It's called rain forest for a reason!

So we set out of San Juan for a completely different adventure. I've always wanted to see a rainforest and the other ones are very far away so our trip took us to El Yunque. Of course when I want to go check out a rainforest it's going to, you guessed it, rain! Which turned out to be perfect actually. It rained heavily for about 30 minutes so my friend/guide and I ran back to the car and waited there until it stopped.
Since we were already wet and it was pretty humid up there we kind of threw the dress code out of the window. Which explains, well look at the pictures. hahaha First we climbed up the Yokahu watch tower which is located at one of the parking lots along the way pretty close to La Mina falls. You get a pretty good view from up there and it's free! The La Mina falls are also on the way up. You really can't miss it because it's right next to the road. Then we decided to take a hike. The maps are everywhere and depending on how much time you have and what kind of shoes you are wearing (if any) you can pick the route that is good for you.
We took the trail La Coco which leads you through the rainforest to a little but beautiful waterfall. Which turned out to be much bigger because it had rained! haha! Along the trail there is lots to see or at least that's what I think. I'm sort of a nature freak and I take pictures of the silliest things and I don't mind climbing around a little to get the perfect shot. Unfortunatly the camera I had with me was well... crap.. excuse my French. 1.4 pixles and it showes. So I'm sorry about the quality of the pics. I also dropped the silly thing into the mud, but that's a long story. :-) I actually took a tip at the waterfall which kind of defeted the whole trying not to get wet part but oh well. It was fun. The water is refreshing and not to deep. The hike back was nice as well. Beautiful flowers and the sound of the Coqui frog in your ear and the gekkos crawling and climbing all over the place. You should also stop at one of the little food places along the way. I don't want to call them restaurants or even food shacks because it's really only one guy standing there with a BBQ cooking up some kebabs. Very delicious.
Afterwards we were off to Luquillo beach. Ahhhh!