Today I decided to go for the full day to the second island in the group: Vieques. For many years Vieques was ocuppied by American Navy – they were training bombing there. They say that navy went out only in 2001. Now Vieques is famous for its tropical beaches.
To get there from Culebra where I live you have to take first ferry to Fajardo on the mainland Puerto Rico (2.25 USD) and then another ferry to Isabella Segunda on Vieques (2 USD). That’s what I did!
Lighthouse is welcoming visitors on arrival to Isabella II – named after the Spanish queen. Shared taxis are waiting to take you to the other side of the island (3 USD), where you will find second settlement on this island – Esperanza. It is nicer and has the lovely shore promenade called Malecon. Also on this side of the island you will find best beaches: they have both Spanish and American names. I visited few of them just to compare and to enjoy different landscapes: Sun Beach, Half Moon Beach, Red Beach and Blue Beach. Since I do not like crowded places I liked most Half Moon Beach (Media Luna – what a romantic name!) I hope to show you heir pictures soon… How to move beetween these beaches? I was walking and hitchhiking – it works! Of course you can rent a jeep – but it will cost min. 50 USD.
Sailing in the afternoon back to Culebra I expected 3 hours waiting foe the ferry connection in Fajardo. Ha,ha! Previous Culebra ferry was delayed more then one hour so I just changed the boat…
Good to me, but do not rely on these ferries!
