Culebra

The last 2 weeks have been great, New Years was awesome and we have loved the people and culture here since. There's a lot to do on a boat depending on the weather there are all sorts of options for anchorages and other islands close by. We went over to Isla Culebrita and the beach is a stunner and very popular place for the local boaters on the weekends with loads of music and beer drinking going on, great fun. Then on the west side of Culebra we went to a couple of different anchorages including Luis Pena island but the weather has to be good, and we finally managed to paint the deck (had paint since Brazil). Then just 10 miles away is Isla De Vieques, we anchored for a couple of nights in Ensanada Honda in the mangroves completely shelterd spot but near the entrance close to the reef for snorkelling. The snorkelling was the best I have seen in Caribbean so far, we saw a decent size shark, turtles, manta ray, sting rays lots of different reef fish and got a couple of Crays.
Puerto Rico is a little different than I expected, it's very American in a lot of ways but still very Latino. Lots of music going on and a very happy friendly bunch of people. They speak Spanish as their main language but most also speak English so it's very handy for me and great to be able to communicate properly unlike the French islands were it's near impossible if you don't speak French. Culebra is quiet with mainly tourists from the main island coming over on the ferry which is just $2.50 and also MANY have their own boats, this was a real shock there is some serious money. Lots of 40+ foot flash flybridge sports fishing new luxury boats and surprisingly a lot of Rivieras imported from Australia as well as there Bertram's with all the bling, bit like going to Rottnest island in west Australia. When they see the Aussie flag it's all smiles and waves and they love having a chat which is really nice.
Julie's going to have a great time there while I'm back at work, no worries about that!
Meanwhile I'm at the airport now after a slight fuck up. Had a 4 am flight from San Juan and after being there all night, checking in but then fell asleep at the gate! Catastrophe!! So instead of going to Boston I ended up in Orlando for 28 hours and now waiting for a flight to Dubai were I will spend another 22 hours!! So basically leave Sunflower Wednesday afternoon and get to perth early Monday morning, think I'm not kicking myself?!