Puerto Rico Vacation - May 2005

Monday, May 23, 2005

Culebra Island - Flamenco Beach

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Culebra Island is known for its beaches which are among the most beautiful beaches in the world. Many people recommended to us to check it out and we did. The trip to the island by boat took 1.5 hours. When we arrived to the Island there were many vans that took people to various beaches. We went to Flamenco Beach which was the most recommended. The beach was indeed beautiful. There were hardly any people. The water was crystal clear with the green tint to it. It was so warm, it felt like swimming in a heated pool. The beach is curved and at one end of it the water was calm, but at the other it was quite wavey. As we walked around the beach we were surprised to see the remains of old tanks. One of them was right on the beach!.

We liked the beach so much that we did not want to take the boat back that was scheduled to leave at 3PM. Instead we decided to take a plane back at 5:30 PM. Julia was terrified of flying such a small plane, but I convinced her to do it. We were sitting right behind the pilot and I was able to see all the dials and levers on his dashboard. It only took 15 minutes to fly back. Here is the video of our flight:


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