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BASTIMINETOS |
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across the water from Bocas Town on the western tip of Isla Bastimentos
is the small fishing community of BASTIMENTOS , one of the parts of the
island not included in the national marine park. Regular boats run
between Bastimentos and Bocas Town (US$2 per person), and it's easy to
hire a boatman in Bastimentos to take you on excursions into the park or
elsewhere in the archipelago. The community is not really set up for
tourism, and so makes a good place to stay if you want a more authentic
Caribbean experience than that provided by Bocas Town. A few places
offer rooms , the best of which is the welcoming Mr Wolf's Place (tel
757 9923; US$10-15), which has two very comfortable rooms as well as
rustic cabins in a flower-filled garden. The German Mr Wolf is very
helpful, prepares breakfast and dinner, rents sea kayaks and snorkelling
equipment, and can arrange excursions. Pensión Bastimentos (no phone;
US$10-25), on a floating wooden platform beside the dock, is also
pleasant and friendly, with a good restaurant, while the Sylvia Guest
House (tel 757 9442; US$5-10), a little further east, is more basic, but
friendly and good value. In addition, a couple of upmarket beach cabaña
complexes have opened near the eastern tip of the island, just outside
the park boundaries. The secluded Al Natural Resort (tel 757 9004,
www.bocas.com/alnatura.htm ; US$60-80) has stylish rustic cabañas with
solar-powered lighting and rainwater showers; transport to and from
Bocas Town and three meals a day are included in the price. El Limbo (tel
757 9888, www.ellimbo.com ; US$60-80) has comfortable cabañas, and rates
include two meals a day and the use of snorkelling equipment. |
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