Culebra and the Catamaran

Yesterday was my favorite day in Puerto Rico all semester. We took a catamaran out of Fajardo to Culebra where we did some snorkeling and some sitting in the sand. It was a much needed day of relaxation. Culebra was beautiful and there were tons of awesome fish in the coral reef where we went snokeling. I was more than a little freaked out by the jelly fish. The guide told us they were just moon jelly fish and that even if we got stung by one that it would hurt less than a fire ant bite. Wish I would have known that before I was in the water and not when we were done snorkeling. There were actually quite a few of them. We also saw two stingrays. Jason took my camera and dove down to get the closeup of the one. It was really cool. I love having a waterproof camera here! So today is Thanksgiving. We are going to celebrate tomorrow at my friend Liz's house. Her husband is in the Coast Guard and had duty tonight. It will be our second Thanksgiving, thanks to the Canadians who wanted to celebrate in October when there Thanksgiving is. I'm so thankful to have a great group of friends/classmates. We have really formed our own little family here and it makes being away from family on the holidays just a little bit easier. I would be absolutely miserable here without them.