Today is our last day in the Puerto Rico countryside as we drive back to San Juan completing our tour of the island. We start by driving the extraterrestrial highway which we don’t know much about but is quite interesting after we do a bit more research about it as we find out that there is an intention to build an UFO landing site nearby as there are a lot of UFO sightings. Another interesting sight while driving to our next point of interest is a house in boat form..or is it a boat that has become a house?!
The first stop for the day is at Guanica Dry Forest which is actually quite green and probably dry just in comparison to the nearby rainforests. We park however to our surprise a ranger starts to shout at us that we parked wrong and should park differently even though we are the only car in the parking lot and there are no lines to tell you how you should park. At least this way we can ask for a map which is a precious commodity as later the ranger disappears and there is no other way to get a map.
The trails are mostly old roads and the markings at the intersections are hit and miss but we get to our goal, a viewpoint of the valley below.
There are a few birds that we see but what we hear most and feel are the mosquitoes which convince us to keep the pace throughout our hike. The plant life is quite diverse also with cacti, parasite plants and lianas seemingly everywhere.
It is also quite hot also (south side of Puerto Rico is hotter and drier) so we are happy that we have enough water with us for the hike. In the end however we decide to return back to the car after hiking for some time as we don’t want to get lost.
