Some of Sofia's various sunbathing techniques, a friendly lizard, and a view of Esperanza from the hill behind the town

The Cieba Tree - oldest tree on the island.

Esperanza, Vieques

We Stayed in Esperanza, where the Malecon is painted pale yellow, and is the border between the town and the sea. We rented the second floor of a house, referred to as Casa Fe. Fe was the owner, who lived on the first floor, and is a native viequen. She was 85 years old, and very helpful and accommodating.

A shot of us

















Peter's room






















Jeff and Peter in Common Room. Most of these pictures will be of the University College, one of the 7 Colleges in the main Saint George Campus of the University of Toronto. University college is the oldest of them all.

Our helpers



































Peter's dorm is in the Whitney Building. He is part of the Cody house, of which there are about 60 members. The cody house has two Dons (both Female). It also has a TV Room, Study room, Common room, and Kitchen. This is the Cody TV room

Some random shots of university college










































Convocation Hall with University College in the background


















An old meeting room in University College

All of us
Cody Common Room
View from main entrance looking at college
and same view from other direction

Peter trying to set up his room.


















The Cody Study Room
















Outside of his dorm. Peter's window is the 2nd floor window to the right of the arched doorway (it is partially obscured by the tree)
University College

Tita Tulum

Tita Tulum was a gem of a place to stay. There were 10 beach front cabana's, with cold and HOT (but salty) water. It was very comfortable. The beds were re-made every day, and the staff left their towel creations for us when they were through.

Tita Tulum (like most of the Eco Resorts) is solar powered. If you zoom in on the blue ledge below the solar panels, you we see another iguana also making use of the sun.
The beach was stunning - with the reef about 300 meters off the shore. We swam out twice, but were less confident with this endeavor and decided to stick closer to shore.

The howler monkeys were a bit less interested in us, and did not pose as well.

Punta Laguna Monkey Reserve

About 20km from Koba (on a road through NOTHING but jungle) is a monkey reserve. Here we were advised to hire a guide. HE took us on a pretty fast trek into the jungle in order to see spider and howler monkeys.
He was successful on both counts. We found a relatively large group of spider monkeys (with young) and a slightly smaller group of howler monkeys (also with young).