San Juan, Puerto Rico

Yes! this internet cafe is helping me out. It's 3 bucks for 20 minudos. Anyway, Tonight we set sail again. I've enjoyed my stay in Puerto Rico, but i know it just doesn't compare to what we're about to get into. On the first day we walked to Old San Juan and checked out all the shops and stuff. This area seems very touristy. Everyone wanted to go out and dance and indulge in some servesas. We all went to a club, which we totally took over. It was all semester at sea kids. Day 2 we went to la playa (the beach) de Isle Verde. It was beautiful!!! The day was perfect. Not terribly hot, nice breeze, and the water is a lot warmer than the ocean i'm used to. After the beach I got ready for my first SAS trip. I went to a bioluminescent bay. We got in our kayaks when it was almost pitch dark. We headed into this narrow channel and all we could see was a blinking red light on the kayak in front of us. Our tour guide only used his flashlight occasionally to see if a turn was coming or to point out iguanas sleeping in the overhanging trees. It was like a cave for a while we couldn't see the sky. When was got closer to the bay we noticed that our oars light up when in the water. That was cool. We got to the bay and learned about the micro-organisms that live here and in only four more places in the world (all in the Caribbean). We jumped in and as we moved around, our bodies were glowing neon green. It was quite an amazing phenomenon to all of us. We were all exhausted after making the trip back to the shore. Afterwards we headed our for some salsa dancing! Once again, Semester at Sea students took over the whole block of San Sabastion Street in Old San Juan. Today so far we've been to the beach, but it's sooooo hot that I'm not feeling very well so I'm gunna grab something to eat and mail some postcards and try to stay out of el sol caliente(the hot sun). Tonight we are Brasil or bust! (i have no idea what that means)

Hasta Luego!
Kim