Friday, May 04, 2007

A Caribbean Vacation

Time for vacation after four long months in Seattle. And what better location than Puerto Rico?? My friend Elia and I took off for a five day stay on the island last week. The trip went relatively smooth except for some very burnt skin and not being able to find my driver's license at the airport! Yikes!! Luckily they let me come home anyway which was nice, but doesn't give me comfort about the nations security. haha.

We started off the trip staying a night in the city of San Juan, then went on a tour of the Caribbean National Forest, aka, tropical rain forest about 45 minutes from the city. It was awesome! This picture doesn't give it glory, but the forest was quite a site. We did a quick mile and a half hike and then left for the resort.

We stayed at this amazing resort called El Conquistador right on the East side of the Island, where the Atlantic and the Caribbean meet. This picture is from Old San Juan, Elia and I toured two old forts built in the early 1600 by the Spanish occupiers of the island. One fort is in the far distance in this picture.


Ahh, check out that beautiful water!! And of course the beautiful women!!


The beaches were fantastic, and the water was an amazing color that we just don't have here in Oregon. After getting completely scorched in the sun I snorkeled for a bit, watching the cool fish and coral. Great experience.

3 comments:

Christine said...

Wow, talk about getting as far away from the rainy Northwest as possible! The photos are lovely, and of course the women, as you say. :-)

Elia said...

YEAH! Nice photos! It sure was beautiful and finally most of my skin has healed. :)

Anonymous said...

The water is perfect! Thanks for sharing God's beauty with us.