1/2 June - Isla Grande

Isla Grande is about an hour NE along the coast by bus from Portobelo. It is a small island, we visited in the low season, so it only had about 5 other tourists, one of which was an 80 yo polish american named Stan. Stan had an uncanny ability to sneak up on us and start very slow conversations...

The island has a coral reef which is great for snorkelling, Phil saw a dozen lobsters and caught none. :-( Lots of fish to watch, and plenty of sandy beaches. We walked across the island to a local resort, Bananas, and then around and across the rocks until blocked by rocks and sea. Rock climbing was out as the rocks crumbled underhand, and we were too lazy to walk all the way back and around. So we field tested our waterproof bag with camera and all inside... As our only means of escape was to swim for it around the point, to somewhere accessible.

Question for all... What animal is this? If it helps Karen´s response to seeing it was EEWUGH, where as Phils response was to grab the camera, and nearly fall in the rockpool in his eagerness to get a better look!

ESPANOL

Isla Grande es una hora por bus, norte-este de Portobelo, y necesita un barco pequeño para ir alli. Es una isla pequena, que visitamos cuando no hay muchos turistas. Pero uno de los turistas eran Stan, un americano de 80 años que vive en Seattle y visitar sus amigos en sud america cada año. Era un hombre amable pero no puede escuchar muy bueno.

Isla Grande tiene un Reef de coral que es muy bueno para snorkellear. Phil vio muchos langostinos pero no podimos comer esto para cena. Tambien era muchos peces y algunas playas con arena blanca.