Funny moments in Puerto Rico

Me: "It feels like all the drivers without mufflers are trying to outdo each other by the sounds!

Dada: "Just like the roosters!"

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"Yes yes, no beef. Chicken is good!" -Baba telling the Spanish guy in the food truck

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Ma: "Do we really need to go that far? Let's eat the chocolate instead"

Baba: "Fine, we'll take a rain check"

Dada: "Yes! Wait... we're talking about the walk and not the chocolate, right?"

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Ferry Lady: "Are you guys the family of Raul Pu#$%?"

Baba: "...yes."

Ma: "Looks like Neel's the new head of the family!"

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Baba: "We need to turn left Mili... LEFT Mili! MILI, TURN LEFT!"

Me: "Baba, I am paddling left!"

Baba: "O re bapperebap! Mili, in a kayak when I say turn left, you have to paddle on your right to turn left, but when we want to turn right we have to paddle to the left to turn right. Get it now?"

-The sound of oars smacking each other-

Baba: "Mili... first SLOW DOWN!!"

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# of times Baba's cap flew off today: 0

# of times Ma's cap flew off today: 0

# of times Dada's cap flew off today: 0

# of times my cap flew off today: 12+

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Ma: "Hey, both of these masks are gray, which one's yours?"

-sniffing-

Me: "This one smells good... So it's yours."

Ma: "How sweet!"

Me: "Yeah... Mine's smelling of mosquito repellent."

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Dada: "Why is the coqui louder in the middle of a city than in the rainforest??"

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Me: "Wow, this is a pretty expensive restaurant being $$"

Ma: "Oh don't worry, we only bought chocolate, churros, and quesitos. We should be fine."

-1 hour later when reading the receipt-

Ma: "85 DOLLARS for a box of 16 piece of chocolate!?"

Dada: "That much tax?"

Air Vocabulary

Ever mix up aerospace and aeronautical engineering before? Have you ever wondered what is the difference between an aerospace and aeronautical engineering? Well, I thought about it too, and here is what I’ve found. Aerospace is the broader and more complex subject, focusing on both aircrafts and space crafts. Aeronautical Engineering though only focuses and studies on aircrafts operating in the Earth’s atmosphere. Though they are different, they overlap a lot since both intensely rely on studies of physics. Guess I chose to do the harder one!

Plane

Being on a plane might be one of the best experiences I'll ever have in my lifetime. I've really come to appreciate it today since I wasn't on one for 2+ years! To others, this might seem like a small time, but to usual family travellers like us it felt like eternity. Currently I am sitting on a delta airlines plane in JFK New York airport after a 4-ish hour flight from WA. Getting off soon. Our final destination is Puerto Rico, a US territory southeast of Florida. Actually, our final destination was supposed to be Florida, but because of unfortunate flight cancellations we had to adapt. We are probably going to board our connecter flight soon -in half an hour or so- and we will reach Puerto Rico around 10 pm their time. So excited!

Church's Chicken dinner (for 2nd time)

We came to Puerto Rico expecting to eat traditional and local items like empanadas, and we're doing it. Sort of. This is the second time we've gone to a fast-food place called Church's Chicken, what seems to be a Puerto Rican favorite when looking at the long drive through line. They're basically a Puerto Rican McDonald's; it's that popular. We found it really funny that at every Church's Chicken there was a Burger King smack dab right next to it with the very visible popularity levels based on the drive through lane. Ah well... I guess everyone has their favorites. Today was an actual rainforest day. We went to the El Yunque National Forest, a park where the amount of people there was limited. After checking in with our previously bought tickets at a checkpoint, we were finally in! It was very beautiful with its lush foliage, great views, and a nice hike. There were times when it was just us walking in silence where we were enveloped in the forest's ...

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