Adventured.net » Puerto Rico http://www.adventured.net Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:17:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Awesomeness of Puerto Rico http://www.adventured.net/blog/2008/07/21/the-awesomeness-of-puerto-rico/ http://www.adventured.net/blog/2008/07/21/the-awesomeness-of-puerto-rico/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:00 +0000 Vanessa http://adventured.net/?p=172 This is from a letter I quickly wrote to Dao and Rob (as they too have experienced the kick-ass nature of Puerto Rico):

Justin and I got back from a weekend in Puerto Rico late last night. We had a blast!!!! We took one of his coworkers (Alex) and his friend (Marisa). They said it was one of the best trips of their lives (and they’ve been all over the place). This is how our trip went:

Day 1: Breakfast at Casa Cubuy in El Yunque, hike through the rain forest and swim in a variety of pools. Get back to the hotel and discover there are masseuses-in-training just down the street. We each get a 1 hour massage for $20! Drive to Naguabo and go out with Capt. Paco to see Monkey Island and snorkel. Capt. Paco was super busy so he dropped us off on our own with a kayak and supplies! We snorkeled out there – just us, monkeys, fish and seagulls for almost 2 hours. It was great!!! We even got to take turns kayaking. We also saw lots of starfish.

It was amazing. Return to Naguabo and have dinner. Head back to the hotel with a stop to grab rum and mixers. Sit outside for hours talking and drinking before hitting the hay.

Day 2: Breakfast at Casa Cubuy then head to the end of the road, where no cars are allowed. We were informed of a neat hike that takes you across a metal bridge (actually, not so much a bridge as a big pipe over a river). We were the only ones on the trail (actually – on both days!). Hiked for a while and came to a beautiful scenic overlook. On our way back, Justin suggested we head down to the river. We found and amazing lagoon at the bottom of a treacherous looking waterfall! Marisa kept climbing up rocks and finding neat places to jump in from.

There were lots of tiny little fish and even some prawns! Leaving El Yunque, we stopped at a beach on the way back to San Juan, walked along it, and spotted some hermit crabs. Back in San Juan, we bought some food to take back to the airport with us (I got amaaaazing camarones enchilados – shrimp in hot sauce, and beans) and stopped for pina coladas at Barrachina – of course!!! We made it back to the airport just in time to get on the flight!!! All in all, an action packed, exciting weekend. :)

There were only 2 minor hitches and they both worked out. 1) Our camera tumbled into raging water and somehow we managed to find it. The memory card compartment came open during the fall and somehow we managed to find the Flash card, too! 2) Alex forgot his wallet at a gas station on the way back to San Juan when he was changing in the bathroom. This morning he spoke with a woman there that found it and is FedExing back to him free of charge! So nice!!!

Re-reading my entry above, I feel kind of like I am reading a diary entry from when I was a little kid. I was pretty much never patient enough to go into things in depth. I guess that isn’t really a bad thing. :) Photos to follow. <3 :D

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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.adventured.net/p=172 8 Puppies Swimming http://www.adventured.net/blog/2008/01/27/puppies-swimming/ http://www.adventured.net/blog/2008/01/27/puppies-swimming/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:13:00 +0000 Vanessa http://adventured.net/?p=108 As you can see, the puppies are already fabulous swimmers and undeniably adorable in their little life jackets. They were immediately at home in the water and played in it constantly… I wish! – actually, they were swimming desperately for the shore!!!:) They enjoy the sand but the water, eh, not so much!

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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.adventured.net/p=108 5 Living Tropically http://www.adventured.net/blog/2008/01/25/living-tropically/ http://www.adventured.net/blog/2008/01/25/living-tropically/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:31:00 +0000 Vanessa http://adventured.net/?p=107 Updates are scarce lately, it’s true. I haven’t had a lot to write about. I have been so busy with work and random other things that there has been little to no time to update the blog. Val! was in Paris last weekend. I still haven’t seen all the pix. Seems like she had a good time though. She went over and came back on flights Dao was working. How cool!

Justin and I are off to Puerto Rico for a long weekend. I still have to work tomorrow, but at least I’ll be doing it from an island apartment overlooking the ocean. It beats the heck out of chilly New York! And the puppies are coming with us. :) Yay!!!

]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.adventured.net/p=107 2 Photos! Puerto Rico http://www.adventured.net/blog/2007/05/30/photos-puerto-rico/ http://www.adventured.net/blog/2007/05/30/photos-puerto-rico/#comments Wed, 30 May 2007 03:58:00 +0000 Vanessa http://adventured.net/?p=27 Puerto Rico with Thao, her friend Jackie, Justin, and myself (duh). There is also some video here – at the end of the album. You can watch me and some nice little waterfalls. Wooohoo!
Puerto Rico Weekend – May 2007
]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.adventured.net/p=27 0 Me Thinks You Post too Much! http://www.adventured.net/blog/2007/02/16/me-thinks-you-post-too-much/ http://www.adventured.net/blog/2007/02/16/me-thinks-you-post-too-much/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:03:00 +0000 Vanessa http://adventured.net/?p=8 While the majority of New York sat huffing inside on a freezing weekend, this weekend we weren’t here – we went to Orlando to go to Islands of Adventure and then to see the Spurs vs Magic game (JetBlue is the official airline of Orlando Magic so we had free tickets), then Saturday morning we flew to Puerto Rico and drank pina coladas, swam in the ocean and hiked in the rainforest. It was much, much nicer than the freezing cold up here. Heh

Oh yes, and thank heavens for run on sentences! ]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.adventured.net/p=8 0