Guayanés Beach in Yabucoa: Swimming Horses and Stinging Ants
Guayanés Beach, in Yabucoa on the southeast coast of Puerto
Rico, was lovely, quiet, and tranquil, for most of the day. It even had
bathrooms! It was a beautiful crescent of sand and turquoise sea with lively
waves. I walked down to one end and found the most beautiful seashells I have
seen on any beach in Puerto Rico, including a sand dollar.
Mid-afternoon, the peace was broken when a rural Puerto Rican family arrived with their horses in a trailer, and inadvertently entertained us by riding back and forth along the beach, and even taking their horses into the waves for a swim! By mid-afternoon, they had set up a party, complete with blasting speaker, behind us by the parking lot.
About then, we noticed the ants under our feet in the grassy
sand under a palm tree were starting to bite us viciously. We ended up with
burning, itching bites and blisters on our feet for days.
I have a feeling that Guayanés Beach is a rollicking party
on weekends! If you want quiet, weekday mornings are probably best. Just watch
out for the red ants underfoot!
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