Our vacation would extend beyond Vieques, but I will cut things off with our final day on this splendid island. Puerto Rico has a wealth of charm, but the emphasis of this blog is to strike out and discover unfamiliar new horizons. It wasn’t a particularly bold initiative, but we did strike out during our final day here to try and grab the island’s vibe…
The last day on Vieques we took a cab ride across the island to spend a few hours exploring the only town of any size besides Isabela, Esperanza. Esperanza is charming in its own beat-up way. Positioned on a pretty bay on the southern half of Vieques, it is reminiscent of being in the Florida Keys. Our drive to Esperanza was highlighted by seeing horses tied up in front of many houses, not unlike a parked car. There are a lot of small, wild horses running around the island – these are “Paso Fino”, descendants of horses brought over by Spanish conquistadors centuries ago. Be careful if you rent a car here as I heard several folks talk about hitting a horse with their car and spotted two vehicles that seemed to have experienced an unfortunate encounter with a Paso Fino.
It is so sad the legal drinking for dogs is six months here…
There are only a few art/gift stores, several bars and one museum, but the town has a great vibe. All these centered right along the shoreline and the pretty boardwalk, the ‘malecon’. We enjoyed watching a bunch of children run off the pier and swim in the bay, and had a tasty lunch at Banana’s. Of course we purchased the necessary tacky magnet for Vieques in Esperanza too.
The Malecon at Esperanza
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