Our view from Villa Hermosa
Monday morning as we were getting ready for the full day we had planned, someone left the front door open. When I came downstairs I realized there was a chickens in the house. There are chickens everywhere on this island so I guess this may not be unusual but it was quite disturbing for me.
Jim and I walked downtown to the bakery to get something for breakfast and to get some water for coffee. As we were walking along the main street we came across a pig. He / she was quite docile and the locals didn't pay any attention to it. Only the tourists were stopping and taking pictures since you don't see that everyday.
After breakfast we drove to the airport to pick up Matt. He had to work on Sunday so came a day later than the rest of us. His flight was scheduled to arrive at 10:15 am. (It was originally supposed to be earlier but his flight from San Juan to Culebra was canceled for some reason so he had to take a later flight.) Since we had a few minutes before he arrived we went to "Di's Garden" a little vegetable and fruit market as well as a garden center. It was really a cute place with beautiful plants, pots and fresh fruit.
Our first full day on Culebra we decided to go to Flamenco beach. It is one of the top beaches in the world. Nothing is a far drive so we packed up our vehicles and were there in about 10 minutes. We rented a beach umbrella and a chair. It is a gorgeous beach with amazing waves that are fun to ride (but you get tons of sand I your suit).
Nicola and Tyler rode the waves and played Kadima for a long time and actually wore out the paddles! (we had to throw them away - but they lived a good long life.) Here's a video Nicola put together from her day on the beach.
Even though they applied a lot of sunscreen they both ended up with some major sunburn at the end of the day. We walked up the beach to see the old military tanks that were left there by the US Navy. Apparently Culebra used to be a weapons testing area until 1975. They seem very out of place especially when you see them next to beautiful boats. Not only are they rusty but they have tons of graffiti on them. People climb all over them.
Everyone cleaned up and we went to the Krusty Krab for dinner. To get there you have to drive up very steep roads that seem to go up and up. Once on top you see it a food truck and the seating is open air seating with canopies. It is situated on the peak of the western most side of the island and has a breathtaking view of the sunset.
It was a great place to celebrate our first full day of the vacation and being together.
We went back to our Swiss family Robinson house (that's what Jim called it.) and played some cards. When I went to bed I tried not to think about chickens in the house -- I woke up in the middle of the night and was able to look out the big open windows for our room and saw the the moon and stars in full view. That was pretty amazing.