We set sail from St. Croix on Wednesday morning and headed north west to the small island of Culebra, part of Puerto Rico. We met up with our friend Keith who lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Keith, Gene, and I spent the next few days sailing around and exploring a few of the gorgeous islands of the Spanish Virgin Islands.
We caught a huge barracuda on the crossing from St. Croix to Culebra.
We arrive in Culebra - just in time for happy hour at Susie's where we picked up with our friend Keith.
Culebra
We left Culebra on Thursday morning and sailed over to the beautiful Isla Culebrita.
Isla Culebrita, a tiny deserted island with nothing but an old 1880 lighthouse and the most stunning white sand beaches.
Here's Keith snorkeling around the anchorage where he befriended a sea turtle that followed him around for a while.
Playa Tortuga on Isla Culebrita
Some of the sea life around Isla Culebrita
A couple spiny lobsters hiding under the rock!
Lunch? Maybe?
Sea Turtle
We left Isla Culebrita and sailed west to Cayo Luis Pena, another tiny deserted island. We anchored here for the night and snorkeled in the reef around the boat.
Gene speared this Hogfish Snapper which made for a perfect dinner.
Friday was a full day of sailing as we headed north to San Juan, Puerto Rico to drop Keith off and pick up our friend, Billy, who planned to join us for our long off-shore crossing to the Bahamas.
This is the fort in Old San Juan, La Fortaleza, at the entrance into the harbor
The further we go into the San Juan harbor, we begin to experience some culture shock as we see huge sky scrapers, busy highways, US Coast Guard...
US Coast Guard
Ships in port in the harbor
Old San Juan Casa Blanca
The Bacardi factory (powered by windmills)
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