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Culebra, Puerto Rico???
Posted: January 5, 2006 11:11 am
by SuperTrooper
My wife read an article about this little island off the coast of PR and thinks it would be a nice relaxing vacation. There are NO large resorts, so where should we stay/eat???
Re: Culebra, Puerto Rico???
Posted: January 5, 2006 11:12 am
by buffettbride
SuperTrooper wrote: so where should we stay/eat???
At the "Y"?
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Posted: January 5, 2006 11:29 am
by Emerson_Bigguns
At the "Y"?
your place or mine?
Posted: January 5, 2006 1:13 pm
by UpstateNYPH
Take a trip over to Vieques Island (right next to it), and take a tour of the Bioluminescent Bay. Really cool.
http://www.biobay.com
Here is some info on Culebra:
http://www.islaculebra.com/index.htm
http://welcome.topuertorico.org/city/culebra.shtml
http://www.tamarindoestates.com/
Posted: January 5, 2006 7:18 pm
by Crazy Navy Flyer
Very nice out-of-the-way island, quiet, still sort of undiscovered relative to some islands. I've been there many times, tho it's been many years.
Check out
http://www.culebra.org/
Re: Culebra, Puerto Rico???
Posted: January 6, 2006 10:56 am
by SuperTrooper
Re: Culebra, Puerto Rico???
Posted: January 6, 2006 10:58 am
by buffettbride
I can be whatever you want it to be.
Have a great time on your trip Clayton!
Posted: January 6, 2006 11:38 am
by Cubbie Bear
Isn't that the island the military uses for target practice?
Posted: January 6, 2006 5:29 pm
by UpstateNYPH
Cubbie Bear wrote:Isn't that the island the military uses for target practice?
No, that used to be Vieques Island, which is right next to Culebra.
Here's a little more specific background I got on the net:
After pressure from the people of Vieques, the U.S. Navy left the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico on May, 2003, after more than 60 years of use as a testing ground. The U.S. Navy came to Vieques in 1941, taking jurisdiction of about 70% (27,000 of the island's 33,000 acres) of Vieques, which it was used as a training area (target practice with live ammunition and war games). As a result, Vieques has inherited a legacy of toxic pollution. In May of 1999, the U.S. Navy admitted that it had tested radioactive depleted uranium shells in the island. Many in the island blame the high cancer rate (26 percent over Puerto Rico's average) on the Navy's pollution.
Posted: January 6, 2006 8:21 pm
by Crazy Navy Flyer
Cubbie Bear wrote:Isn't that the island the military uses for target practice?
Not any more, they used part of Culebra for a bombing range until the mid 70's, and used Vieques until a few years ago.
