Puerto Rico Adventures (PR Part IV)

While in Puerto Rico we had the chance to get out a bit to explore the surrounding landscape.

One day we went to one of PR's National Parks, El Yunque, a very beautiful rainforest about two hours outside of San Juan.

The familiar US National Park signs made me feel at home. I don't care what anyone says--the National Park system is one of the greatest gifts our government has given us.

We make great tourists, don't we?

This is our guide, Roberto. He reminded me of a PR Indiana Jones with that hat.

We climbed up, up and around inside this tower.


Pat and Kerrie outside the tower.

We also did an awesome night kayaking trip to an area where microorganisms in the water (not unlike fireflies) light up the water on moonless nights. First, of course, we had to don life vests. No drowning allowed.


Then we jumped into kayaks.

And headed through the mangroves. It was very, very dark and a little spooky.

We insisted on taking pictures although it wasn't easy. Unfortunately, the glowing water didn't really take to photos, but, you have my word, it was really cool. It was also very tiring--we didn't get back to our hotels until after midnight.


And we got a fun group shot with our guide.