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As a few of you know, I "had" to take a trip out to PR this week for work. I was there for three days and two nights and was only in meetings a total of three hours while I was there. I don't think I sat still the entire time, though, beyond when I was eating.
Beach at the hotel
The first day I got there around 1:00 PM, got checked in, and headed over to have a prep meeting for the real one the next morning. I was done by 4:30, so I hung out at the hotel bar by the beach for a little. Later we went out to eat at a tapas place in old san juan. It was too dark or I would have gotten some shots, but old san juan is really kind of interesting as far as the architecture and extremely narrow alleys.
The next morning we had the real meeting, after which I immediately hopped on a little commuter flight over to the island of Culebra. To give you an idea, Culebra is actually closer to St. Thomas and St. John than it is PR, so it has the look and feel of the virgin islands, only even quieter.
My death plane:
Inside the death plane:
Arial shots:
Farjado and that dark body of water that looks like a lake is one of the three bioluminescent bays - later that night I kayaked in it. Very very cool....the water literally glows blue wherever you disturb it.
A research island not open to tourists that has a bunch of monkeys (and a few scientists) living on it that is appropriately nick named "Money Island."
Culebra and Playa Flamenco
Landed in Culebra....that's PR in the distance. St. Thomas was so close it would have been a ten minute boat ride, though.
Where the ferry comes...$4 boat ride to and from PR. My commuter flight was 60 one way. I took the ferry back since I was going to be by that side of the island for the bio bay tour.
The town of dewey:
One of six or seven wild roosters I saw running around Culebra:
The entrance to playa flamenco:
Note the american tank in the distance....used to be a military testing site:
Thus, this sign:
The next day I was picked up at my hotel for a rainforest hike that involved up river hiking, waterfall climbing, rock climbing, rapelling and zip lining. It was one of the more strenuous things I've ever done. I got a few ok pictures, but during the steepest and most difficult parts, my camera was packed away, so you don't really get a great feel for it. Parts of the river climb as well as the mountain part were nearly verticle. Once we were on ground instead of rock we had to use a rope to pull ourselves up a decent portion of the time.
The four lane highway to get to the drop off point:
The start of the hike...we pretty much walked and climbed through the water 80% of the way up
A little futher along the way:
Our two guides:
Later, setting up the rapelling ropes
There I am at the top lol
Getting soaked....for the fourth time that day...
The zipline portion:
Another girl in our group:
Home cooked meal courtesy of a local family. In this portion I felt like I had stepped into an episode of anthony bourdain - no reservations. It was the best food I'd had the entire time there.
Goodbye rainforest! Sadface.
I slept the entire flight back, slept ten hours last night, and I'm still kind of tired. But I don't get people who go on vacation somewhere and do nothing. Even on that beautiful beach I got bored after 45 minutes (and probably for the best, I got a little burned, but not too badly), threw my valuables in a dry bag, slapped on some snorkeling gear and hopped in the water for an hour or so. Some people can sit still I guess...others, like myself, cannot.
Beach at the hotel
The first day I got there around 1:00 PM, got checked in, and headed over to have a prep meeting for the real one the next morning. I was done by 4:30, so I hung out at the hotel bar by the beach for a little. Later we went out to eat at a tapas place in old san juan. It was too dark or I would have gotten some shots, but old san juan is really kind of interesting as far as the architecture and extremely narrow alleys.
The next morning we had the real meeting, after which I immediately hopped on a little commuter flight over to the island of Culebra. To give you an idea, Culebra is actually closer to St. Thomas and St. John than it is PR, so it has the look and feel of the virgin islands, only even quieter.
My death plane:
Inside the death plane:
Arial shots:
Farjado and that dark body of water that looks like a lake is one of the three bioluminescent bays - later that night I kayaked in it. Very very cool....the water literally glows blue wherever you disturb it.
A research island not open to tourists that has a bunch of monkeys (and a few scientists) living on it that is appropriately nick named "Money Island."
Culebra and Playa Flamenco
Landed in Culebra....that's PR in the distance. St. Thomas was so close it would have been a ten minute boat ride, though.
Where the ferry comes...$4 boat ride to and from PR. My commuter flight was 60 one way. I took the ferry back since I was going to be by that side of the island for the bio bay tour.
The town of dewey:
One of six or seven wild roosters I saw running around Culebra:
The entrance to playa flamenco:
Note the american tank in the distance....used to be a military testing site:
Thus, this sign:
The next day I was picked up at my hotel for a rainforest hike that involved up river hiking, waterfall climbing, rock climbing, rapelling and zip lining. It was one of the more strenuous things I've ever done. I got a few ok pictures, but during the steepest and most difficult parts, my camera was packed away, so you don't really get a great feel for it. Parts of the river climb as well as the mountain part were nearly verticle. Once we were on ground instead of rock we had to use a rope to pull ourselves up a decent portion of the time.
The four lane highway to get to the drop off point:
The start of the hike...we pretty much walked and climbed through the water 80% of the way up
A little futher along the way:
Our two guides:
Later, setting up the rapelling ropes
There I am at the top lol
Getting soaked....for the fourth time that day...
The zipline portion:
Another girl in our group:
Home cooked meal courtesy of a local family. In this portion I felt like I had stepped into an episode of anthony bourdain - no reservations. It was the best food I'd had the entire time there.
Goodbye rainforest! Sadface.
I slept the entire flight back, slept ten hours last night, and I'm still kind of tired. But I don't get people who go on vacation somewhere and do nothing. Even on that beautiful beach I got bored after 45 minutes (and probably for the best, I got a little burned, but not too badly), threw my valuables in a dry bag, slapped on some snorkeling gear and hopped in the water for an hour or so. Some people can sit still I guess...others, like myself, cannot.
