Wyndham El San Juan Hotel & Casino Carolina

... 10:00am to revisit Old San Juan. From the port, we grabbed a taxi, hola amigo, and off we went.

Having visited Old San Juan one week ago, it was a deja vu feeling. However, we enjoyed walking the cobblestone streets, viewing the houses with their Spanish architecture and stopping at various shops along the way. The people was always pleasant to talk with and ready to provide directions. Again, the weather was perfect ...

... the side of our dinghy while he was sucking the bottom. It was all very strange, especially when he extracted his male member. We are not sure what he was up to but it was rather comical (there is a photo of him in action). He was probably there for 30 minutes - eventually we needed to bring the dinghy up on deck so we had to end his short love affair with our dinghy. We said goodbye to Kalida and the manatee and did an overnight sail (no wind so mostly engine, as usual) to Culebra ...

... wanted to kill it the best thing to do would be to pee on it!! So I went upstairs and we did just that!! It was quite a first night and I'm sure there are more crazy ones to come! The next morning we went through about 6 lines and finally boarded the ship!! It is gorgeous. Its a very small cruise ship, nothing like our Carnival cruise ship last year. But the inside is even nicer then the Carnival one!! If you want to see ...

... of blue corn chips. I tried to keep myself distracted by listening to selections from 80 gigs worth of legitimately downloaded music on my iPod. Just as "Volcano" by iconic beach-bum Jimmy Buffett queued up, my spider-sense began to tingle. I had vague recollections of San Juan mentioned somewhere within the song. I listened eagerly. As the volcano began to blow, Jimmy hopefully listed all the destination he did not want land in. Don't want to land ...

... coming together to celebrate the joinig of to wonderful people!! The third full day, I finally got to Hit the waves for a while!! That was great we rented boards from a local surf shop and I went swimming until someone got tired and gave me a long board. I had to conquer the normal first surf of the summer jitters, but what the heck it's only water. We went on a mission to see the rain forrest, boo we couldn't ...

I awoke on the last day in San Juan, a bit stressed because I had slept later than anticipated. Apparently we need a louder alarm clock. I quickly dressed and ran down to fill my water bottle, and also to find anyone I could to go exploring with. In the dining room I ran into Laura, a girl on my floor (The Yellow Sea) who was going snorkeling. She asked if I wanted to join, and without hesitation I said of course! They were leaving in 5 ...

... means it was less resort-ish but more natural. The water was so warm, and I (despite being a chicken who's convinced that there are sharks and jellyfish at every beach) even went swimming in the waves for a while! (I also got beaten up by a huge wave that I didn't see coming....because I was talking....and got thrown into a bunch of rocks, which hurt...). All in all, it was a great day! Then, this Sunday I went with my friends to Old San Juan ...

... up after crashing in my bed at 5 around 9:30. Liz was getting ready to go to the beach, so I decided to go with her, and around 10:30 Liz, Craig, Lauren and I headed out to the beach. We went to Isle de Verde, on the way over we asked the cab driver about a good place to eat and he suggested this place called Metropol. After taking a quick stroll on the beach we searched out the restaurant and walked in to find a bunch of locals, mostly in business suits enjoying their lunch ...

... read. We woke to see a long crescent beach dotted with palm trees. It was a spectacular vista but the bay was now full of swells and waves were breaking on the beach. We dinghyed around to Esperanza and took a long walk to the Sun Bay beach and along the beach. Coming back we walked all the way out to the neck and found a shortcut through to the Esperanza beach. Neither of us brought our camera on that excursion which is unfortunate because the waterfront in Esperanza is ...

... trying to communicated with tres limited Spanish and all the Caribbean English that is confusing to even most non-Caribbean English speakers. Finally got a cabbie that understood our destination. $40USD later, we had driven through quaint towns and scattered high risers, a blend of Puerto Rico that I had not expected. What I did expect were all the beautiful churches en route and plenty silence from the cabbie who ...