Bocas II: the underwater sights were awesome !

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all along there, up close to the shore and extending out about 15-20 feet from just a couple of feet deep to 10-12 feet deep is a beautiful coral structure.  After  about 15-20 feet there is a sharp cliff that drops off to the deep end.  I do not know how deep but it seemed and looked very deep.  there was a coral wall along the drop off as deep as I could go.  The entire place was like a fish tank with more tropical fish than you could count and more varieties too.  

Some schools of fish were as big as your hand or forearm, but most of the varieties of course were small.  And the fish were so beautiful.  and of such different shapes.  I really liked watching them.  I swam and snorkeled here at this location on two different occasions as it is close and easy to get to.  Once I went by myself, and the other time with a small group.  This was my favorite spot.  I got out of the water on that small beach back under the trees in the center of the photo too.  Really nice.  But you knew that.  

This is the kind of boat that was available to take you around the islands.  These water taxis were for hire and many were associated with tour operators.  This picture was taken in dolphin bay as I was with a tour to see the dolphins, and there were schools of them in this bay eating jelly fish (go dolphins - eat well and a lot).

I took this photo from were the same tour had lunch after we had snorkeled and swam.  These fish were around the pier we ate lunch on, waiting for scraps.  Earlier we had been swimming with them.  The tour group was interesting - three from Belgium, two doctors from LA, and a couple from Argentina, and me.  We were together most of the day going sightseeing, snorkeling, boat riding,  and of course lunch.

This is me after getting out of the water.  I wore the swim shirt all the time.  The sun is really direct.  Unless it rains, and then we can talk about rain.  Good thing I had on a swim shirt.  It was about to rain again.  It is the rainy season.  Figured that our Dick Tracy, didn't ya?.

Notice those clouds, they are breaking up.  You should have seen them earlier.  This is one of the famous beaches near Bocas, Red Frog, I think it was called.  We are talking car wash style rain, fire hose rain, and it started while we were in the boat on the way here.  Then we walked through the jungle on a little road to this beach in the rain. Actually it was kinda like a bit of an adventure.   of course there was a drinking establishment here at the beach for those who wanted to stay a long time and apparently a lot of people do.

The Bocas chamber of commerce must hire a lot of actors or summer help to go around providing scenic scenes like this.  There were numerous old time visuals.

Leaving was of course necessary, and the airport was still under construction.  

Looking under the tail of the airplane towards the end of the runway, which is "right there", we have a ball field with kids playing baseball and a soccer team warming up in the outer reaches of the outfield.  I did not see a right field fence.  Oh well, we passengers all went through security.