Tales from Puerto Rico- Day 1

I recently returned from a week of fun in the sun in Puerto Rico, and it's time to recant the merriment. Tom, Michelle, Julie and I had no problems flying down. From Minneapolis to Atlanta I listened to the 80s station (XM radio on the plane) and our group basically had the back 1/3 of the plane to ourselves from Atl to P.R. Tom mentioned "Snakes on a Plane" before we took off, so I basically had this stuck in my head for the rest of the trip.

Our first destination was "Aleli by the Sea" in Condado. It wasn't fancy, basically just enough room in the place for a few beds and a shower to wash the sand off our feet. It was right off the beach, though, so we spent the rest of our day throwing the disc around on the beach and splashing around in the ocean.

That evening we wandered out for dinner and it started to drizzle. For some reason, a ton of restaurants were closed on Tuesdays. We found one place to duck into that was part ice-cream shop, part restaurant. Sitting on the balcony, we enjoyed some tostados, which were mashed up and fried plantains. They were kinda tasteless- almost like fried... breading? Fried mashed potatoes? Whatever, we dipped them in the mayo ketchup and washed it down with the local beer Medalla.

Outside the rain started coming down a little harder, and across the street where a building was under construction a generator or transformer or something was shooting off sparks. It was a neat show and then BOOM! It exploded! It sounded like a gun went off and the group jumped as the waiter happily delivered another round of Medallas and exclaimed, "Happy 4th of July!"Dinner and a show!

Later during the meal it exploded again. A truck came out to check it out and fix some downed power lines, and as we finished our meal our waiter said, "They fixed it up, Puerto Rico style. It'll be good until tomorrow, just don't touch it!" By then the rain had stopped and we made our way back to our lodging for some cards (and more Medalla), noting that some transformers immediately outside our balcony were sparking a bit too, and then concluded the day with a night stroll along the beach.