The trail of 8 restless feet: No kayaking and a lot of kids

Last night I had another kayaking trip scheduled to the Bioluminescent bay in Vieques. It is the same deal as the Puerto Rico one, but it’s supposed to be better. Me and 8 other, jumped in a van taking us to the bay, and suddenly blue lights and sirens appeared. The driver excused himself to go talk to the police and left us in the van speculating wildly why we were stopped. Speeding? Unsecured kayaks? Hmm… He came back and said the police wanted to see some paperwork so we had to return to the office. A very strict police woman counted us when we exited the van at the office and placed us in a line. She told us she came from the environmental police, and we were not arrested (good!). She explained the company did not have a license to do tours at the Bio Bay – it is a nature reserve and there are strict rules. They haven’t had a license since 2008. We had the right to get our money refunded. The driver said the owner was on her way with refunds. During the wait I got to know a few of the others. We quickly decided that IF she actually did show up with our cash, we would spend it at the bar next door. 1,5 hour later – with cash in hand, that is exactly what we did. And tonight, the same company is taking some other tourists to the bay, let’s see if they get to kayak or drink pina coladas. We learned that there are 8 companies which do Bio tours on the island, 4 of which have license. So – we’ll try another night.

At the other side of the spectrum – both kids are finally sleeping, hence also parents and combined with this wonderful place we are all feeling great. So, as an homage to the two little wild ones – we decided to try to get some portraits of the two together. Here is a sample of the best we (they) could do. And some other ones. Enjoy!