Yesterday we left the house in Utuado, and headed for the B&B in San Juan. After checking in, and a quick supper, Doug and I left for the East Coast to go "kayaking" in the bioluminescent Bay. Our guides (who were hilarious) led us through a windy, dark channel that led to the glowing bay. The channel is narrow, so we went single file, sort of. Several of the kayaks in front of us were paddle challenged, so we witnessed several of them crashing into the trees. Since it was slow going, I let Doug do most of the paddling. It gave me more time to focus on splashing him with glow in the dark water!
The algae glows whenever something (paddle, hand, person thrown in by their spouse, etc.) disturbs the water. Since the boats were pretty small for tandems, Doug and I were cruising in the lagoon. Doug tried his fish call several times, but it didn't seem to work on glowing fish. While it was too dark to see any fish, we could tell when we paddled too close to them, because streaks of glowing algae zig-zagged away from us.
We weren't allowed to swim in the lagoon, and the rest of the water was knee deep, so rolling was out. I made do with splashing Doug every couple seconds! I thought it would make him glow, but it only made him wet. Tomorrow we are going into Old San Juan, and tour a military fort from the 1500s.
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