Puerto Rico Baby!
Thursday, January 18, 2007
So by sheer luck after not working particularly hard since I hit the shores of the US of A, Rob and myself get "transferred" from freezing Boston to the city of San Juan - Puerto Rico for 4 months!
Now for those of you who don't know where Puerto Rico is, it's in the heart of the Carribean. Between the Dominican Republic (next to Cuba) and the US Virgin Islands! It is an island about 100 miles long and 35 wide with some amazing mountains, pristene beaches and spanish speaking locals.
You might now say to yourself, "Damn Greg, that is the SHITE!". You would be correct - except for one little glitch - WORK. Yes, unfortunately my holiday is over and now I have to do what I get paid to do (I think). We work here from 8am to 8pm everyday and every second Saturday. Its the most frustrating feeling being in an office when the sun is shining and the beaches are calling.
But at least there are those couple of hours a weekend when we can do what we want. In the case of weekend 1 we decided to hit the islands on a catamaran, to do a bit of snorkeling and drinking.
We did both - there is nothing like drinking pina colada's and talking shit on the beach in the middle of the Carribean.
After a glorious day out we decided to check out the only rain forrests in the Continental US called El Yunke... There were lots and lots of trees, and it rained.
We are staying in the Sheraton in Old San Juan which is precisely in front of the harbour where all the cruise ships dock so it's always buzzing. Sunday we took a look around Old San Juan and tried to get some shopping done but our broken Spanish didn't get us far.
We had to finish the weekend off with some more work - cause sometimes I like to work! Or like Nacho would say "Sometimes I like to wear strechy pants in my room - it's for fun". The week started and there unfortunately will be no time for breathing out of the wrong nostril until weekend comes again.
Check out the gallery for more fotografo...
Spanish lesson of the week:
Aunque el mono se vista de seda, mono se queda.
Translate: You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Now for those of you who don't know where Puerto Rico is, it's in the heart of the Carribean. Between the Dominican Republic (next to Cuba) and the US Virgin Islands! It is an island about 100 miles long and 35 wide with some amazing mountains, pristene beaches and spanish speaking locals.
You might now say to yourself, "Damn Greg, that is the SHITE!". You would be correct - except for one little glitch - WORK. Yes, unfortunately my holiday is over and now I have to do what I get paid to do (I think). We work here from 8am to 8pm everyday and every second Saturday. Its the most frustrating feeling being in an office when the sun is shining and the beaches are calling.
But at least there are those couple of hours a weekend when we can do what we want. In the case of weekend 1 we decided to hit the islands on a catamaran, to do a bit of snorkeling and drinking.
We did both - there is nothing like drinking pina colada's and talking shit on the beach in the middle of the Carribean.
After a glorious day out we decided to check out the only rain forrests in the Continental US called El Yunke... There were lots and lots of trees, and it rained.
We are staying in the Sheraton in Old San Juan which is precisely in front of the harbour where all the cruise ships dock so it's always buzzing. Sunday we took a look around Old San Juan and tried to get some shopping done but our broken Spanish didn't get us far.
We had to finish the weekend off with some more work - cause sometimes I like to work! Or like Nacho would say "Sometimes I like to wear strechy pants in my room - it's for fun". The week started and there unfortunately will be no time for breathing out of the wrong nostril until weekend comes again.
Check out the gallery for more fotografo...
Spanish lesson of the week:
Aunque el mono se vista de seda, mono se queda.
Translate: You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
