Charco Azul in Patillas
Pretty flowers in PR
Bamboo trees. I love these trees; they look so awesome!
Hibiscus flower. My favorite!
Mar Chaquita Beach in Manati
Really cool place. The rocks close in the beach which forms a small pool.
Me climbing around the rocks at Mar Chaquita.
At the Villa Montona Resort in Isabela.
Pictures of the resort. This was were the resturant/bar/pool was. I loved the white linen curtains hanging everywhere.
Milo Torres at Costa Bar on Jobos Beach in Isabela. He sings reggae music. It was really good.
Me and Yoel in Isabela
This is a picture of the inside of Porta Coeli. The oldest church in the USA.
Porta Coeli Church in San German
It is hard to believe that at this time last year I was getting prepared to move to PR. Now I am done with my very first year of full-time teaching and am getting ready to go home for the summer. It is going to be so fun to see everyone again. In just two weeks my brother is getting married as well. I know the wedding is going to be a blast!
School has been so boring! Our students were done on the 13th and we have to stay until the 29th. For what? I do not know…We have to be at school from 8-3 and they have given us nothing to do. It took me about two days to get my room cleaned up, and now I have been bored out of my mind. Everyone is trying to keep busy by watching movies, playing games, and playing on the computer. The days still go by so slow. I swear I am more tired from sitting here all day than I was when I was teaching. I would much rather be doing something than this. Oh well!
This past weekend I took a mini vacation with a friend. We left on Friday and went to the Villa Montana Resort in Isabela. It is located on a three mile private beach on the NW side of the island. It was beautiful. It was so relaxing. It was great hanging out in the pool and enjoying the resort. The resort was fun, but a little expensive for a poor teacher like me. There was a restaurant there overlooking the ocean with awesome food. I loved the way the place was decorated. They had huge wooden chairs and couches with oversized pillows and white lined curtains hanging up all around to enclose it. It was definitely a relaxing place to go. The only thing that stunk was the weather. Friday and Saturday were both rainy days. We still managed to have a great time though. Saturday night we went to Costa bar on Playa Jobos. There ended up being a band of Milo Torres playing. My friend Yoel is a huge fan so we really enjoyed that.
Sunday started off being good weather so we got to enjoy the pool for a while until it began raining. We left the resort and headed to Crashboat Beach Aguadilla. The weather there was sunny. I was excited because I need to get a great tan before I return to Chicago. I feel like I lose my color so quickly! After Crashboat we headed back East towards San Juan, which was about two hours away. We stopped in Manati at a beach I had seen in these pictures taken from above the earth in Old San Juan. The beach is called Mar Chaquita, which means little sea. It is a really cool place to see. There are these huge rocks that enclose a small part of the beach, which created a small swimming hole. Cool place to see. After that we continued to SJ. We stayed the night there. I found this guesthouse in Ocean Park right on the ocean. It was the Tres Palmas Inn. It was the cheapest place I could find, but I was glad I found it. There was a pool and two Jacuzzis. We went out to eat and planned on going out, but I was exhausted so we ended up going back to the hotel and sat in the Jacuzzi until 2 a.m. It was such a beautiful night and not to warm out so the Jacuzzi felt great! Monday was rainy so we left SJ and headed back towards Guayama. We stopped in the mountains to eat Puerto Rican food in Guavate, known for the lechon (pig). This place has the best food! After that we went to a place in Patillas called Charo Azul. I have been here before, but it was raining. It was bright and sunny so we decided to go. There is a small trail that leads to a pond, which people swim in. The water is really blue from the sulfur I believe and really cold. It is fun swimming there and you can dive off of small cliffs. The plants and trees are pretty too. Had a great time there then we finally made it back to Guayama after a quick stop at another beach. Very long weekend, but relaxing and awesome to see some beautiful places. I know I am going to miss this place after being away for two months.
Me climbing around the rocks at Mar Chaquita.
At the Villa Montona Resort in Isabela.
Pictures of the resort. This was were the resturant/bar/pool was. I loved the white linen curtains hanging everywhere.
Milo Torres at Costa Bar on Jobos Beach in Isabela. He sings reggae music. It was really good.
Me and Yoel in Isabela
This is a picture of the inside of Porta Coeli. The oldest church in the USA.
Porta Coeli Church in San German
It is hard to believe that at this time last year I was getting prepared to move to PR. Now I am done with my very first year of full-time teaching and am getting ready to go home for the summer. It is going to be so fun to see everyone again. In just two weeks my brother is getting married as well. I know the wedding is going to be a blast!
School has been so boring! Our students were done on the 13th and we have to stay until the 29th. For what? I do not know…We have to be at school from 8-3 and they have given us nothing to do. It took me about two days to get my room cleaned up, and now I have been bored out of my mind. Everyone is trying to keep busy by watching movies, playing games, and playing on the computer. The days still go by so slow. I swear I am more tired from sitting here all day than I was when I was teaching. I would much rather be doing something than this. Oh well!
This past weekend I took a mini vacation with a friend. We left on Friday and went to the Villa Montana Resort in Isabela. It is located on a three mile private beach on the NW side of the island. It was beautiful. It was so relaxing. It was great hanging out in the pool and enjoying the resort. The resort was fun, but a little expensive for a poor teacher like me. There was a restaurant there overlooking the ocean with awesome food. I loved the way the place was decorated. They had huge wooden chairs and couches with oversized pillows and white lined curtains hanging up all around to enclose it. It was definitely a relaxing place to go. The only thing that stunk was the weather. Friday and Saturday were both rainy days. We still managed to have a great time though. Saturday night we went to Costa bar on Playa Jobos. There ended up being a band of Milo Torres playing. My friend Yoel is a huge fan so we really enjoyed that.
Sunday started off being good weather so we got to enjoy the pool for a while until it began raining. We left the resort and headed to Crashboat Beach Aguadilla. The weather there was sunny. I was excited because I need to get a great tan before I return to Chicago. I feel like I lose my color so quickly! After Crashboat we headed back East towards San Juan, which was about two hours away. We stopped in Manati at a beach I had seen in these pictures taken from above the earth in Old San Juan. The beach is called Mar Chaquita, which means little sea. It is a really cool place to see. There are these huge rocks that enclose a small part of the beach, which created a small swimming hole. Cool place to see. After that we continued to SJ. We stayed the night there. I found this guesthouse in Ocean Park right on the ocean. It was the Tres Palmas Inn. It was the cheapest place I could find, but I was glad I found it. There was a pool and two Jacuzzis. We went out to eat and planned on going out, but I was exhausted so we ended up going back to the hotel and sat in the Jacuzzi until 2 a.m. It was such a beautiful night and not to warm out so the Jacuzzi felt great! Monday was rainy so we left SJ and headed back towards Guayama. We stopped in the mountains to eat Puerto Rican food in Guavate, known for the lechon (pig). This place has the best food! After that we went to a place in Patillas called Charo Azul. I have been here before, but it was raining. It was bright and sunny so we decided to go. There is a small trail that leads to a pond, which people swim in. The water is really blue from the sulfur I believe and really cold. It is fun swimming there and you can dive off of small cliffs. The plants and trees are pretty too. Had a great time there then we finally made it back to Guayama after a quick stop at another beach. Very long weekend, but relaxing and awesome to see some beautiful places. I know I am going to miss this place after being away for two months.
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