Monday, February 20, 2017

East Towards the Island of Culebra

fresh grouper fish and fried plantains
We drove the crazy roads East to Luquillo, where we tasted some soggy fish on a patio, while we watched lizards chase each other around and spent the day touring the port town of Fajardo. A kayak session out to some coral reefs and snorkeling, with a nice ocean side hotel for the night !

 

An early wake up on a Sunday (note: taxis don't really run much on sundays and many places are closed on Sundays or close around 1 pm). We took a $40 small plane ride out to the island of Culebra. What a journey to see the island and beaches from above !

Mike's video of the plane ride, we couldn't help but laugh with joy !


As Lonely Planet describes it, "a sign on a shop door in the ‘capital’ Dewey reads ‘Open some days, closed others.’ Welcome to Culebra, the island that time forgot; mainland Puerto Rico’s weird, wonderful and distinctly wacky smaller cousin that lies just off the east coast.

Long feted for its diamond-dust beaches and world-class diving reefs, sleepy Culebra is probably more famous for what it hasn’t got than for what it actually possesses. There are no big hotels here, no golf courses, no casinos, no fast-food chains, no rush-hour traffic, no postmodern stress and no problemas, amigo."

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