Culebrita

Today we left the anchorage of Ensenada Honda…destined for Culebrita.  This is a small Island off of Culebra.  I could see a lighthouse on top of the hill that was just asking to be explored.  John and I hiked up to it.  All the way up we heard much rustling of the dried underbrush.  I believe it was a lot of lizards.  The lighthouse was built in 1886.  About 50 feet away from the lighthouse, we found the Copper top which was blown off in a 1932 hurricane.  The views of the reef surrounding this Island were astounding.  I really wanted to climb to the top of the lighthouse but in its present condition I just didn’t think it was “safe”.  Some of the cacti we saw on the trail were new breeds I had not seen before.