点评:For all the fuss that we heard from this place. After the trip to seeing the dolphins we had lowered our expectations to basically nothing. So if we got to the beach and we managed to see 1 starfish, we would be somewhat happy.
But after the boat ride to see the dolphins, we decided to simply take a taxi from the town. The ride was actually very good as they have a brand new road, so the ride was about 25 minutes and apart from 1 cow and a few dogs in the street (which made it interesting), I would recommend just taking a taxi. And it's also cheaper if you are more than 1. We got there and it's a beach. We decided to walk the path from the drop off point to the starfish beach. The do have water taxis, but the walk is about 15 minutes and it is an easy walk (the kids got to see lots of crabs along the way). The starfish beach itself must be nice when not covered by 20 some tourist boats. And they installed so many places to eat that you think you are in Cancun or Playa del Carmen 5th avenue in Mexico. It feels so commercial, so touristic. Anyway, we managed to get to the beach, walking between a few dozen drunk people and we did see 2 starfish in total and a few rays. That's it. Not worth the trip. After living in Panama for over 15 years, I could recommend 20 other places nicer than that. And all 100 times less crowded with tourists. This is the perfect tourist trap, they bring you in a herd, you eat, you see a starfish, you go back. They pick up another herd of tourists. After the dolphins leaving, I am sure there are a few starfish considering moving to another place. Who wants to be next to 500 tourist, half of them drunk?
翻译:尽管之前听说这个地方名声在外,但看完海豚之后,我们对它的期望值已经降到了最低。所以,如果到了海滩能看到一只海星,我们就已经很满足了。
不过,看完海豚之后,我们决定直接从镇上打车过去。路况非常好,因为那里有一条新修的路,所以车程大约25分钟。除了路上遇到一头牛和几条狗(这倒也挺有意思的),我强烈推荐大家打车。而且如果超过一个人,打车更便宜。我们到了之后发现,那确实是一个海滩。我们决定从下车点沿着小路走到海星海滩。那里也有水上出租车,但步行大约需要15分钟,而且很轻松(孩子们沿途看到了很多螃蟹)。如果没有二十多艘游船的遮挡,海星海滩一定很美。他们建了那么多餐馆,感觉就像到了墨西哥的坎昆或者卡门海滩第五大道。商业气息太浓,游客也太多了。总之,我们好不容易挤到海滩,穿过几十个醉汉,总共就看到了两只海星和几条鳐鱼。仅此而已。不值得来。我在巴拿马住了15年多,可以推荐20个比这里好得多的地方。而且游客少一百倍。这简直就是个完美的旅游陷阱,他们把游客成群结队地拉过来,吃点东西,看看海星,然后就走了。接着他们又拉来下一批游客。海豚离开后,我敢肯定有些海星都想搬到别的地方去了。谁愿意和500个游客待在一起,其中一半还喝醉了?