4_IMG_6911.jpg=Giant bamboo.
3_IMG_6835.jpg=The nightly Drying of the Cash ritual.
1_IMG_5362.jpg=Bad weather approaching...  This was followed by 5 minutes of gray nothingness as we flew through a storm.
5_IMG_6943.jpg=Bella and Lizzie share a moment.
1_IMG_5336.jpg=At the Fajardo airport, waiting for our flight to Culebra.
3_IMG_6713.jpg=Dinner at Mamacita's.
3_IMG_6767.jpg=A Lord of the Flies-like contraption on Zoni Beach.
5_IMG_6965.jpg=Walking along the city walls.
3_IMG_6867.jpg=Our first glimpse of the El Yunque rainforest.
1_IMG_5327.jpg=Fajardo Inn.
3_IMG_6812.jpg=A crowded day at Zoni Beach...
4_IMG_6902.jpg=In the garden at the Rainforest Inn.
5_IMG_6942.jpg=Getting to know Bella.
5_IMG_6970.jpg=And if a banyan has beard, is like a man have beard...
4_IMG_6881.jpg=Near the entrance to the El Yunque trail.
5_IMG_6952.jpg=Now you do know that Addie is bigger than you, right?
1_IMG_5376.jpg=Across the canal from our home base, Casita Linda.
3_IMG_6856.jpg=The canal by the Casita.
5_IMG_6958.jpg=Stained glass + reindeer.
3_IMG_6840.jpg=Our neighbors at Casita Linda.
4_IMG_6883.jpg=A green heron on the hunt (click to zoom in!)
1_IMG_5330.jpg=A lonely dog on the grounds of the Fajardo Inn.  There are no more photos of our first day, because we spent the rest of it kayaking in the bioluminescent bay (http://www.golden-heron.com/biotrips.html)
5_IMG_6957.jpg=Near the beginning of our walk in Old San Juan.  This is the courtyard of City Hall.
017_16.jpg=Sea kayaking from Luis Pena to the main island.
3_IMG_6804.jpg=Some neat rock colorations.
2_IMG_5423.jpg=Whiling away the 2-hour wait for dinner.
5_IMG_6937.jpg=In the Rio Piedras section of San Juan.
4_IMG_6917.jpg=On the Big Tree trail.
3_IMG_6862.jpg=Note: same pilot as before!
5_IMG_6979.jpg=At the edge of El Morro fort.
4_IMG_6930.jpg=Doing some smoothie science.
1_IMG_5337.jpg=Christmas snowmen in Puerto Rico?
3_IMG_6750.jpg=Bites, bites, bites...
1_IMG_5365.jpg=The nature preserve, with Flamenco Beach on the left.
4_IMG_6909.jpg=Back in the rainforest, a neat root system.
3_IMG_6844.jpg=Casita Linda, our home for 6 days.
3_IMG_6718.jpg=Carlos Rosario.
5_IMG_6944.jpg=A tour of our apartment at the Rainforest Inn.
5_IMG_6976.jpg=A Dyma lookalike.
3_IMG_6836.jpg=Tapas at Juanita Bananas.  Mmmm...  Ceviche.
3_IMG_6788.jpg=Dinner at Barbara Rosa's.
3_IMG_6875.jpg=A rain shelter in the rainforest.  Those would come in handy later...
3_IMG_6821.jpg=... are they gone yet?
2_IMG_5428.jpg=Snowmen everywhere!
3_IMG_6714.jpg=Nighttime at the ferry dock.
5_IMG_6941.jpg=A stop for dinner in Luqillo.
002_00a.jpg=A lobster tail on the beach at Luis Pena.  This and the next few photos were taken with an underwater camera, so they are a bit bluish and blurry.
1_IMG_5342.jpg=Karen in the co-pilot seat.  Now, don't step on any of those pedals...
4_IMG_6928.jpg=A tree urchin?  (Actually a Sierra Palm, says the guidebook)
3_IMG_6820.jpg=A sand crab hole.
4_IMG_6900.jpg=Grapefruits!
5_IMG_6932.jpg=Views of the rainforest from Yokahu observation tower.
3_IMG_6843.jpg=Getting a hit of internet.
2_IMG_5432.jpg=Hogfish steak.  Mmmmm.
3_IMG_6761.jpg=A photo for my mom (it's not St. Maarten, and a coconut is not a lobster... but it will do)
3_IMG_6748.jpg=Zoni Beach.
