Our final morning in Boquete was clear
but still quite cool!
There was some problem - we never quite figured out what it was - with our transit to the Pacific Coast. The driver did arrive, but over an hour late. We liked him. His name was Alexander and he spoke pretty good English. He took us through the back route to Boca Chica and along the way explained a little of what we were seeing. I wish I had taken pictures here of some of the different landscapes. It was definitely far drier than on the Caribbean coast, and much of it reminded me of the scrub Mesquite forests in parts of north Texas. We went by several hydroelectric projects, and he told us about how much the indigenous people fought the construction of these dams. It took us about two hours to make it from Boquete to Boca Chica. We had told Suzie, our fabulous travel agent, that we wanted to end the trip with a bit of a splurge, and a place where all we would want or need to do would be to sit on the beach or by the pool! She hit a home run by picking the Hotel Bocas del Mar!
The hotel is owned by a Belgian family, and we were warmly greeted by Joost, who spoke impeccable English with a hint of a Flemish accent. Our room was not yet ready as it was only about noon, so we had lunch.
When we were shown to our room, it had an utterly fabulous view. And there was a bucket of champagne there because I think they had been told that this was sort of our honeymoon!
I could spend the rest of my life on the deck here.
Except the view from the bathroom is pretty stunning, too!
Just below our room, number 15, there is an infinity pool.
I found it almost impossible to not spend the whole afternoon in it!
In the evening, John was taken with the beautiful clouds.
The sunset was gorgeous.
We had a fine dinner. The service was slow, but the wifi was fast, so I was more than content.
Tomorrow will be our last real day of vacation as Friday will be most about getting transported back to Panama City for our flight Saturday morning. A couple of you have asked about Edie. She has been in great hands with Jason and Heather while we have been gone. In fact, she seldom get trips to Runyon Canyon with us!
