Never plan too much in Puerto Rico!

"I know you only one day, but I can already say this is so YOU!" said Sebastian (room mate in a hostel) after he asked me how was my overnight on the island of Culebra and I replied I never got there, because I missed all the ferries, due to the people I met and had amazing conversations with, so I just didn't feel like going. 

How my day looks like, you may ask? Well, I have a special way of traveling, which I like to call "getting interrupted and lost all the time". After so many years of traveling I haven't got that feeling of orientation just yet! Is that frustrating? YES! But is it fun? Ohhh, yes, it is! I start my day  deciding where I'm going, but as soon as I leave my beautiful hostel, I get lost. When I finally find the way out, I get lost again. Then I end up doing something completely different and I make a new plan. But after all of this, I usually meet really awesome people, who I end up hanging out with and miss out the thing I was planning. So the whole day I end up getting lost and finding beyond amazing people and not doing what I planned. It works the best for me and it makes a hell of an adventure! 

Yesterday I was discovering the local side of Fajardo and Ceiba, which definitely was a bit of a bumpy ride all along. I reckon Enterpreise shouldn't have trusted me their car. Let's just say local roads are not as good as highways, where tourists usually take their rent-a-car. But is so much fun! There's nothing like a legit roadtrip in Puerto Rico. The car will take you from a rain forest to nice sandy tourist beaches, to countryside, to old town or a local beach in not more than an hour. 

You can not come far with buses here in Puerto Rico, because all the people here own a car, so  buses are not really needed. A car cost me 20$ per day including the insurance. The petrol is so cheap, that when I went to a gas station yesterday and payed 40$ to feel up the tank, the tank was full at 29$ (you have to pre-pay before you feel up). And with the car you're way more faster, more independent and always off to a great adventure.

So bottom line, never plan too much in Puerto Rico, because there's adventure waiting around every corner. Don't listen to anyone who says Puerto Rico is dangerous, because you will hear that at least 5 times a day! Who's dangerous?? It's so much fun with all this people here! Some will take you for a surf, some will take you to salsa in the afternoon, with some you'll share great conversation but definitely all of them will give you great advices and unique experiance. 

"Bievenidos a Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto!"

Mayita