Casa Amarilla is a great little house on the island of Vieques. Vieques, and it's sister island Culebra, are the Puerto Rican Virgin Islands, sometimes referred to as the Spanish Virgin Islands.
From our house you can see the island of St. Croix off to the southeast, and, from other parts of Vieques, you can easily see the islands of Culebra to the north and St. Thomas and St. John, about 18 miles to the east. Our house is on a quiet cul-de-sac in the small fishing village of Esperanza, which is on the southern or Caribbean coast of the Vieques.
The entire second floor of the house is a private, completely self-contained apartment. The second floor includes a huge deck with glorious views of the ocean, the surrounding mountains and the evening sunset.
The brick walkway in the next picture is a short two block walk from the house. This is called the Malecon; it's the sea-side face of Esperanza with a row of restaurants, bars and shops. At the far end of the Malecon is small beach and the fishing pier.
The third photo, the picture of the sunset, was taken from our deck looking west towards Coconut Beach. The mountains in the distance have been set aside as a Nature Preserve under the control of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Out of sight beyond those mountains, about fifteen miles further west, lies the main island of Puerto Rico.
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Terry Culhane,
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