Bastimentos Boat Races

Saturday afternoon we boated over to the second annual Isla Bastimentos Boat Race weekend. The purpose of the event? ---to bring the entire Bocas del Toro community together for a fun weekend of water sports and raise money for the local community.  Picture the leeside bay of Bastimentos Town, also called Old Bank-- a turqoiuse blue pool about 15 feet deep, with star fish on the bottom. On shore are many concession tents and colorful flags. In the water are numerous boats of all kinds, many selling drinks and food. People bring flotation toys and blow up mattresses and anything they can use for fun in the water.  The boats gather in the center of the bay and the races happen in a circle around this, which makes it really fun to watch. In addition to motor boat races there was cayuco jousting, lumberjack log rolling, kayak relay races, cayuco paddling contest, diving for dollars, greased pole climbing, and blind dinghy races. The weather was beautiful and it was the place to be on a balmy weekend. (for more info and photos just google).

picture taken from second level of Jampan houseboat

Red Frog staff having a great time



 friends on the dock dancing



coming home into the marina- large boat is
the Akula, a british yacht

picture taken on hike yesterday- I am drawn to scenes that feel like abstract or still life compositions

breaking water on the point

(Steve and I decided to take a little mid day hike yesterday to break up the work day and enjoy the fine weather. These are a few of the pictures we took).

I'm off to patch some holes in a wall then meet our project construction manager and gardener to discuss landscaping for a newly completed house.  Hope you all have a wonderful week!