Day 8 San Juan, Puerto Rico

After our cruise was over we decided to stay a few extra days in San Juan to enjoy the local scenery. We were suffering from PCD - Post Cruise Depression -  The effects of PCD lasted well after the cruise ended.

On our last day in San Juan we decided to go to the Bacardi Rum Distillery. We took a tour that explained the history of Bacardi. The picture below is outside and everyone who goes on the tour gets two free drinks of any kind of Rum they want. It was nice to have a few free drinks.

This is the entrance of the tour building.

The Bacardi label has a bat on it because back in the day where they made rum, they had bats in the building. So to make it their own label they put the bat on it so everyone would know it was their product.

After the Bacardi tour, we were very adventurous and drove to the far east side of the island(about 45 mins) and went to the El Yunque National Rain Forest. It was amazing how when driving through the rain forest you could actually feel the temperature change the deeper you went into the forest.

Look how thick the forest is, wow.

This is La Coca Falls, it was just off the road so you did not have to hike. They did have hiking trails but we were not prepared to hike.

You can see the ocean from the mountains in the Rain Forest.

We stopped at a lookout tower, we walked up to the top and it was amazing seeing the view get better and better as you get higher and higher. All of these pictures were taken from Yokahu Observation Tower you can see for miles and miles.

After we had our fill of the rain forest we went to a nice beach that was nearby. We went to Luquillo Beach, it was amazing and perfect! This would have been perfect to rent a chair and swim and drink and eat all day, too bad it was cloudy and cold! :(

I love the ocean it was amazing to watch the waves.

I called my mommy to say hi and Jeff took a picture while I was on the phone. My mom thought it was neat to see a picture from when we talked, makes you feel like you were kinda there.

It was a great last day of vacation together before coming home to the real world!!