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Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico November 22nd 2011

Compared to the previous accomodation the inn offers breakfast in the morning so we eat the different fruits/cereals on offer and wonder at the different things inside the dining room including a huge turtle shell. The breakfast includes a variety of fruits fresh from the property like small bananas, mangos, kiwis and guavas as well as fresh made banana bread. Outside we play with the "official" pets especially a very tame cat and a dog that were waiting at the entrance of the inn. After packing and loading the car we call the Bioluminescent Bay tour again to find out whether they are going out today and the answer is no - as a result if we want to visit a bioluminescent bay during this trip we have to go to a different bay as we ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico November 21st 2011

Our plan for today is relatively easy and should help us avoid the need to search for dinner. We are supposed to drive eastwards mostly following the coast then to check in early afternoon in our motel to leave all luggage and then drive to the dock and take a boat tour to the nearby Vieques island to see the Bioluminescent Bay. The tour is supposed to also include, besides the passage from the main island to Vieques and the Bioluminescent tour, a dinner at a restaurant in Vieques. As a result we leave the hotel relatively early after a short breakfast from our provisions and carry our luggage back to the nearby parking lot. At first we are not sure how exactly to pay for the parking but in the end figure it out - ... read more


We wake up really tired in the morning and it has almost nothing to do with the late flight that we came in. Our car rental went ok, we navigated San Juan ok, we found the parking garage in Old San Juan relatively fast and we arrived at the hotel at about 1AM ready to go to sleep. So why didn't we sleep well at night? Well - it was Saturday night and it is party time in San Juan. Even as we walk to the hotel with our luggage we notice the people everywhere going to a club or just enjoying the night outside dressed for a night out. And unfortunately our hotel, Hotel Milano, is close to a nightclub which is blasting loud music all through the night which keeps us awake till almost ... read more




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