Caribbean Winter

After a successful summer in Florence I felt it was time to spoil myself with an extended vacation in the Caribbean. I started my travels on Dec 28 on Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. My great friend Eleni which I had met in Florence invited me to stay with her family in there beautiful vacation getaway right on the beach. I spent 3 weeks soaking up the sun and enjoying the fruits of the caribbean.........life is hard.
After the Bahamas my sister met me in San Juan, Puerto Rico for her birthday. We then rented a car and traveled the island for 10 days together. After she returned I stayed in the small town of Rincon P.R. for nearly 2 months spearfishing catching lunch and dinner in this beautiful surf town. Rincon is on the west coast of P.R. and in mid Feb is the perfect place for whale watching, surfing, fishing, or whatever your heart desires. Here are a few pics...










The Amazing Atlantis Hotel on Paradise Island, Bahamas.




This is the beautiful view from the house. Can you imagine I had to wake up to this for 3 weeks.




This is my good friend Eleni from Toronto, Canada. Thank you for the amazing experience. Your a sweetheart!

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico


I just happend to land in Old San Juan in perfect timing to catch the festival of San Sabastian. It is a crazy party like Mardi Gras or Carnival. The streets were packed with thousands of people enjoying the festivities.




My sister Andrea met me here on Jan 22 and her B-day is the 23rd. As you can imagine we had to party like it's 1999!!!




We rented a car and toured the island for 10 days. Our first stop was El Yunque Tropical Rain Forest. This is a view from the top of a watch tower that stands ontop of the mountain.







Andrea being cute with a couple of giant leaves we found.




One of the many beautiful waterfalls deep in the rainforest.







Our second stop was the island of Culebra off the east coast. This island is breathtaking, Flamenco beach is one of the top 10 most beautiful beach's in the World.





Here is the view from the top of the island.




Here lizard, lizard. We almost ran over this little guy coming down the mountain on our skooter.




Our third stop on the road was Ponce. We only stayed for a few hours and got a few photo's. This is the famous red Fire House.





The Lighthouse in Rincon, Puerto Rico




Just one of the many meals I provided for myself spearfishing. I got pretty good and started catching lunch and dinner everyday that I could.







Lets eat hmmm.







The beautiful view from Maria's beach Rincon, P.R




This is my great friend Josue. He is a local from Rincon and he was very helpful with showing me around. If you ever pass through Rincon you must stop by his little Rasta Shop were he sells everything from hats to hamocks. Just look for the signs.