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Update 34

Had an overnight in the quaint town of Ceiba on our way to catch the ferry to Culebra—another PR island paradise...except for the USNavy bombs again.   Smaller than Vieques and more arid...even some cactus.  Here golf carts are the favored mode of transportation for tourist...so we have spent hours jostled about touring the many beaches...each with their own unique flavor.  Zoni Beach is definitely our personal favorite:  50 yards deep & about a half mile long.  White sand, turquoise water, spattering of palm trees & even less beach bums.  Such a jewel & yet so NOT developed.  No hotels, no food stands.  Nothing.  The dirt road here is precarious even on a golf cart.  How does this  place not get noticed by developers?  When will it change?  The only town here is small & nothing to write home about (well, guess I am).  There's a small airport, ferry dock, a few shops & restaurants and a handful of food trucks.  The sign on one kinda tells the story:  Sometimes we're open.  Sometime we're not.  There's so few tourist here.  Locals say they hear that the tourist say maybe next year they'll come back after storm repairs are made...but locals say...they won't survive till next year without the tourist.  We did treat ourselves by dining at the nicest place in town:  Susie's.  It was fine dining which seemed so out of place here!  We are staying in an Airbnb that is built right on the bay.  Rustic but very comfortable & love hearing the waves lap the porch.  We wake to the roosters...they seem to have followed us everywhere in PR.  

We intended to snorkel but ran into too many saying it's not that good thanks to Maria & the northerly winds now.  So we just sit on the beach.  Soak up the sun & beauty & read.   Then move to another beach and repeat.  What a great way to spend our last days in Puerto Rico!

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