Our last stay was in Guanica, near another national park and on the water.

On the way we stopped at Coqui distillery. They distilled not rum, but pitorro, another distillate from sugarcane. The guide was most enthusiastic and regaled with stories of his family’s struggle to fight Puerto Rican corruption to make pitorro there. It seems that Bacardi and the company behind DonQ work with officials to make it most challenging for new rum companies to start. Coqui is about sticking it to the man.

Our AirBnB was great. It came with kayaks to go around the bay outside. We saw very up close pelicans, iguanas and other creatures. The bay was also bioluminescent at night. It was not so great for swimming in though – the bottom was all muddy. I think we weren’t supposed to swim there, anyway.

One night, while eating at a local hotspot of food stalls, we saw a burning ring of fire on the mountain. Some n’er-do-well had set it intentionally. The local fire brigade quickly sprang into action and burned a stop fire to keep it from spreading to the town.

We’d drive out to the neighborhood eateries.

On our way out of Guanica and back to San Juan to leave this fabled isle, we passed a windfarm on the road.

We also stopped at Guavate, known as the pork highway. Some enterprising individuals have put up a tourist trap there, as well! And it caught us.