PR Rocks!

You know-- for 26 years, I struggled at the task of completely "letting go." I've always been stressed about something in life.. getting into college, graduating cornell, getting into med school.  But finally, for the first time in my life, I let it all go and it was freaking awesome!  I went to Puerto Rico with two girls : ada and cindy, without much expectations. "It would be a simple trip," I thought.  But simple does not begin to describe the amount of carefree fun we had. Granted we almost died on many occasions, but we came out unscathed.  I got like 6 hours of sleep in the 72 hour time span, but it was WELL worth it. 

First off, I'd like to give kudos to our new best friends: Phil, Robb, and Brad for making our trip what it was. Life is just so random sometimes and the people you meet along the way can sometimes be unforgettable.  Seriously- I have never laughed as hard in my life. Ada and cindy rocked too!-- so easy-going, adventurous, and such good travel companions.  In short PR was the bomb!

If you ever go to PR, make sure you go to the bioluminescent bay in fajardo or vieques- that was really amazing to see virtual firecrackers in the water. Vieques is really the best place on earth. Granted, it was a former naval base, but it has the most beautiful beaches on the world. We frolicked on the beach like we owned it-- so isolated and SIMPLY beautiful. 

Anyway-- here are some highlights of our trip:
Our first night there, Ada and I hit the alcohol hard: hence the shenanigans. We basically raided Robb's room and decided that we would do pole vaulting: sans the pole and sans the running. See-- Robb had this pole over his bed, that was used for this decorative canopy thing.  Ada thought it would be fun to sit on said canopy like it was a hammock.  Needless to say, this idea was not very bright.  Since there was a lack of runway space, Brad and Robb tried to TOSS Ada over the railing. And well, she fell and thankfully did not break her neck on her way down. Too bad we didn't get ada doing the jump on video though.

5 min later, I decided I would brave it and prove my acrobatic expertise. UMM-- when they hoisted me up there, there was ZERO momentum, so I basically hung there for 0.5 seconds and then plummetted down to the bed-- taking all the fixtures down with me. 

Robb actually has video of this stunt, but I will save myself from unbelievable embarassment.

Anyway--  ada puked that night and 2 hours later we had to get up to go catch a small commuter flight to Vieques, a small island off the main island of PR. Somehow I managed to get the girls up at 4.30 in the morning.  We almost didnt make it there, but SO glad we did.  We also made friends with our trusty pilot:

and saw beautiful views from above:

We then proceeded to rent scooters and almost died as the boys had to get used to driving them with zero instruction. We then proceeded to take some import car model photos as well.

After a rough start with Phil running Robb and I down with their scooter, we made it to our first stop: Navio beach, with some hidden caves where you can sit and chill. 

Then as per Phil's directing skills, the six of us finally did the pyramid. I think I might have been too heavy for Brad.

We then went to some mexican resto back near our hotel and relished in some fab food with some pretty potent margaritas:

Anyway, life is good. There were countless other memories: dying while we tried to kayak through the mangroves, almost missing our flight back home, figuring out the car validation system etc. All in all-  I pray I can still hang like that when I'm in med school-- it was honestly the best weekend ever.  (Sorry for the monstrous entry, but I had to record my time in PR well for posterity.)

El fin-- !!