Martin um die Welt: 5) Culebra - paradise beach Flamenco

Montag, 28. Dezember 2015

5) Culebra - paradise beach Flamenco

The ferry ride from Fajardo to Culebra was much more rough than we expected. I somehow managed not to puke, while Franzi didn't share that luck. When we arrived at Culebra town, our guesthouse didn't seem to be far away on the map. Seeing all the hassle with people negotiating for transport, we decided to just walk with our sick stomaches. We underestimated the sun a lot though. Fortunately, Culebra is a true island with people offering you hitchhikes all the time. Two hitchhikes later we found Casa Robinson Guesthouse. The guesthouse is located on a hill overlooking large parts of the island. We loved the view! The guesthouse itself didn't offer much and seemed a little overpriced. We went for lunch at Tiki's Grill and afterwards I somehow slipped next to the street, scraped my knee and while I got a hold of myself I crushed my hand into a piece of glas. After I cleaned and desinfected the wounds we headed for the beach. The owner was friendly and offered us a ride to the supermarket and then famous Playa Flamenco. The beach is truly gorgeous with white sand across several kilometers and cristal clear turquoise water. You could always find calm water for swimming and waves for fun somewhere along the beach. Funny easter eggs were two old tanks at the beach. Back from Playa Flamenco, we considered renting a golf cart... but then we were told that the other beaches around the island would not be worth it and we found that we can go some ways with the local bus or by hitchhiking... so we decided to save that money^^ We were a little late to enjoy sunset from our guesthouse and it was also a bit cloudy. Later for dinner we went to Zaco's Tacos. Mexican or, alternatively, Italian food are my favorits in Central America and the Carribbean :)
The next day (27.12.) Franzi jogged to Playa Flamenco, while I bought some drinks and got a hitchhike to follow her. After her run, we had sandwiches for breakfast from the kiosks at Playa Flamenco. After breakfast we walked over to Playa Tamarindo but we quickly knew why most of the people are at Playa Flamenco - it is better in all regards. We also had lunch at the kiosks - a true beach day :D When we returned to our guesthous we were in time to see the sunset, but clouds were hiding it. We still enjoyed the view with some Coronas. Due to our big and late lunch we were only looking for some desert and found Lynn's ice cream in homemade Belgian waffles :D
We kind of repeated our beachday the next day (28.12.). Franzi jogged to Playa Flamenco and I followed her with fresh chocolate milk from the supermarket by hitchhiking. We enjoyed the big waves on the beach that day, but needed to leave after lunch. The guesthouse owner drove us to the Ferry Terminal where we went back to Fajardo and in Fajardo we got on a ferry to Vieques.