La Playa Hotel San Juan

... made our way to a reef that is located 200 ft from shore - the snorkeling here was way better then the first spot! However, at this point we had enjoyed a little too much rum punch and snorkeling became a little difficult. I somehow managed to choke on water, lose my flipper, and kick my foot into coral all at once. I was done! I swam back to the boat and my helpful crew got out the spray to hit my wound ...

... was even a group of 27 teachers doing their own girls getaway, boy they were a fun rowdy bunch!<br><br>For dinner we got ourselves all dressed up and made our way to Old San Juan where we enjoyed a delicious Puerto Rican dinner at Barrachina's. Fun fact about Barrachina's - it is the birthplace of the Pina Colada, so be sure to ask for a free sample to taste - they were ...

... be sure to nickel-and-dime passengers who exceed the 50 lb limit? I attribute the slowness to &#8216;island time.&#8217; CW warned me that nothing gets done in a hurry in Barbados, and he ought to know! But seriously, in the previous week, we really hadn&#8217;t experienced this phenomenon. The dive boat left on time, the public transit was very punctual, the restaurant service was fine, etc. But not the airport. <br><br>At any rate, Amy ...

... We ate there a couple of nights ago, and it was GREAT. Very gourmet and very good. We enjoyed lobster bisque, lobster tail, filet mignon, tortellini with escargot and pastry with frois gras (hope I spelled that correctly). Certainly worth the small surcharge they tack on for eating there. We have been sleeping in late because we have been staying out too late each night. We have breakfast brought and served on the balcony of our cabin and ...

... wonderful spices, Dominica, for its mysterious wild forests and St. Thomas, for its exotic tropical beaches. The Southern Caribbean islands are places that I will cherish forever. They are "Moments in Time" that will always remain in my memory for always.<br><br>Today, is the start of our second week on board the Caribbean Princess. The ship made its way to San Juan in the early morning arriving at 6:00am. This morning, I did ...

... a,ktorzy mieli inna rozkladowke tamtego wieczoru. Oni mogli jeszcze troche odpoczac, my wracalismy na dyzur. To byl chyba najlepszy dzien, jaki mialam do tej pory na statku. ENGISH: I spent the morning in the gallery. At 12 me and Ben were already off, for 7 hours. I had not left the ship that quickly ever since! It was a freakin` hot afternoon and we went to explore the city. We headed towards the opposite direction ...

... to understand him at first, so I'm not quite sure what he said first but we started talking about us being students on Semester at Sea and what my major was. Lauren and Katie had busied themselves talking to one another at this point, so we were free to talk about philosophy when I told him I was a philosophy major and he said he was a philosopher. He asks me my philosophy on life and I tell him I'm on a voyage of discovery, trying to figure it out. He told ...

... of a dime and all over. The next day we went to the rainforest El Yunque, it's the only rainforest within the US park system. It's 28,000 acres and has three different ecosystems and 40 different reptile and amphibian species. We mostly saw Anoles which are tiny lizards that are fairly smooth and FAST! I was lucky to catch a couple on camera. There weren't a lot of animals in the forest because it was on an island so most of them are tiny. The ...

... utter paucity of fineware at La Tiza. There are absolutely no fancy Paracas bowls nor Nasca 1 polished blackware. It appears that neither the Paracas elites nor the Proto-Nasca peoples possessing Nasca 1 blackware resided at La Tiza or traded more than utilitarian ceramics with the La Tiza inhabitants. It is currently unclear why the La Tiza people did not participate in or were excluded from the exchange of finer goods. Perhaps they chose not to associate with the old ...

... and you have to unless you go to the dining room during the right hours. After that we caught another taxi ($3 per person normally) and headed back to the ship. We had about a half hour break before we had all agreed to meet to go out for our final Puerto Rican dinner. At dinner we (Jeff and Joe came with us girls) went to a local restaurant on St. Sebastian st. which had several interesting dishes. It was actually really good and we all passed our dishes around ...