We came in to the very old part of San Juan. We didn't have a chance to tour Old San Juan but we got to see a little bit from the boat. The Fort and walls and such date back to the 16th century. We did get to walk on the blue cobblestone streets. If we ever get to Puerto Rico again we'll take Cory and we'll spend more time studying Old San Juan.
In Puerto Rico we went zip lining in the rain forest, and true to it's name.........it was raining. Thankfully is was in the tropics, so it was like a shower and made the adventure even more fun. We also got a "bouns" from the driver that took us up there, we were just happy to arrive alive.
Jacob was first in line to get fit for the harness. Although Brock looks like he might be nervous, he was a rock star and enjoyed every minute.
We hiked up the mountain a bit and they gave us some instruction on how to "brake" with our hands. They told us that since it was raining it made the ride faster. I don't know about that, but it was fun!
This is a great picture of Jacob headed to the next platform. There were a total of 8 platforms that we went down to, and they even dropped us vertically at one point. It was hard to look around and enjoy the scenery and keep focus on trying to stop!
When we were done in the rain forest we went to eat at a resturant named Latin Roots. We had some fried plantain and yummy pork and stuff. The resturant also had salsa dancing lessons, here we are being taught from a professional. Kevin even took a lesson and we did a little salsa dancing together.
We left Puerto Rico at 11pm and sailed all night and woke up to St. Thomas. It was a beautiful site!
When we disembarked, we were greeted by these guys. They were all over the rocks by the boat.
We didn't have an excursion scheduled in St. Thomas, but since our excursion was canceled in Grand Turk we decided to go on one in St. Thomas. Jacob and Brock thought that the legendary Ron Tiki Boat was the best party ever, as they got to learn songs like "the roof is on fire", the rest of us didn't necessarily agree but we enjoyed ourselves anyway. Part of the party boat tour included a stop on Honeymoon Beach. It was located on Water Island and the only way to get there was by boat........party boat in our case.
This was a georgeous beach and gives you an idea of how people live on Water Island, they go back and forth via boat. We had an hour to play here and then the party boat took us around the islands---all the while singing and congo lining......
We need to go back and visit St. Thomas too, because we didn't have time to check it out. We did learn that Blackbeard pillaged and plundered in St. Thomas. The lookout tower where he picked his prey still stands. Although there is all kinds of shopping in St. Thomas, we didn't get to partake...bummer.
That night the Johnson's and us dined at the Pinnacle Grill during their Le Cirque night. Le Cirque is a famous french resturant in NYC, so this is was a pretty cool opportunity. We had so much fun eating!!
Who knew that grapefruit and lobster went so well together (and this was the appetizer)? I can tell you though, I never care to sample foie gras again.....yucky!
We left the kids in the hands of Abdul (our dining room steward) while we went to Le Cirque but the next night (sailing to Half Moon Cay) we had another formal night and dined with them. Jacob and Nick loved ordering 2 entrees and 2 desserts every night---that's what I call a vacation! Here's my beautiful kids in all their finery. They clean up pretty well.
Okay, that's enough for now. Post #3 to follow.
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