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We're famous, we made the Culebra news!
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: alashas (---.dyn.embarqhsd.net)
Date:   02-04-09 14:43

Hola,

We had a wonderful time on Culebra and it moved to the top of the list as one of our best vacations ever. We posted threads on a couple of different message boards, including this one, about our terrific experience diving with Capt. Walter Rieder, as well as our wonderful stay at Bahia Marina Condos, and my post on ScubaBoard.com ended up on page 9 of the Jan edition of Culebraonline.com:
http://www.theculebracalendaronline.com/Jan%202009/pages/page_9.html

We didn't directly compare our 3 weeks in Fiji with our 4 days in Culebra, but have no problems with the eye catching title of the article. We will not rule out returning to Fiji again, where we celebrated our 25th anniversary, but we are certain we will return to Culebra again - it is much easier to get to from the East Coast of the U.S.! We'll be happy to promote additional businesses on our return trip. Discounts may have a positive impact on our review (:>)

safe travels, alashas http://honeymoon2.smugmug.com/

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Re: We're famous, we made the Culebra news!
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Jeannie G3 (---.asm.bellsouth.net)
Date:   02-04-09 15:24

Hola! Congrats!!! It is wonderful to read such positive reviews about a vacation someone just had in Puerto Rico when there are so many negative things occurring on the island. Everyone please read the rest of the newspaper, The Culebra Calendar, www.theculebracalendaronline.com
It is a great issue for this month, January 2009, very informative of the events during the holidays, the residents , history, and even the problems occurring on the reefs around Culebrita as mentioned in a previous blog by Taz. Adelante Culebra y muchas bendiciones! Happy travels! J

supergarcia3

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Re: We're famous, we made the Culebra news!
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: alashas (---.dyn.embarqhsd.net)
Date:   02-04-09 17:16

Thanks, Jeannie,

I agree, it is a great issue this month, even if we were not in it! We always try to do as much research as possible about a vacation destination, and Culeberaonline.com (same site as the calendaronline link) was a very helpful site, in addition to this site, of course.

The article "Island Under Assault" regarding the U.S. Navy use of Culebra as a firing range is essential reading. It is hard to believe the practice ever began on islands on which people were living, and just as hard to fathom that the practice continued for another 25 years on Vieques after the end of bombing on Culebra. There appears to be more info regarding this topic on Vieques, and we found the book by Gerald Singer, "Vieques: A Photographically Illustrated Guide to the Island, Its History and Its Culture" to be very helpful reading: http://www.stjohnbeachguide.com/vieques_html/Vieques_English.htm We picked up a copy on Vieques and our kids could not put it down. Much of the info in his book is also found here:
http://www.stjohnbeachguide.com/vieques_html/Vieques_Home.htm

I noticed on page 16 of the Culebraonline site that JC Petersen says that "an extensive press archive will be posted online soon" on that site and we look forward to reading it.

Saludos, alashas http://honeymoon2.smugmug.com/

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Re: We're famous, we made the Culebra news!
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: SunnyBabe (---.prtc.net)
Date:   02-11-09 06:39

I just got a copy of the January edition and
you're right it is very interesting. Did you know there
are two versions the January 2009 version and the
misprint January 2008 (on the cover at least) version.
Will it become a collector's item, lol.
The Culebra/Fiji article is cute but short, but if you
love Culebra and come from the "Big City" like I do,
don't miss "Island Time" by Kim Foster, it says it all.

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Re: We're famous, we made the Culebra news!
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: SunnyBabe (---.prtc.net)
Date:   02-21-09 17:04

I heard there are events relating to Culebra's history
at their Museum but also in Puerto rico relating to the
Navy years, anybody have details?

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