1_IMG_5390.jpg=More gratuitous sky shots.
4_IMG_6889.jpg=At the top of El Yunque and completely soaked.  There's a reason they call it a cloud forest.
4_IMG_6920.jpg=La Mina falls.
5_IMG_6980.jpg=Just in case...
2_IMG_5406.jpg=Melones point.
3_IMG_6826.jpg=Scaring some turkeys.
3_IMG_6807.jpg=The view from Mt. Resaca.
3_IMG_6793.jpg=An evil rooster.
1_IMG_5385.jpg=Evening at Melones beach.
3_IMG_6865.jpg=Flying back to Fajardo.
003_02.jpg=Melon cactus on Luis Pena.
1_IMG_5361.jpg=The 2nd smallest island we flew over (the smallest was this:  http://academic.uprm.edu/~mvpizzini/MVP/0b95e070.jpg)
3_IMG_6832.jpg=
4_IMG_6893.jpg=Greg working on his Jack Tripper impersonation.
3_IMG_6860.jpg=The Culebra airport.
3_IMG_6763.jpg=Trophies.
3_IMG_6789.jpg=Now, about those coconuts...
1_IMG_5364.jpg=Finally, exiting the storm and Culebra is in view.
3_IMG_6790.jpg=Maybe a crowbar will do...
4_IMG_6892.jpg=The "observation" tower at the top of El Yunque.
4_IMG_6897.jpg=Breakfast at the Rainforest Inn.
3_IMG_6728.jpg=Lizards everywhere.
5_IMG_6931.jpg=On the climb up Yokahu observation tower.
4_IMG_6913.jpg=A leaf-umbrella?
3_IMG_6726.jpg=Ah, so *this* is where we were supposed to snorkel!
3_IMG_6745.jpg=A stop for lunch at Kiosko La Poncena.  This tiny spot with a 4-item menu is one of Lonely Planet's "Top 5 Places to Eat" in Puerto Rico.
5_IMG_6938.jpg=On the San Juan campus of the University of Puerto Rico.
3_IMG_6693.jpg=Some city wildlife.
4_IMG_6886.jpg=Near the beginning of the El Yunque trail.  Still dry...
3_IMG_6799.jpg=Ensenada Honda.
1_IMG_5331.jpg=Greg protects his toast from the Toast Bandit.
4_IMG_6907.jpg=Symbiotic cows and birds.
3_IMG_6741.jpg=Whole fried snapper with fez.  Mmmmm.
3_IMG_6779.jpg=Ah, the good life.
3_IMG_6716.jpg=The hike to Carlos Rosario beach.
2_IMG_5421.jpg=At the Dinghy Dock restaurant, huge fish (groupers?) await their share of the leftovers...
3_IMG_6822.jpg=More Lord of the Flies paraphernalia...
3_IMG_6697.jpg=On Flamenco beach, a leftover from the U.S. naval base.
1_IMG_5373.jpg=Lobster shell?
1_IMG_5384.jpg=Open some days...  Closed others.
1_IMG_5357.jpg=Flying over the eastern coastline.
3_IMG_6758.jpg=Greg "Tarzan" Shakhnarovich procures some coconuts.
1_IMG_5360.jpg=
3_IMG_6797.jpg=Driving around the island.  With no existing map of all the roads, we have no idea where we were.
3_IMG_6792.jpg=Success!
3_IMG_6757.jpg=Fresh coconuts.  Hmmm....
5_IMG_6981.jpg=Views from the top of El Morro.
5_IMG_6951.jpg=Lizzie, Addie, play nice.
3_IMG_6751.jpg=Dried coconuts.
006_05.jpg=In search of hiking trails on Luis Pena.
3_IMG_6816.jpg=Now how do you fold those beach mats again...?
004_03.jpg=A very neat flower, but very hard to tell with the waterproof camera.
3_IMG_6737.jpg=Whole fried snapper.  Mmmmm.
4_IMG_6899.jpg=Our deck at the Rainforest Inn.
3_IMG_6733.jpg=Another evening at Mamacita's.
3_IMG_6696.jpg=A sand crab.
1_IMG_5333.jpg=The Toast Bandit has won again.
2_IMG_5411.jpg=The "Macaroni Coral"
3_IMG_6803.jpg=A good road.
4_IMG_6884.jpg=Bromeliads.
3_IMG_6734.jpg=The first of many pina coladas.
