Me and Mandi

Performer at the reggae fest
Port in Fajardo
Beautiful night with a full moon















Back to my favorite place again...Luquillo. Luquillo is about an hour and a half drive from where I live. The drive is long because you cannot really drive that fast to get anywhere here. You are driving through mountains and around curves so it takes some time. However, I love the drive because the view is always amazing. Today the water was so clear blue too. I went with my roommate Mandi and Andy. Mandi and I wanted to go to Fajardo first, which is only a few miles from Luquillo, to find out about these fisherman who take you to these small islands close by. There are three different islands off of Fajardo, Icacoas, Palamino, and Palaminitos. It is only about an eight minute trip to the islands by boat. We heard that there were fisherman who would take us for cheap so we wanted to check it out. We ended up finding a guy who owned a restaurant on the beach, and right away he saw us coming and said, "You looking for a boat?" He must have saw the two American girls and knew what we wanted. We did not go to the islands because we had other plans, but now we know where to go and how much it is. He told us $20 a person if we have 5 people. We will definately be going back. I hear there is great snorkeling on the islands as well.



After we found that, we took off for the beach in Luquillo. Andy went surfing at La Pared and Mandi and I went to the swimming beach. The water was crystal clear and it was perfect outside. I went snorkeling and that was awesome too. There are so many things to look at underwater.I feel like I am in a giant fish tank. It gets scary when the water starts to get s

uper deep though. I always get paranoid like something big is going to pop up around the reef. We stayed at the beach until around 6 then started getting ready for the music festival. The festival was at the arts and cultural center in Luquillo. It was a world reggae music fest. We all had to get ready on the beach since we were not staying the night. I decided to walk down to the hotel we had stayed at last weekend and use their outdoor beach shower to clean off. I am glad I did though because the salt water makes you feel nasty. After we got ready we drove over to it. There were lots of rasta people there with really long dreadlocks. The music was really good and it was in an outdoor stadium and the night was beautiful. We had a great time and I am glad we went. We did not return to Guayama until 2 a.m. On the way home we were stopped by an enormous boulder in the middle of the road that had fallen from the mountain. It was bigger than a horse. Scary to think that could land on your car...good times though.