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Cabo Rojo: Lighthouse and Playa Sucia

Overlooking La Playuela from the Cabo Rojo Lighthouse

We had planned on a sailing adventure this week, but a series of events caused it to be postponed. We were all ready to go and had met up with some friends at a local panadería and were on our way out when we heard the news of the cancellation. Instead of reversing course we decided since we all had cleared the day for a fun adventure that we would go out and do just that! We chose the Cabo Rojo Lighthouse and Playa Sucia for our setting of the day and it was wonderful!

Our friends on the adventure!

Cabo Rojo is actually pretty close to Rincón and we took a new back road there that hugs the coastline which was a lot of fun in our new Mustang. Though Cabo Rojo is only maybe 20 miles away, the landscape changes dramatically from lush and tropical to much drier.

Cabo Rojo Lighthouse

Crazy high cliffs!

Spiral staircase inside the Cabo Rojo Faro

Gorgeous views out every window of the faro

Guess that’s what you call picture windows! haha

When we arrived, we finally got to tour the inside of the lighthouse (that we just missed the last time), we wandered around the cliffs for a while and then we just hung out under the shade of low-growing trees and in the gorgeous turquoise waters.

View from the roof of the lighthouse overlooking Playa Sucia and the salt flats

Iguanas enjoying the day too

We learned a little about the sea salt production too -if you ever want fresh unrefined sea salt, just bring a jar here!

Salt hill and salt flats right behind Playa Sucia

Playa Sucia

Since it was a Tuesday in winter there were only maybe 15-20 other people on the beach all day. Just enough to make for interesting people-watching but not too many to feel very crowded. A perfect day!

Warm turquoise waters and white sands

Beach fun!

Various ways to chill at Playa Sucia (Check out the couple doing acroyoga!)

I think they are trying to rebrand Playa Sucia (Dirty Beach) to Playa Limpia (Clean Beach) now

It’s so much saltier than most areas that the plant life is sparse

Ready, Set, Jump!

Flor y mar

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Rincón Mayoral Inauguration and RBC’s 3!

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Rincón, el mejor lugar para vivir. The best place to live!

Harvesting mandarin tangerines from our own trees!

This Saturday we had another nice day. The winter fruit is in season and we’ve been steadily cleaning out the cabana and moving over everything to the cabin where we are now living. We jammed with the band and then later that evening we went downtown to the Rincón plaza where there was a huge party going on! It was the mayor’s (alcalde) inauguration (re-election) party!

A huge party right on the street in front of the Alcaldía!

In addition to this huge street party it was our friends Naomi and Sage’s 3rd year anniversary since opening Rincón Beer Company (RBC). In the last three years RBC and the Art Walk (as well as a vibrant and growing Sunday Farmers Market) have synergistically worked together to revitalize the downtown area. Now there are over 4 bars and many restaurants in the downtown area that otherwise was dying a slow death. When RBC came on the scene in the plaza people thought they were crazy because there was virtually no night life downtown and now it is the hip, happening place to be! Way to go, guys!

Naomi and Sage at RBC’s 3rd Anniversary Party

It is pretty cool to see Rincón grow through the years and to be part of the carnival that never seems to stop.

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Lizard Internet / Mango Wireless

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Our normal morning routine is to wake up, make some coffee and zone out on the internet for a bit until we start our daily do-ings. Lately however our internet setup hasn’t been working!! So my routine started to include walking over to the other side of the property and checking out our wireless bridge.

I can usually check segments of our network from the cabin, but lately the cabin has been completely cut off!

Climbing the Pole
The higher the wireless router inside this little box on the utility pole, the better signal we get from our neighbor’s router that we share with.

The Problem

Pretty much every day there is rat poop on top of the box, with some leftover parcha or starfruit. So I know the rats have been hanging out on top of the box. But these wires are inside of the cage I built! They can’t be getting inside?!

Another Possible Hacker

I saw this one on top of the goods one day too. But again, it is waayyyy too large to get into the box and be able to chew the wires up! So probably not the one I am looking for.

It wasn’t until the other day I finally saw the culprit!

Ah Ha!!! (click to enlarge)

There has been a small lizard living inside the box and eating the cables every night! The power cables are pretty chewed up but power cables shock them once they eat all the insulation, so he stops. With the Ethernet cables however, he just chews right thru them.

I’ve mended the Ethernet cable probably 5 or 6 times now. I covered it in some really thick waterproofing tape and that seems to be working for the moment. I also will be hunting this little pest. He is fast and I found myself chasing him with a stick the other day! It was really quite humorous.

The other idea I had was to electrify the wire cage so that it isn’t such a nice spot for critters to sit and hang out. I don’t think it will take much to do, but something I’ll have to figure out! Maybe in the next revision?!

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Domes Beach and El Faro Park Photoshoot

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This time of year, it is just so gorgeous out. There is less humidity so the visibility is perfect. The ocean seems bluer than normal and you can see Desecheo very clearly. The waves are also starting to come in and so there are more tourists and surfers in town. We took the opportunity to go out and take some photos and video of our beautiful and beloved corner of paradise. We have been developing an interest in photography, modeling and videography and our skills are improving. Hope you enjoy.

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