Summing up

We are now approaching the end of our vacation, and will be home on Friday with a few more kilos, mosquito bites and experiences - where hopefully two new bathrooms awaits us. 

In Vieques, the laid back island 1,5h by ferry from the mainland PR, we were spoiled with amazing beaches and a great playground. There are wild horses all over the island, and roosters roam around, but they are not so good with the clock. Hence there was kikerikiing both at 1, 3 and 5 in the morning (Alma: is it morning now?) I wasn't too concerned as I have another little Kikerikiing who makes noices with even higher frequency, so the roosters were filtered out. The most famous thing in Vieques however, is the biobay. Here some microorganisms create flourecent light by the movement of the water, and when kayaking in the dark it is then like loads of fireflies in the water. Our girls were very happy and excited in the beginning of the tour, not so in the end... Unique experience none the less!

A major difference here compared to the daily life in Sweden (apart from the weather) is how often we have conversations with strangers. The puerto ricans are absolutely lovely (I have never in my life got so many phone numbers from random women before), and as there are so many american tourists here, and they also usually are very open and talkative, we've had quite a few good conversations in English as well. When talking with an American now it is a bit like there is a big, orange elephant hovering around, and it is very very difficult not to let the T-word slip out. One woman said that she was now so ashamed of being American when she travelled, so she considered printing a t-shirt "I didn't vote for him". New business oportunity? Another woman claimed that all presidents in their history had been womanizers and had mistresses, the only difference was that Trump said things out loud.

 "There was no sex scandal with Obama though?" I said.

"No, but many people believe that he is gay, and that Michelle is a transexual. It's all over the internet..." No further comments.

Our last week in the capital has been spent at the beach, the old city, and as today, in the rainforest in absolutely pouring rain. Some parts of the road had litterally turned into waterfalls, but with unlimited amounts of candy portioned out in regular intervals, the girls did not complain.

Vieques

Swimming

Not many mammals on this island unfortunately, but lots if cool iguanas

It is difficult to say who likes to build damms the most

It smelled like pee. Old city wall, San Juan

El morro, which the dutch didn't managed to conquer from the Spanish in 1625. Most of them died on these fields (the remainder turned around and plundered and set fire on San Juan.)