Palapa Bar

Yesterday we rode our bikes north of Boca del Rio to the Palapa Bar. As the name implies, this place is a bar, built into a two-story palapa right over the water. They have inner tubes rigged up alongside the dock so you can swim, float, sip your Belikin, and enjoy the good vibes. Or do cannonballs off the dock, as our boys did.

Palapa Bar!

Cannonball time

Swimming with my boys

The Palapa Bar has a fun tradition of encouraging graffiti--every flat surface (and most of the curved ones, come to think of it) is covered with names, drawings, places of origin, favorite sports teams, etc. They have a huge stash of sharpies at the bar for the patrons to use, so naturally we added some of our handiwork to the mix.

Amy and Loki enjoying their beverages

Now he'll know where to sit next time

L.J.S.!!

Nautical graffiti

After a fun swim and a round of rum punch and Shirley Temples, we biked back home. On the way we found a dead boa constrictor, and after Amy washed it off in the ocean, we posed for some photos with the local kids.

It was a pretty good sized snake

After some initial trepidation, the local kids jumped right in

It was a good day.