No swimming allowed.

(August 10^th)

Today could have been better. We went on a tour which wasn’t very interesting…. but the tour was on an island… and we thought we could do some historical stuff and then go and find a beach. So the tour gets out and behind the building we see the ocean. So we go walking and find a park. The park employees were looking at us funny and we couldn’t figure out why. We walked to the ocean and found the “NO SWIMMING” sign and were like DANG! But in the distance we see a pretty pristine beach… and were both up for an adventure, so we decide were going to find it. After climbing up and down beach rocks, wading through what seems to be radioactive water (because it was very warm, almost hot!), driftwood, seaweed and the smell of dead fish….. we arrive at a river. Not just any river, a somewhat “river rapid” type river. And therefore, our journey ended and we had to head back. Such a waste of time. So- if you were at all curious if Puerto Rico had ugly beaches let it be known- YES THEY DO. And we still don’t know how to get to that nice, far-away beach that we saw.

This was the start of the journey... looks nice... but NOT.

We saw this sign when first entering the park..... should have known the rest would have been LAME!!

On a brighter note, we have a new roommate. Her name is Chrissy. She is from Kentucky. (So that makes three with her, me and then Jennie from California.) We went out for dinner and I had a Puerto Rican tamale. It is very gross looking—but very delicious. Back at the hostel we met two guys from Paris. They’re our neighbors. We sat out on their balcony and hung out for a while. They’re 21-ish and they are on a 3 week vacation here in Puerto Rico. I must add a side note- everyone in Puerto Rico is in a good mood. And me included!! Being here just makes me so happy!!