Bocas del Toro… where to start.  Out of the two dives today I´d have to say I am unimpressed.  Yes, there is colorful coral, but there is not a lot of it.  The water was turbid/murkey so vis was down to about 20feet, which was fine but putting things together in my mind I can´t imagine having 100feet of vis making it much better.  Sea life was there but as compared to Honduras, Thailand and Hawaii it completly lacks.  I did two dives today, The Shipwreck and Bow Line.  Shipwreck was cool… the first time we went around it.  Bow Line was cool, except I still had 140bar left when the guide wanted to surface.  When Ben and Josh have their fun dives I will make a request for Hospital since that´s where the comments seem to point to.  Tomorrow I will make no dives since the cost isn´t worth the reward, at all in my mind.

Roatan had huge coral reefs teeming with life, and a wreck teeming with life.  Bocas has little.  Thus far, the only reason I would come back to Bocas would be to explore the archipelago in a sea kayak or rent a launcha for a week or two.  We moved into another hotel called the Hipocampo since I thought the Mondo Taitu was one of the worst designed Hostels I´ve stayed in.  To get to the rooms upstairs you have to go through the bathrooms and there is a bar downstairs.  The bar I don´t mind, the bathroom thing I do.  A room for 3 people completly filled the room.  At the Hipocampo (2$ more a night) we are right across from the dive shop and our room has 3 beds, ac, tv, private bathroom and much more room.  Hard to argue with that, expect for when they´re all booked!

 The Mundo Taitu is a group of surfers from California who opened a hostel.  Maybe 5 years ago, definately no more than 10 and the place shows.  While it has character it´s not congruent in how it´s laid out and is rather dark and dank.  Something tells me they have the money to give the place some life, they just choose not to.  Anyways, I will update probably in another day or two.