We didn't arrive in San Juan until early afternoon, so we had a relaxing morning. Michael went to the gym after breakfast while I napped a bit since I didn't sleep well. After a quick lunch, we met our small group for our tour to the rainforest. It wasn't the most interesting tour, but we did get to see more of the island than we have in the past. I didn't even know there was a rainforest here so that alone was a plus. Our guide was of Chinese heritage, born in Panama, raised in New York and moved to Puerto Rico many years ago with his new wife who is from here. He was a respiratory therapist before retiring and going into the guide business. As we were leaving our last stop in the forest, our driver told us of 3 young people who went up there by Uber, but weren't told that Uber can drop off in the rainforest, but not pick up. Since we were about 12 km from the entrance and there was no cell service anyway, they were pretty much stranded so we gave them a ride back down to the town where they could catch a ride. Hope they gave their Uber drive a poor rating.
We've been here a number of times before, and since we got back from the tour at close to 6 p.m, we just returned to the ship. There are 3 other ships here with us - the Carnival Sunrise, Carnival Horizon and Celebrity Edge, all very large so the town is jumping..
We had a pre-dinner drink at the Observation Lounge and ended up chatting with a couple of the dancers, which was interesting. Then dinner was at Sette Mari, the Italian restaurant set up every night in the area of the buffet on Deck 11. It was very good, as expected.
After dinner we did a quick video chat with Daniel for his birthday. And we hear from Anna that back home they are having a "snowmaggedon" with tons of snow that has been falling pretty much non-stop for the last few days. Our airport has been closed for 2 days and of course the roads are a mess so we are thankful we got out ahead of all of that. She sent a video of Jacob jumping into the snow in his underwear (a deal he made with his brothers) and he actually disappears completely for a second before popping up and racing back inside laughing.
Tomorrow is St. Thomas.
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