Fun With Pelicans

  An unusual bird is the Pelican.   

 

His beak can hold more then his belly can.

 

Doomsday Report

December 22, 2012

Today in Puerto Rico, the world has 

officially ended. 

We have passed into an alternative reality, and just as I have suspected all along... 

 

Culebra really is Heaven!

The photos above are from Melones west-facing beach.

Below, the photos are from Melones south-facing beach.

Culebra in bloom

Spring has sprung and we're half way to June.

There is no place as lovely as Culebra in bloom.

  

Tamarindo Grande

The day after we hiked to Carlos Rosario, we took our dingy on an excursion and ended up in the same place as the day before.    Thought you might enjoy a photo or two of some the beautiful coral and fish that we found there.

This is a large school of Cojinua about 150 strong that came charging by.  I didn't have much time to aim the camera and fire but I caught to shots that are worth seeing.

Under The Sea!

 

After a beautiful walk over the hill under overcast skies, we head into the water camera in hand to explore.

Everywhere we looked were beautiful brightly colored fish, and the coral in Carlos Rosario is breathtaking.

 Although these are beautiful pictures, this little guy is not a native to our area and is quite poisonous!

Lion fish are only dangerious if you grab him.

He was too busy being a lion fish to even notice I was there.

 Although the skies were overcast the snorkeling was still beautiful.    People are always disappointed when it's overcast.

We never got one drop of direct sunlight and look at these pictures.  I don't see anything to be disappointed about!

 After swimming for a good hour I popped up out of the water to find the world above was just as beautiful as the world below!

Boy  was it ever a Good Friday!

Hiking to Carlos Rosario

Looking for something to do on Good Friday we decided to avoid the throngs on Flamenco and hike out over to Carlos Rosario. 

The trail is rocky and rugged and I remembered why I tell people they should not ride bikes over there.  


I only thought to take photo's at the point where the ground was smooth enough for normal walking.

When I looked up I noticed the trail was quite lovely in our filtered light of a cloudy sky in the late afternoon.
 


Tiny blue butterflies circled around us on the trail.  I tried hard to follow them and get one that had landed but this little guy in the photo below was the only one who co-operated, but he was too shy to open his wings.
The macro setting on my camera let's you zoom right in on tiny subjects.   He's no bigger then your thumb nail.

As we crested the hill we were hit by the the roar of loud music being played by several different boats and the loud shouts and laughter of people drunk enough not to  notice the noise.

We chose to go swim on the other side hoping there would be fewer boats.   Fewer yes, but bigger waves.

Yes this was definitely quieter but although it looks flat in these photos it was actually quite rough and not good visibility.












So back we scrambled to the southern side of the point and entered the water between the boats.  We did however enjoy the aqua circus and their funny aquatic dances concerning deep water and open cans of beer.

Come back tomorrow and enjoy the underwater shots as the adventure continues.   These are just a couple of teasers to peak your interest.