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Puerto Rico

Posted by on April 26, 2015

We have been in Puerto Rico for the past few days, it has been a blur. We crossed the Mona Passage from the DR to Mayaguez in Puerto Rico, then headed south inside the reef to Puerto Real. We anchored for a few days then took a slip in the marina. This stop was a working stop for us, provisioning, fixing and cleaning. We rented a car to make shopping trips to Mayaguez and Ponce. Nothing exciting.

Checking out of the Dominican Republic. First stop Port Authority:

1 check out DR

Then across this rickety old bridge to the Coast Guard:

1b Coast Guard

1d Coast Guard

Where we hung out while they filled out our forms in duplicate…by hand:

1f Tanya

1g checking out at the DR Coast Guard

Then back across the bridge:

1h back across bridge

We repositioned outside the harbor for a late night departure:

1i staging outside luperon

Looking back at Luperon Harbor:

1j staging outside luperon

We made one stop along the coast at a place called Escondido. We anchored for a few hours then moved along the coast almost to Punta Cana where we turned east toward Puerto Rico. The trip took 50 hours.

Thanks to Tanya’s father and the US Postal Service, we were able to get our mail!

1k got mail in PR

1l got mail in PR

Lots of nice stuff in the mail including these huge ice trays!

1m ice trays

It’s getting hot so these will be a nice treat!!

1n ice tray

Again, it was a working stop for us. Scrubbed the boat down:

2 cleaning boat in PR

2a cleaning boat in PR

We did find time to treat ourselves at the marina bar:

3 marina bar in Puerto Real PR

…and happy hour with an ice cold bottle of Prosecco and some Camembert:

4 happy hour

We checked out of the marina this morning and are now anchored just west of Cabo Rojo lighthouse. We will be heading east along the south coast over the next few days. We’re running short on time and have to make decisions regarding what to see and what to skip along the way.

 We will update again soon!

2 Responses to Puerto Rico

  1. vivian

    great to hear from you..wonderful pictures…keep them coming…stay safe…vivian

  2. Sheryll Grover

    Hope you are doing well. We all say hi from Maine!