March 9, 2019
Culebra is a pretty island of about 2000 permanent residents. The only town is Dewey as in “Admiral”. We anchored in the protected harbor and have been using the dinghy to get around to snorkeling/dive sites and the Dinghy Dock for lunch. It’s been a nice change from the country club vibe of Palmas Del Mar.
From the harbor there is a little cut thru under a lift bridge that doesn’t lift anymore that takes you to the commercial dock and the fast ferry to the big island. On the outside you’re greeted by Hector the Protector. Quite a sight.
Tomorrow we move on to another anchorage at Culebrita for more/better diving. Starting to get back into it although diving from a dinghy is a lot more work than when we used to do the live aboard dive trips. Still, it’s fun and there seem to be lots of day moorings we can hook the dinghy up to while we’re in the water.
Before we left Palmas Del Mar we got some golf in on a pretty oceanside course called the Palms. We decided to rename it the Iguana course because of all the iguanas everywhere. They like to burrow into the sand and especially like the forward tee boxes that don’t get used as much. I got the side-eye from a couple of them that thought I was getting a little too close.