We spent an entire day at Playa Flamenco, an outstanding beach on the island of Culebra. Culebra is one of Puerto Rico’s minor outlying islands, located off the Northeast coast of the main island. Geographically, it is part of the island chain known as the Virgin Islands, but politically, it is part of Puerto Rico. Playa Flamenco is rated by beachgoers to be the 2nd most beautiful beach in the world. I don’t dispute that at all. I just wonder which beach could possibly be more beautiful and perfect than Playa Flamenco. Next time we visit Puerto Rico, we’ll spend an entire week on Culebra instead of just a day. You have to take a 90 minute ferry ride to get to Culebra, but don’t let that stop you. Playa Flamenco is nearly deserted compared to the beaches on the main island, and 10 times as gorgeous.

Ethan agrees with the critics – this is definitely the best beach he’s ever been to!

The mangrove swamps were pretty spectacular. We visited this beach on our first day, although we didn’t discover the awesomeness of snorkeling until later in our trip. Had we known how fun it was to snorkel, we would have stayed at this mangrove for a longer time. Instead, we went on the search for a beach more suitable for swimming and sunbathing.

And the same image in B&W because I think it looks awesome

The beaches on the Caribbean side of the island were just not as pretty as we expected.

Again, another not so sneak peek! My youngest sister Allie came in town for Ethan’s birthday last month. It was her birthday month as well. My gift to Allie was a photography session with Ethan to capture images for an awesome wall display for her new apartment. Although I’ve already released her gallery and designed her wall display, I wanted to come back to the blog and share a few of my favorites from her session.

I apologize for the humongous share, but I just can’t help it! These are two of my favorite people and this was honestly one of my favorite photo sessions. The color and emotion were amazing!