I had arranged with Simon, Milton and Raiza from Mayaguez to go to the Island of Vieques for the weekend, for some fun and sun. I met them in San Juan and then we drove together to Fajardo where the ferry’s leave from. As we missed the car ferry we decided to get on the next passenger ferry and instead rent a car when we got to the Island. After a few hours wait we finally got onto the ferry and we all got comfy on the top deck where we could enjoy the fresh warm air, and hopefully some [View Full Entry]

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Vieques (Spanish pronunciation: /'vjɛkɛs/ or /'bjɛkɛs/ or /'βjɛkɛs/; English pronunciation: or ), in full Isla de Vieques, is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico in the northeastern Caribbean. Although Puerto Rico is a U.S. Commonwealth, Vieques, like the rest of Puerto Rico, retains strong Spanish influences from 400 years of Spanish ownership. Vieques lies about 8 miles (13 km) to the east of the Puerto Rican mainland, and measures approximately 21 miles (34 km) long by 4 miles (6 km) wide. The two main towns [View Full Entry]

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Happy New Year to Everyone!! Greetings from Puerto Rico (which interesting enough is not in Central America as my travel blog states, rather is is a commonwealth of the United States)!! At present I am on a small island just east of the main island of Puerto Rico where the weather is blissfully warm and sunny. Our adventures thus far have been spectacular!! Yesterday we took a 10 seater plane from San Juan to Vieques and saw an awesome arial views of the ocean and lush landscape. After landing we found our inn and took our rented jeep out for some [View Full Entry]

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A few observations from our stay here on the island of Vieques, just off the east coast of Puerto Rico You know you're on an island when: *A horse stampede runs wild through your property *We're going to the beach...again. *Taking a nap is easy *Catching up on our reading; books and blogs. *Watching the horse, or chicken cross the road while driving *We can pick fresh limes and papayas on our property *A power outage can follow a heavy rainstorm *and is the reason we unplug the phone and laptop during a storm and monitor hurricane weather sites [View Full Entry]

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Funny thing about traveling is that you meet a lot of randoms and yourself become part of that experience. About 2 days before i had to leave Puerto Rico, i was about to get sick of the whole experience after visting the El Yunque raing forest with a tour group that consisted with rich americans. I decided to check out one of the only reggea stores on the island. I met Rashonder a girl from Ohio in the US and was living in Puerto Rico. We ended up talking for ages about my travels and her plans of travelling and [View Full Entry]

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Vieques, Puerto Rico…. What is there to say about a place that few know about; except that the US Navy has bombed the living crap out of the east side of the island for over 40 years; used the western side of the island for a munitions depot, and forced the local residents to live in a small area between the two areas? Hmmm… Vieques is a sleepy little island just off the eastern end of PR, about 6 miles southeast of Fajardo. The island is very beautiful, but most of it is on lock down due to the restricted areas [View Full Entry]

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