Puerto Rico has been a pleasure. When we made it to the main island we visited Old San Juan, a walled city built by the Spanish. In downtown Frances is really happy that she is not being thrown in this old Spanish prison cell! The wall around the city is immense. You can see how small the people look walking around the wall on the path. The fort the Spanish built to defend the city is huge too. The fort has a chapel and cemetery on the grounds, right on the ocean. The painted chapel and elaborate tombstones are such a contrast to the brown and gray fort. It was a very moving scene. 
After spending some time in Fajardo to shop in some big stores we picked up our friend Mary and headed back to Culebra. Mary spent twelve days with us teaching us Spanish and having fun, too. Culebra is one of our favorite places. It's so small we kept running into people that we knew after being there only a few days. We got to know three other boats there too, North Star, Palaola and The Dove. We snorkeled, hiked, went to the gorgeous beaches and hung out at our favorite place the Dinghy Dock Restaurant. 
From Culebra we went to a small island next door called Culebrita. The water was so nice we could swim from the boat to shore. There were deserted beaches and interesting rock formations filled with water. The island had an old Spanish light house. We found a Geo Cache near it with information and a photo of the light house in better days. We spent every day hiking around the island, snorkeling and swimming. There are a lot of times that cruising is like being a child again, discovering new places with friends and spending a lot of time essentially playing outdoors.
We now are back in St Thomas, USVI to meet up with family for a few weeks and then we will head south again. Thanks for continuing to follow our trip.
It's not going to last forever, we'll be home in January!
With our best regards,
Frances and Al Lima
