The Water Club Carolina

... 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 ...

... the looses sense of the word - service on this island is very slow, it's island life so go with the flow!<br><br>After breakfast we made our way to the pool where we spent the entire day relaxing! Joanna, one of the pool attendants, was so sweet and she made our visit to the pool very enjoyable. She walked around - right at the heat of the day with cold wash clothes to hand ...

... have no concept of time. It's perfectly normal for them to stroll into class after we've been waiting for 25 minutes because they were looking for a vending machine. 2. I think being here has been a real identity crisis for me. All of a sudden, I'm American when for my entire life I've fulfilled that minority quota for my friends. It's really bizarre. In my Government of Puerto Rico class I have a professor who likes to remind me of my new-found status with comments ...

... seven included ...

... list and everything. We stayed out dancing Salsa and Meringue (sp?) until 2:30 and ended up taking a taxi home (my roommate Roberto drove us there but drank a good amount and decided he wasn't ready to leave...he still wasn't home when I woke up the next morning at 7...crazy fool). Day 3 I went with another SAS trip to the Rio Camuy cave system this day. The trip was like 8 hrs long because the cave place only had one tram (the other was broken) to bring ...

... I am making friends and they're wonderful. My roommate and I get along incredibly well, and I am building a great group of friends. And to think, I haven't even arrived at my first destination yet. Seriously, who wouldn't want to have an experience like this, a semester of wonder and awe and amazement? I've fallen in love, begun a love affair with this world. In the words of Jane Bennett after she gets engaged to Mr. Bingley, "Can you die of happiness?"

... a nice park along the way, took a bunch of pictures and had to stop and ask where we were a few times, but we made it into Old San Juan and found a great place to have lunch, the Brickhouse, which would become our home for the next few days. We were at the Brickhouse for three house, got some great food and there was alcohol involved of course. For everyone else that is. After our late lunch we walked around Old San Juan for awhile, we found a really neat cemetery, and a ...

... private mooring balls. Over lunch we examined our overnight options and decided we wanted to get to an anchorage where we could swim. We chose Sun Bay and Esperanza on the southern coast as our destination. We began our routine to pull up the anchor and when Al called that the anchor was up I began to pivot Free Spirit to port. Suddenly the port engine cut out. Al told me to try it again, but it cut out immediately. Al donned his snorkel gear and went over in the less than ...