Finally a trip to Bocas Del Toro

Kaiden had now left and for the first time in 4 weeks I was without my shadow.  Because of the Indian uprising my return to Boquete was in question and the thought of getting stuck in some town along the highway for days did not thrill me and since I had to house sit for Goldie and Mary in another week and a half I decided to treat myself and go to Bocas Del Toro.  I booked a flight, and since we had already paid for a night at a hotel that we were not able to use with Kaiden I was set to go.  There are only 2 flights to the island each day and one left early in the morning but since I had to have Kaiden at the airport that did not work so I took the afternoon flight.  This left from the regional airport which is only a short cab ride from Casco.  I spent the time relaxing and having adult conversations with my hosts.
The planes are small and as usual operate on Panama time - they leave when they want to which in this case meant they left 1 1/2 hours late.  It was hot wih air conditioning not in use since they are remodeling.Finally the flight takes off and I can relax.  It takes a little over an hour to reach Bocas and soon we were landing - but nothing looked right- it was not an island?

It ends up this flight lands first before proceeding on to Bocas - a large number of people got off and many others back on.  But the people in the seats ahead of me ended up being the ugly Americans.
They were upset that we were late - when we boarded earlier they kept telling people to just take any seat and to get the door shut so we could take off - afterall THEY had to take a boat to their private island and it was going to be dark.  They continued with this tirade making comments like " the Indians  must be making a lot of money  since they all  seemed to have phones and computers.
I was so embarrassed and could not believe that Americans would act this way.  I wish I had said something but what - that you cannot act this way, watch your mouth, grow up- all things that I would want to say to a child.  I sat quiet wishing to get off the plane and away from these people. 
We took off in a matter of minutes and arrived at Bocas and of course the same couple felt they should get special treatment and get THEIR luggage off first and they succeeded by paying the baggage people.  These airports are so small that they remove the luggage from the plane put it on a small rolling cart and then pass it thru a doorway to you - This means you have to have your luggage tag to receive it - they yell out the numbers on each tag.  But with only about 50 people on board so it does not take long.
By this point I am hot, tired and want nothing but a cool shower and air conditioning.  Boas is HOT! I am tired and want to cool down and get some supper.  Taxis are everywhere and for an entire $1 I make the trip to the hotel.  But my day goes on as when I check in I find out that the island is without electricity which means I am handled a candle and matches for my room, there is no air and no water and the room is stifling.  My alone time is not starting off well. I could not stay in the room that had turned into a sauna so headed out to find a cool drink and food.  Many of the restaurants are not serving but when I did find one open and cooking I was seated out on the water with candles on my table so the atmosphere was great.  Just as I was finishing the lights came on and I could see my food.  It was a relief to go back to my room, turn on the air and get in to the shower.  So much for a night on the town as I crawled into bed, found a channel on the TV that was in English and enjoyed my first night on the island. Tomorrow would be better!!!