more on Isla Colon

For those of you that might be following the blog for more practical purposes, like finding out about costs or restaurants... The ferry over was an hour and a half and cost our 3500 dodge ram $55 U.S. (panama uses U.S. currency as does Nicaragua) to cross.  

Our 1st night on Isla Colon, in Bocas Town, we went out to dinner at The Casbah.  Fantastic food!  We had 2 different appetizers, bacon wrapped shrimp and tuna carpaccio.  I ordered the penne and shrimp and John had the pork tenderloin in rosemary and white wine sauce.  Great food.  Kind of pricey but definitely worth it.

Last night we went to Pizza Libre, where all the dishes had humorous names like "Mother Teresa" (all I remember is that it had goat cheese on it) and the "Che Guevera" (3 cheeses, parmesan, mozzarella and bleu).  I ordered the "Obama", black olive and bacon.  I loved it!  Both for the taste and the humor.  John ordered the Garlic and Shrimp and might have been called the "Benazir Bhutto".  Nothing like a French chef's sense of humor, eh?  LOL