jim — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:09:34 +0000

I kinda felt like one of the folks on the TV series “Lost” as we ran care free and naked (ok maybe not naked) on our own tropical deserted island for an entire day. Jim and the guides from Boquete Outdoor Adventures did a great job running the trip. Jim moved to Panama from Ridgway about a year ago to run from Boquete Outdoor Adventures, an adventure guide services that operates rafting trips, sea and white water kayaking trips, island tours and hikes
Our day began at 7:00 am in Boquete where we loaded into a van filled with food, beer, snorkel gear and sea kayaks. We drove about 45 min down to David where we had one last pit stop before we headed out to Pedregal, a small fishing village just a few minutes outside David. From there we loaded up a boat and spend about an hour getting to Isla Gamez, a small island on the Pacific Coast. It was amazing to me that in two hours you could go from mountains to the sea and a deserted island non the less! The boat ride was beautiful, much of it navigating through the Mangrove Forests. On the island we swam, snorkeled did a little sea kayaking and opened several coconuts, both green and ripe. The fresh coconut water was amazing! so much better than the stuff we get in the states. The flesh is soft enough to eat with a spoon and has the texture of a gummy bear. It was super yummy! Jims guide Rolando did a great job helping us learn to roll in the sea kayaks. Zane almost had it down! I would love to get him on a mellow river trip with these guys. He is really comfortable in the water. Jason saw a huge sea turtle…he said is was as big as him. Unfortunately, we don’t have pictures as Jason’s camera went on the blink as soon as we got there. Hopefully, we can get it working again.
I think we will leave here tomorrow and head to the Osa. This is an easy place to hang…really mellow, comfortable and safe.