Coastal Hiking Adventures

On this rainy Tuesday I am going to throw it back to what I was doing last Tuesday at this time. Last Tuesday was not rainy and cloudy like it is today, it was about the exact opposite in fact. With the gorgeous weather we were having a couple of friends and I decided we wanted to go to the beach, specifically Playa San Juan, a beach that is a little ways out of the city. We got on the correct tram no problem, and planned to just get off when the other people with swimsuits and towels got off. As it turns out this plan did not work out as well as we thought it would. When we got off we followed a group of teenagers down to the coast, only to find that they had not been leading us to the beach. We ended up at the top of a hill that led down to a little cove area where there we people swimming.

We decided to go check out the little area so we walked down to the coast and dipped our toes in the warm Mediterranean water. We decided we couldn't be that far from San Juan so we started hiking along the bluffs/mountains that lined that part of the coast. We hiked along the coast for more than an hour. Along the coastline there were several people tanning and swimming and the amount of people increased the further we went so we knew we were going in the correct direction. There was so much to see as we walked! From the rocky bluffs we were on to the light house we passed, and the sea, which was absolutely beautiful! 

The best view of the whole hike came as we rounded a corner and all of the sudden the beach San Juan was stretched out in front of us. The beach itself looked very nice but it was the scenery behind it that made the view incredible. Behind the beach is the city, mainly tall apartment building and then towering behind them are several large and powerful mountains. To make the whole scene even better where the white caps that were breaking on the waves as they got close to the shore line. We stayed in the same spot for over ten minutes taking in the view and of course taking many pictures, none of which truly captured the beauty of the landscape, but do give a pretty good representation.


The whole experience was a wonderful adventure, and one I will be going on again soon! Unfortunately I am having trouble uploading the rest of the pictures, but I will try to get them up soon!

Until then don't forget that adventure is out there, especially when you least expect it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't embrace it when it comes around!