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     "HIDE AND SEEK" is the most exiting game you can play in Culebra Island and discovering all the beaches with your family is such a thrilling adventure. With around 10 beaches, 8 lagoons, and 24 cays, among other attractions, Culebra is undoubtedly one of the most colorful town of Puerto Rico. Our mission in Culebra was to visit as many beaches as possible in only three days. Of course we did not discover all of them, but the moment we discovered one, we wanted to stay there all day because every one of them has something special.          There are several ways to travel to the island of Culebra and we choose the Cargo Ferry which leaves dock at 2am. That was a big mistake! The only benefit was that now I can at least visualize what the Spanish conquistadors experienced in their travels across the Atlantic Ocean. But the moment you step on the island of Culebra you forget about everything bad... sort of like the experience of giving birth.                  

        Piedra Escrita               Every time I think of Jayuya, I feel like it was the place where I let go of my sadness, my fears, and failures. The moment I opened the balcony door of that modest guest house in Jayuya, I threw away my tears in the river. I saw, in the currents, a sack I was carrying full of emotions that were inhibiting me from the free life I was longing for. I knew that if I continued to look back, I would keep making the same mistakes and I would never get out of this crossroad in my life.               It was my first trip away as a single mother. I was tense and, to be honest, I thought that I was not able to achieve a trip alone with the girls. Like any other trip, I started out all excited and showing off my freedom. I wanted to demonstrate that I was not that super mom that has everything in control.  But that morning while I was driving up the mountain, taking curves and driving up steep descents for hours, I reached the moment where m