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The current weather in Culebra

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Re: Envy
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: MJ (---.prtc.net)
Date:   06-16-08 14:38

I came here from St. Croix, where I'd lived on and off for quite a long time - kept coming back there, but finally ready to really leave for *good*, prepared to camp for three weeks at Flamenco, checking out the island and people.
I lasted three days before I made plans to move here, a combination of geographical beauty and unrelenting kindness and welcome. I camped a little while longer (couldn't get a flight back to STX for 3 or 4 days, which just made me laugh and even more sure I was in the right place - same thing happened coming back over), and why not? I was brought cafe con leche every morning by the camp guys and those kind gestures went on from there all day until my afternoon or early evening returns.
Biggest mistake? Nothing springs to mind (but maybe someone else would be glad to tell you of some I've made, we do love our gossip!) . Biggest surprise? That what I fell in love with, essentially, is still true for me six years later. The passion of Culebrense for this island being their true heart home always gets to me, and continues to help me override the mediocre, even when that passion is imperfect (admittedly, I'm a bit perverse as an *american* and don't mind or care a whole lot about what isn't here - plus, I'd been living on islands and boats a long time, so I'd learned whether or not I really enjoyed keeping life simple...something I thought I'd always wanted and even tried to live close to in the states, but didn't know for sure when it would not be a choice...turns out I love this life...97.3 % of the time).
Is it perfect? Of course not. Is it paradise? No, it's paradox.
Do I have any regrets? Until moving here, I'd been *on the move* for over a decade, or maybe my whole life depending on how you look at it...there were bets among friends around the world that I'd last here six months at best...my only regret is that I wish I'd found Culebra thirty years earlier.

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