PUERTO RICO AFTER MARIA (VIEQUES, SAN JUAN)
going to puerto rico was for sure a once in a lifetime trip. seeing lush rainforests and beautiful beaches was amazing of course, but my favorite part was meeting the people and hearing their stories of life on the island, especially after hurricane maria. it was incredibly moving to hear how much they’ve come together to rebuild. the island is pretty much fully recovered, but the people aren’t yet. many know relatives or friends who died or got severely injured directly from the hurricane. it’s truly an amazing place and i recommend anyone to visit it if they get the opportunity. ¡puerto rico se levanta!
locations in video:
0:11 balneario la monseratte (luquillo beach)
0:26, 1:23, 1:41 wyndham grand rio mar beach resort
0:33 vieques air link, ceiba airport (rvr)
0:48 playa la chiva (blue beach), vieques
1:17 balneario sun bay (sombé), vieques
1:30, 1:37, 1:56 el yunque national forest
1:34, 1:51 rio mar beach
1:47 el malecon, esperanza, vieques
2:00 old san juan
2:33 copamarina beach resort
2:52 gilligan’s island, guánica
3:04 flying over bahamas
i would totally recommend both the wyndham grand rio mar and the copamarina. both have an amazing beachfront location with pools, restaurants, and tons of amenities. if you go, check out old san juan and if you can, take a day trip by ferry or plane to one of puerto rico’s other islands: vieques or culebra. also, check out one of puerto rico’s bioluminescent bays! they are absolutely amazing and a once in a lifetime experience.
we flew with jetblue to san juan from long beach with a connecting flight in fort lauderdale. for our day trip to vieques, we flew with vieques air link (see in video). that was a crazy experience.
links:
airlines:
jetblue.com
viequesairlink.com
hotels:
wyndhamriomar.com
copamarina.com
activities:
vieques taxi: 741taxi.com (friendly drivers, totally recommend)
copamarina activities (gilligan’s island, bioluminescence, etc.): copamarina.com
hope you enjoyed this video! :)
Taking Off from Vieques onboard Vieques Air Link
Taking Off from Vieques onboard Vieques Air Link
Vieques Air Link - viequesairlink.com
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Puerto Rico to Vieques via airplane!
Ok, so we missed the ferry to Vieques like so many others due to lack of tickets. We were turned away without knowing how we would make it to this wonderful island. Out of sheer luck we met this other couple who where just awesome, so all four of us got enough guts to take a taxi van and the smallest plane I have ever flown in to Vieques. We made it and turned out to be so worth it and a great memory we'll never forget!
Onboard Vieques Air Link over the Caribbean
Onboard Vieques Air Link over the Caribbean
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Vieques Air Link Britten Norman Trislander
N906VL rotate to Vieques! from Fajardo airport (closed on 2008) the operations of this airport are now at Jose Aponte de la Torre airport. before (Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station) in ceiba,PR