of the entire island and through part of the jungle.

View of zapatillos island

Red Frog Beach

Red Frog Beach got its name because of these little guys:

This boy came up to us as we were leaving the beach on the island of Bastimentos.

This is Red Frog Marina and Christina’s favorite picture:

This is Dave with a couple scuba diving buddies (Joel in the middle is from Switzerland and Bernard on the right is from Netherlands).

Of course we had to do a group jumping picture!

Here are a couple more from this day that Christina took: