Cervantes San Juan

... to fight off the bacteria, apparently coral is really dirty. Despite my throbbing foot I headed back into the water with the yellow floaty things and my group...Having fun with the crew, they served us pina coladas in the water to enjoy while we floated AND took a picture of our group for us!<br><br>We made it back to the hotel around 4:30 and we were so exhausted that we feel asleep in the shade by the ...

... and all the dancers<br>were here this evening. Having these dancers really added to the<br>experience because they were all so talented, and it was incredible to watch them dance to the salsa band. It was so much fun to dance along with them and enjoy the atmosphere.<br><br>My party and I found ...

... and arrival will be around 830 am PR time. After the security checked, which went well, we went right away to the boarding gate...whew! we just arrived in the nick of time. The flight took only 6hrs and 5mins after take off, i was kinda surprise because it was 15 minutes early...thanks God it was uneventful. I barely slept, but that's fine, I'm used to it anyway. My children slept at least 3-4 hrs, except my toddler ...

... the Spa Pool (near the Lotus Spa) that had a swim-against-the-current machine that you could turn on or off. There were hardly any people around - we were the only ones in the pool for most of the time. I had fun "picking up" Poolie in the water and <br>swimming around with him in my arms to embarrass him! We swam around together and sat in the sun for a little while, and then went back to our room to unpack. We met our room ...

... agent standing at the end of the line. Now checks, no questions, nada. Could have had 10k in loose cut diamonds and no one would have been the wiser. Weird..... Next step is to go into the baggage area, which is basically a warehouse, and find our bags. Not fun. The worse part is that Gayle screwed up and used the wrong color tags, but can't remember what color they were. Supposed to use the blue ones that we ...

... going to a nice hotel and going to the beach everyday. I'm really excited to see how I view other places. Almost everyone I talked to agreed that we all thought Puerto Rico was just going to be a nice little trip, and nobody really took it seriously, but I think that everyone was really blown away by the things we all did. So right now I'm back on the ship, and I had my second day of classes. My classes are really interesting. As I said in my last entry, I'm taking an art history ...

... we'll meet up with Kristin later. I imagine it to be village of old Spanish-style buildings made of adobe and stucco, bell towers, churches and dirt roads. What we find is a very modern downtown city with tall buildings (not skyscrapers, but tall nonetheless), traffic and lots of people hurrying to their destinations. What modern-day tourist metropolis would be complete without a Hard Rock Café? When I see that I know my initial idea of Old San Juan is ...

... done with the tour we came back to the ship, and headed to town for our last night. We ate at a local café called Spanglish which had awesome food. Everything was homemade, and the cheesecake was better than the cheesecake factory's plain cheesecake. After Dinner we went to starbucks and took advantage of their free internet. Then it was time to head back to the ship to depart from Puerto Rico. I am now on the ship heading for Brazil. I hope that everything and everyone is doing well.

... and hiked up the trail to the 3000ft summit which looks out over the whole of Puerto Rico. Although some parts of the island are very American there are some great places off the beaten track and the people are really friendly. We went to the beach on the bus today and watched the teenagers flirting and dancing to the local music merengue (a mixture of latin/hiphop). Off to Ecuador, tomorrow.

... probably glad he understood where we were going and didn't want us to confuse him.<br><br>I had always heard of the beautiful oceans, but the blues and greens were very similar to what i left back home even though the sand here was much whiter.<br>Boarded the cruise ship and left the beautiful port, passing Fort San Cristobal on our way out - a Fort that I promised I'd visit on my return a few days later.<br><br>