Puerto Rico! Kayaking at Night in a Bioluminescent Bay
Enjoying the weekend in San Juan, Puerto Rico before our Caribbean Running Cruise. before the cruise; a vacation before our vacation. Started the morning with a nice walk to the Old Fort with Canadian friends Cathy Belic and Klari Kalkman. Spent most of the day on the beautiful beach across from our hotel, catching up with old and new friends as they arrive in PR before boarding our ship on Sunday. Lunches and dinners at our fave San Juan hangout down the street - Don Jose Hacienda. Beautiful floor to ceiling open windows where you can experience the spray of the ocean inside the restaurant when the waves crash against the rocks outside the windows. Every once in a while a waiter will toss out some pan (bread) and a fish feeding frenzy ensues below. Saturday night we kayaked in a Glow-in-the Dark Lagoon. Unbelievable. Nighttime Kayaking into the Fajardo’s Las Croabas Lagoon thru a narrow channel, a mangrove swamp – gnarly roots everywhere, iguanas sleeping in trees, warm water and only three feet deep. After about a half mile of the narrow canal we emerge into the lagoon – a bioluminescent bay, one of only 6 or so in the world, lit up by the tiny dino-flagellates. Incredible.
