Caribbean Cruise–October 2013
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| Atlantic coast, Caribbean (St. Maarten). |
Some friends asked me to help plan a Caribbean cruise – no need to twist my arm there! We went with a really fun group of people and visited Puerto Rico, Culebra, St. Thomas, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, and St. Maarten. We spent a large amount of our time diving at different sites, as well as exploring all over PR. We had the chance to swim in the bioluminescent bay at Parguera, which was a treat, and we stayed with local folks (who knew where to find the best food, of course) in PR. If you ever go, check out the lechon (roast pork) in Guavate – it is a MUST for any trip to Puerto Rico! Definitely the best pork I’ve ever had anywhere. I’d fly out there for the weekend to just eat pork, it’s that good.
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| Fort in Guanica dry forest, Puerto Rico. | Neat detail in Arecibo. | Mount Gay rum tour, Barbados. |
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| Arecibo, which is home of the world’s largest satellite dish. | Anis are one of my favorite birds!! | Beautiful architecture. | Stairs to an old fort, PR. |
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| Really neat cave in Barbados. | Birds birds birds. | Incredible view of Culebra – the water was really this color and sand like sugar. I see why Flamenco beach is one of the top in the world! | Roman was not impressed. Everything was too perfect. |
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| Hot springs mud bathing, St, Lucia | Enjoying a waterfall. | Barbados rum tour. | If there was one thing to describe the cruise itself, it was this. SO many tourist traps at the ports of call. |
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| Obligatory standing-in-front-of Arecibo picture. | Really neat plantation on St. Maarten | Beautiful old building. | |
