Blogs from Playa Flamenco, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Central America Caribbean

The Christmas winds brought in some fabulous waves for bodysurfing on Flamenco Beach Dec. 14, 2009.... read more

FERRY RIDE TO CULEBRA With one car, we have to make two trips every place. (*Note: Get two cars next time because you can’t be without a car on Puerto Rico. Little is within walking distance.) The first group left at 7:30 p.m., and Clint was back for us by 7:50 a.m. We ran into some traffic on the way there, and it took 15 minutes to arrive at the port. We met the rest of the group at the bakery a block from where the ferry docks. Jenny had bought us all muffins for breakfast. We were about out of food at the villa and didn’t have time to make a fourth grocery store stop. She had purchased our ferry tickets the night before for the 9 a.m. ferry to Culebra. We waited inside for ... read more

Since the rest of the vacation has begun to mesh together in my mind, I figured I would summarize it in one post: A few days before I left NY I checked the weather and was dismayed to see a 40% chance of rain each day for the entire trip. I told my mom expecting her to be equally upset, but she laughed at me. She told me that in the tropics there is always a 40% chance of rain but if it does rain it is usually only for a few minutes. True to her word, it didn't rain at all. Just one more reason not to trust the weather channel. We spent most of our time at the beach. I would have liked to have spent all of our time at Playa Flamenco, ... read more

Sunday, January 21, 2007 - Playa Flamenco, Culebra - Spanish Virgin Island, Puerto Rico Not many people have heard about the Spanish Virgin Islands, which mostly consists of two archipelago groups of Culebra and Vieques. This is the very spot where the Greater and Lesser Antilles meet. Geographically, these islands should be considered as the U.S. Virgin Islands instead of Puerto Rico; Culebra is only 12 miles west of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands (compared to 17 miles from mainland Puerto Rico). But, that is just a formality. Culebrenses would consider themselves as the ‘Spanish Virgin Island’. Just like Switzerland, they like to be neutral. Getting into Culebra is an adventure by itself, as it challenges adventurous souls to find their way from the capital of San Juan to the eastern town of Fajardo, ... read more