For five days in July the island of Vieques turns on the fairy lights, dusts off its salsa moves and turns up the music to party until the wee hours. The annual 5-day event is to honour the Virgen del Carmen (Our Lady of Carmen), the Patron Saint of the sea, seafarers, and fishermen of …
Posts from: July 2014
Taking advantage of some cheap airfares we headed to St Croix in the area of the Caribbean known as the US Virgin Islands. A quick 20 min island-hop from Vieques in a small 10 seater Caravan we headed over for the Jump Up Festival held four times a year in the town of Christiansted. The …