5 am and we leave for La Parguera for Jack to go scuba diving. He is the only one going and we gave him a hard time about it, but secretly, we all didn't mind. There is a great site to dive at La Parguera called "the wall", where there is a 90 foot drop. There was a dive group going out at 7:30 am, so that's why we had to go so early. I forgot to mention that Puerto Rico also goes by "island time". By that I mean that they never start or arrive on time and there is some wait times. Examples: Rico getting late to airport, waiting for plane for Culebra, meeting Rico and Mabel for dinner both nights, and arriving 15 minutes early to boat to go diving but leaving 30- 45 minutes later. NO WORRIES! I personally like it, it's refreshing, but it got on Jack's nerves because he is always on time. They also have a carefree mentality which in addition, gets on Jack's nerves. Rico tells us to drive around while we wait for him for dinner. Jack got a little peeved, but I love that stuff. Anyways, we had a great drive to La Parguera and got to see a beautiful sunrise. We dropped Jack off and he was so excited. Actually, I think Rico was just as excited. They both were like little boys, pacing back and forth... like waiting for Santa. One of the guides looked like that guy from Along Came Polly. You know the guy who hooks up with debra messing character on their honeymoon. He's all tan and long hair. I think he wears a speedo? Yeah, this guy had long wavy hair, a speedo, very tan, and little icky.
Rico, Mabel, and I went into the cute little island town and had breakfast. While we were there Rico's good friend, Fernando showed up. He lives in San Juan and has a house in La Parguera. He just happened to be here and he invited us to come on his sailboat. Naturally.
We stopped by his cute little house so Rico could help him repair a couple of things and I laid on his hammock while imagining living there. We got on the sailboat and headed out on the water. It was 85 degrees, beautiful day and we were on a sailboat. Perfect. We stopped and snorkeled a little and laid around. This little spot was a shallow area where boats park and hang out. There was a boat there with a grill where you could get "pinchos", which were kabobs. Jack's diving group met us around 12. Rico called the dive instructor to drop him where we were and Jack had no idea, so when he showed up, he was suprised to see us on a sailboat. We ate our pinchos and then Fernando took us to a great snorkeling spot. We saw lots of beautiful coral, fish, and some conch shells. Rico decided to get out and take pictures of the mangroves and yes, he tripped on a rock and our camera went in the water. Sadly, we had just purchased the camera before we left, but luckily, Jack got a cheaper one so it wasn't too bad. We got a good laugh and in return of Rico giving Jack a hard time about scuba diving, Jack gave him an equally hard time about the camera.
We had a great dinner in town, headed back to San Juan. We were exhausted!
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