Fotos

The pictures ended up in reverse...so this is end of our trip in El Yunque.  This is La Mina Falls.  As you can see, it is a very unique and popular "swimming hole."  We had fun watching the action, but with no swimsuits, decided to wait for our private swimming hole back at the Casa Cubuy.
We're at the top of the Yokahu (no accent available in Blogger, sorry).  The tower was built for tourists in 1962 to match a smaller tower farther up built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935.  I didn't realize FDR's arms were so long!  The views were beyond description - they picked a great spot for the tower.  The ridiculously blue sky can give you some idea of the surrounding beauty.
We're at El Portal - the Visitors' Center.  We did pick up a couple of magnets, too.  There were some local artisans selling their crafts as well.  Very cool stuff - but also kind of expensive.  The center is built on a hillside, so you walk across a bridge to get to it.  It felt kind of like we were in Jurassic Park.  It was pretty cool.
Here we are this morning on our short hike down the zig-zag trail at the Casa Cubuy.  About half-way down it started raining (imagine that!).  We took refuge under these banana leaves.  How convenient!  The private trail, waterfall, and swimming hole are really nice.  We plan to swim there tomorrow and maybe go a little past the first river.  We'll see...a family got stuck on the other side yesterday after the river swelled.
This is on our balcony at the Casa Cubuy.  Even though we've been here 24 hours, it is still hard to believe what we are seeing off our balcony.  I was sitting on the bed earlier this evening looking out of an opening that is 8' X 15' at the most incredible HD of a forest you can imagine.  So a digital high five to Emily for finding this place! :)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Inconceivable!

Image
A view of the Queen's Gardens behind the Palace of Holyroodhouse. A view of the same garden from the back - pretty tricky disguising the wall! Emily on top of the Salisbury Crags looking over Edinburgh Cary in front of Adam Smith's grave....this picture is particularly for Les and Richard. The inside of Canongate Church...so much blue. The kitchen of the Georgian House (a pic from the web since we couldn't take pictures inside). A picture of the last room added to Gladstone's land - same deal as above with the picture. The inner courtyard of Holyroodhouse Wow! What a day. Sadly our time in Edinburgh is complete – except one more excellent breakfast tomorrow morning. We had five items on our agenda today and we were able to complete all of them before dinner. We started the morning by riding the Lothian bus #30 all the way to the end of Princes Street and went into the New Town. We went to one of the original squares on the end of the New Town – Charlotte Square....
Read more
Image
We will be leaving for Puerto Rico on Saturday, July 20, 2009. We will be there for a week staying four days in the El Yunque Rainforest and three days in San Juan Viejo (Old San Juan). We will update this blog daily. We are planning to do this blog in two ways. The top of each blog entry will be pictures and captions to give you a quick overview of the day. Below that we will have a more lengthy entry that gives a lot more detail. We aren't really expecting most of you to read this part, it is mostly for our own documentation to keep a record of our travels. We know our moms will probably read this too, but most of you probably don't care to know that much detail of our days and we aren't really vain enough to think you do! :) We are thinking of trying some audio blogs inspired by Gram and Hannah, but I'm not sure it will happen this year. This will definitely be a different experience than last year...but one we're sure to enjoy! We hope you enjoy it too. ...
Read more

Here comes the sun, du..du..du..du, here comes the rain!

Image
These are the remains of St. Mary's Abbey. The wall in the middle perpendicular to the longer wall on the side was where the central tower stood, just as high as the one we climbed in the Minster. Emily kneeling behind one of the Roman coffins littered throughout the Museum Gardens. Emily standing under the reconstructed arch that lead to the Chapter House of the Abbey. The column on the left was mostly original, while the one on the right was entirely reconstructed. If you enlarge the picture you can pick out the older stones that were used to model the rest. Emily standing beside the statue of St. John the Evangelist that was part of one of the columns in the Chapter House. Cary standing on the edge of the wall on the South end of town. You can see the Minster towers in the background. We could tell why York was the number two city of England - it was huge for a medieval city. Emily cautiously standing under the drain for the toilet on the Fishergate Bar. Emily posing in a p...
Read more