We had planned a driving trip today, the car rental is conveniently located next to the hotel. We set off about 10:00 for "El Yunque" rain forest. This is about a 45 minute drive from the hotel. There's a very informative visitor centre with trails through part of the rain forest. This is not unlike home except it's all tropical plants as apposed to evergreens. We continued to drive up the mountain to a few other look outs and a tower. Great views from up there.
After the rain forest it was beach time and of course by now we were hungry and thirsty. A very nice and informative bartender at our hotel gave us some ideas about beaches. The first one wasn't what we were looking for so we continued to "Luquillo" beach. Had lunch at the "Ceviche Hut" where they served great seafood right at the beach. We then continued over to the next beach which is government run. Being this is "winter" in San Juan there was hardly anyone there.... great for us. There's a kiosk selling cervesa's and Pina Colada's right on the beach, oh ya! That was how we spent a couple of hours this afternoon. Of course Mark was once again a source of entertainment today. He was in the water with Dave and declared he got bitten by something, sure enough he had a bleeding mole on his back. He now thinks it was a mole eating shark, we think he scratched himself with his watch! As he was snorkeling I snuck up behind him and grabbed his leg! We have never seen anyone shoot straight out of the water like that!! Poor Mark! At 5:00 they came and took our chairs away, that was our cue to leave and head back to town.
Once back at the hotel it was time for a quick shower and off to dinner. We had seen an Argentinian restaurant that looked interesting, being as we were there in 2007 we thought this would be a good reminder of that great trip. Well we were not disappointed, this rates up there with the best steaks we have ever had. We could tell right off this was not Argentinian beef, it was actually "Angus" beef, that's why it was so good. After we gorged ourselves on "Chocolate Volcano cake" it was time for a walk down the street. We got as far as the Marriott and decided to give the roulette table a go, Mark and Dave had a successful time at the tables, it was time to cash out and head for our hotel. A quick night cap at the roof top bar and now it's time for bed. Not sure what the plan for tomorrow is as we don't board the ship until 5:00 pm..... Stay tuned
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