Hello fellow fruit lovers. So, I am going to PR for the first time with my family the second week of January. I am obsessed with fruit and growing (or trying to grow) tropical fruit bearing trees. I live in WI so I move my plants indoors in the winter, but anyways I have some major questions for you all: 1. I'm going in January so what are your thoughts on this time of year and fruit picking? 2. Ok, I NEED a "pocket book" identification guide for tropical fruit plants/trees. I have been searching for hours online for any kind of book that would fit my needs to do this and can't find what I need. ANY SUGGESTIONS OR TITLES OF BOOKS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!! 3. I am not going to be able to travel all over the island in direct search for fruit. We are staying in Luquillo. We will be taking a sailboat from Luquillo to the islands off the east coast for a day. Any good fruit to be searched for there? I may have some free-time to do so on that day.. 4. I will be in the rainforest for a day. Any suggestions on free-lance fruit searching in there? 5. We will be traveling across the island to the West coast on one day to try and see the whales. I wanted to try and stop at a coffee plantation on the way to grab some coffee plants and HOPEFULLY SEEDS TO PLANT AT HOME! Any suggestions on which plantation to stop at?? It'd be best if they had other fruits too that I could check out?? 6. What place had the best grafted trees for sale? 7. I plan on bringing back a lot of seeds and hopefully some cuttings that I can ziplock baggie and take home and try to root. If I wash the seeds thoroughly as well as the cuttings, and there is no soil in the bags, will I have a lot of issues with the inspection at the Airport in Customs? 8. ANY HELP WOULD BE AMAZING FROM YOU ALL!! I enjoyed reading your forums and literally cannot STOP researching PR right now. I want to enjoy sooo much fruit and try and grow some back home!! THANK YOU!! Sarah

Thank you all! Mtn, yes! Your suggestion was perfect for a quick getaway! I really really need to start researching possible places to get reasonably priced art mementoes while traveling. I do look for things while on trips but really don’t have a direction and often end up trying to find something in touristy areas, without luck. I should have at least bought a small framed butterfly here http://www.butterflypeople.com/ You cannot tell by the pictures how lovely these are in their translucent magic unless you see them in person. Although I still haven’t given meditation a real try I have to say that just walking into a full gallery of this art form with the soothing music in the background puts one into a zone. Here is a link that might be useful: Butterfly People This post was edited by jterrilynn on Sat, Sep 7, 13 at 14:24

I'd been several times before the storm...I'd go again! Hike the El Yunque Rain Forest. It took us ALL day to hike up each tower, make it to the top, out of the mist. Then on the main road, we hiked in to the local waterfall...which is the local swimming hole. The Arecibo Observatory...fantastic! Yes, it was damaged in Maria, but still might be cool to visit. The cave tour, it's nearby. The fort and the Bacardi Rummery are in old San Juan. The snorkeling tours in Rincon. There's a "water glow" tour. Quote: The cause of this glow is flagellates, which are tiny micro-organisms. Specifically, the flagellates in Bioluminiscent Bay are dinoflagallates, a specific type of flagellate that is able to make its food via photosynthesis, and it is this process which causesthe bay to glow.

I was able to brighten your picture in a photo editor and see the striping; nothing ruled out a honeybee. You have an interesting speculation about the bees and earthquakes, but the only thing commonly posted on the Internet is ant's reactions to quakes, but I would guess ants would react to any ground movements. After reading the article you linked to above, it would seem the bees are having a reaction to hive damage and bee tenders disrupted feedings. Volcanoes would likely have a similar effect. Individual bees would then scout around for a better location.