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Rainforest & Kiosks

Nathan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:15:20 +0000

It appears as though YouTube demolished the clarity & quality of this video.
Disregard Amy’s nut comment regarding those we love getting the delicious candied almonds. It is unlikely more than a couple people will get them as Amy is loving them so much she is eating most of them.
El Yunque is a rainforest. A rainforest is classified by 100″+ inches of annual rainfall. El Yunque gets about 20X” of rainfall annually.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rain+forest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Yunque_National_Forest
Yes, Lost is just a TV show…but seriously we found The Hatch.
The Beef empanadas where delicious too.
There is video from the Bioluminescent bay, but you cannot see a thing. In fact what you can hear Amy and I saying actually sounds kind of disturbing without video.
A Flip Video Ultra HD is worth every penny for traveling.

Gilligan’s Island

Nathan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:49:53 +0000

Today Amy and I went to Gilligan’s Island by kayak from Mary Lee’s By The Sea. It was a great day of kayaking and snorkeling. Unfortunately we learned that our new Canon Powershot D10 is not rugged or waterproof enough for 5′ of water as advertised. Meaning our entire day’s worth of pictures may be gone. Thankfully I picked up the Flip Ultra HD before we left for shooting video. Handy little video camera, much better than hauling around a standard camcorder.
Tomorrow is Three Kings day which is a holiday that is suppose to be as big as Christmas so most attractions and stores will be closed. So our plan is to sit out on the beach at our hotel, boogie board, and relax.

Here is a video of us as we are wrapping up our trip out to Gilligan’s Island:

Semester is almost over…

Amy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:15:29 +0000

Man we have been so insanely busy the past few weeks!!! Between school and the holiday’s we barely have any time. But the semester is quickly coming to an end! YAY! Nathan has his last night of class Monday and I have my 2 last nights of class on Monday and Tuesday.

I am so, so excited for the winter break. We have 28 days off of school of those 28 days we only work 10 of em!!! We’ve got Christmas Eve/Day off and New Year’s day off and then we jet off for 9 days in Puerto Rico!!!

Already our Puerto Rico schedule is jam packed full of sweet activities. We’ll decide once we get down there which of them we’ll do. On our list so far:
Cabo Rojo Lighthouse
Gilligan’s Island (secluded, undeveloped island you can kayak to and do swimming/snorkeling)
Renting boogie boards one day
Coffee Plant Tour
Bio-Luminescent Bay Tour (we’re for sure doing this one, it’s already booked
El Yunque Rainforest and waterfall hiking
Bacardi Factory Tour
El Morro and San Cristobal forts tour in Old San Juan
Eat lots of delicious Puerto Rican foods!
and more…

Anywho, it’s been forever since we’ve had our very own exclusive vacation that was over 5 days long. We are so excited to get away from it all and escape to a warm atmosphere with just each other