Today Jane and I headed over to Fajardo early in the morning to catch the 9am ferry to Culebra, an island just off the coast. We missed the ferry by 10 minutes. We then caught the 10:30 ferry (tickets were $2.25) after some terrible tea and empanadillas at a nearby cafe, and enjoyed an hour long ferry ride two seats in front of a woman with terrible seasickness. To maybe give some perspective, at first I thought it was a man who was getting seasick. After arriving in Culebra, we were greeted by four different men holding up signs advertising rides to Playa Flamenco, the "most beautiful beach in Puerto Rico". I easily bargained us down from $3 a ride to $2 a ride using the men to bargain for us (It went like this: one man said "$3!" and the next man said "$2.50!" and I asked "$2?"). So we then went to Playa Flamenco and I got to understand why it is the most beautiful beach in Puerto Rico. Culebra has no rivers or streams on it; all of the rain water falls into lakes or ponds and just sits there. Therefore, there is no runoff. Therefore, the water is as clear as glass and the sand is as white as a bone. Pictures do not do this beach justice, but I still took some pics for kicks.
The snorkeling wasn't the best I've ever experienced, (see: Zanzibar two summers ago), but it was still great to see all the Caribbean reef fish. Jane and I then swam around for hours and I spotted three white angelfish following me around in the water. We think they were attracted to the gold ring on my bathing suit. Before leaving, I decided to add "skinny dipping in broad daylight at the most beautiful beach in Puerto Rico" to my list. We then headed back to the ferry terminal and back home.
On our way home, we took a detour to Las Piedras for the Festival de Lechon, a typical Puerto Rican pig roast accompanied with live music. Quickly after we arrived, it started pouring, so we didn't stay long. But it was a pretty neat experience and I wish we could have spent more time exploring!
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