Magic Dragon Blog
| Vessel Name: | Magic Dragon |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Tayana V42 |
| Hailing Port: | Deltaville, Va |
| Crew: | Herb & Frank |
12 May 2010
Fajardo, Puerto Rico to Beaufort, NC 1170 Nautical Miles
We had planned on leaving Tuesday around noon for the US, but the last minute errands on Monday took longer than anticipated (as usual), and the trip up the mast Frank put off until Tuesday morning revealed a couple of things that needed fixing. By the time we got everything finished we were both pretty [...]
08 May 2010
Costco Day
We went into Carolina, a suburb of San Juan to go to Costco to stock up on stuff for the trip home. We were warned about the traffic, but figured on a Saturday afternoon, how bad could it be?
07 May 2010
Bacardi Rum Factory
We slept in, checked out of the hotel, ate an early lunch in Condado, and then drove over to the Bacardi Rum Factory for the tour and free drinks. The scale of the factory is huge, producing 100,000 gallons of run a day. The our isn't really a tour, it's more of a film/multimedia thing. How they make [...]
06 May 2010
Camuy Caves and Areciba Observatory
We got up, ate breakfast, and hit the road westward, bound for the Camuy Caverns Park. It's about 40 miles from San Juan. The caverns and caves were formed long ago by the Camuy River, part of which flows underground through the limestone rock. The caverns were spectacular, with huge stalactites, stalagmites, [...]
05 May 2010
Old San Juan
We went into San Juan about 930am, timing our arrival to avoid rush hour. The traffic wasn't that bad, and we found the parking lot in Old San Juan easily.
Bacardi Rum Factory
We, of course, managed to scam extra drink tickets, so we stayed a little longer than expected and didn't manage to avoid the traffic this time. It took us 2.5 house to get back to Fajardo, driving through the remnants of a torrential storm that left standing water up to a foot deep in places on the highway.
After checking on the boat, we went up to Luquillo for some supper at El Jefe's Burger Shack. Scott and Jen had recommended the mojitos enthusiastically. It's in a sort of strip mall of small restaurants right on the beach, called Balnerio Kioscas. They're all kind of squatty concrete sheds, open in the front and back, about 60 or more of them in all, serving everything from burgers to Argentinian food. A lot are full service restaurants.
The mojito was excellent (get the ginger lemon one if you ever go), and the burger was probably the best we've had in a long time. We waddled back to the car and drove back to the boat to bed.
