Post from Tim:
We met a British couple named Pauline and Mike who were spending a few years biking from Canada to South America and on to Australia and Asia. Sharing costs, we collectively arranged a boat trip to Dolphin Cove to find dolphin, to Cayo Crawl to snorkel and eat lunch, and to Isla Bastimentos to hike and sit on the beach.
The weather cooperated, raining only once while we ate lunch under cover. In Dolphin Cove, we coaxed the dolphins to play around our boat. Cayo Crawl's snorkeling was mixed; the assortment of fish on the reef is limited, but the coral formations are fantastic. We ate lobster and conch fried rice in a restaurant built on the reef, then hiked across Isla Bastimentos in search of red poison arrow frogs. After relaxing on a rough Washington state-like beach, we boated back to Bocas.
The weather cooperated, raining only once while we ate lunch under cover. In Dolphin Cove, we coaxed the dolphins to play around our boat. Cayo Crawl's snorkeling was mixed; the assortment of fish on the reef is limited, but the coral formations are fantastic. We ate lobster and conch fried rice in a restaurant built on the reef, then hiked across Isla Bastimentos in search of red poison arrow frogs. After relaxing on a rough Washington state-like beach, we boated back to Bocas.