The Beach House Carolina

... 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 ...

... Fabulous idea!! Also, she later walked around with complimentary rum punch shots! Yum!! <br><br>The pool wasn't too crowded and we ended up meeting a lot of the other resort goers. Conversation was pretty easy as most of the people here were from New Jersey, same as us. It was the annual teachers convention so schools are out for the week and lots of people take trips ...

... the early evening hit, they all disappeared in a flotilla and left us the whole bay. A very peaceful few days for sure. After Culebra it was time to head back to Puerto Rico's mainland to get work done on the boat and spend a day in Old San Juan before Dana flew back to the dirt and the world of making money. It was somewhat of a shock to choose a marina that had 1,000 slips after owning the bay in Culebra. Up to this point, we hadn't taken the time in Cuba, Jamaica or the Dominican ...

... and got hot dogs loaded with chili, relish, ketchup and god knows what else. Probably the most delicious thing I have ever eaten haha. The next day we had our rainforest hike. Again, this was a SAS trip with 90 kids on it so it wasn't as fun as doing it on our own with just a small group. The rainforest was nice I guess... just like the rainforest in Costa Rica, lots of plants. But we went swimming under this waterfall which was pretty awesome ...

... so then the yankees came to traumatize Puerto Rico with English, remember Kathy? no? Well they did!" 3. Since I'm starting research for my SMP(this is my senior thesis project that I need to graduate), which is based on U.S.-Puerto Rican relations, I've gotten to do some pretty interesting interviews. About three weeks back, I got to meet the governor of Puerto Rico, who was suprisingly really short and awkward. We were at this big event and the newspapers went crazy when ...

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... down. Once we were down in the cave, which was absolutely beautiful, our tour guide was a jerk and made us rush though the whole thing (sometimes the downside of traveling through SAS trips). The best part about it was probably the time we had to really get to know each other and joke around. One of my business teachers was on the trip too and I had a chance to get to know him on a more personal level which is one of the benefits of this type of study ...

... with the waves, not so good! My roommate describes walking around the ship like walking on an airplane, which is an accurate statement. I guess we'll all get used to it eventually. <br><br>Theres 2 other kids from USC here that I know of so far, which both are incredible. It's nice to have some familiar faces, especially when there are EIGHTY people from CU-Boulder, who all already seem to know each other. Its unreal, and kind of ...

... that we didn't want to pay 5 bucks to go inside, so we walked around the outside. At 1800 we caught a cab back to the ship to shower and get ready for the night and meet some other people. Then we headed back out to experience San Juan nightlife, and we left the ship with about double the amount of people we planned on, but it was fun. We were going to go to a place recommended to us earlier, but we heard that was closed so we headed to Senor Frogs instead and spent most of ...

... harbor water to investigate. He came up spitting more anger than even water. I had done the ultimate no-no! I had run over a mooring that I didn't see but should have known was there. Ugh. Al worked for a long time to unwrap the mooring line. By the time he was back aboard and we were on our way, the steam had stopped pouring out of his ears, eyes and mouth. I was still in the doghouse but the cold shoulder thawed in time. Our sail around Vieques via the 2 Fathom Bridge ...