Thursday, July 3, 2008

Puerto Rico Part 2

The resort we stayed in did not have a beach you could just walk to.. we had to take a 10 minute boat ride to an island for that! It was a nice little ride - here is a view of the island from the boat.
Steve said "WOW! Look at that lizard!" I assumed it would be a gecko but I was wrong. It is hard to tell in this picture but this iguana was the size of my foot at least (not counting it's tail). Can you believe these things roam around like this??
In the little restaurant on the island there were a few unusual critters that visited for freebies. I actually watched a grown up woman reach down to pet this wild rabbit!! I can't believe a rational person would do that! It wasn't a pet - it was a WILD animal that wanted to be fed!!!
People offered the animals fruit and they refused the fruit but quickly snatched and fought over french fries! Can you believe???
Here is the view of our hotel from the marina.
Another beautiful nook at the hotel.
The view from our hotel room minus the rain! {BIG smiles!}

It was definitely a beautiful place! There were these noises we would hear at night that were SO loud. We later found out the noise was from local frogs. They sounded like LOUD birds. They are coquoi (sp?) frogs. At night they sound like a recording - they are so loud, it was there mating call. It became a pleasant thing to hear in the evening after we were used to it. You could hear a rhythm like music from all the noises when you would sit and listen. With the beach, the frogs and the breeze - it was nice!

2 comments:

Just Mom said...

Sounds absolutely beautiful -- loud frogs and all.

ohAmanda said...

Just gorgeous! So glad you had fun!