{"id":2013,"date":"2022-05-09T18:33:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T23:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2022-05-09T18:35:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T23:35:14","slug":"messy-suitcase-mini-tour-guayanes-beach-in-yabucoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/09\/messy-suitcase-mini-tour-guayanes-beach-in-yabucoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Messy Suitcase Mini-Tour: Guayan\u00e9s Beach in Yabucoa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guayan\u00e9s Beach, in Yabucoa on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico, was lovely, quiet, and tranquil, for most of the day. It even had bathrooms! It was a beautiful crescent of sand and turquoise sea with lively waves. I walked down to one end and found the most beautiful seashells I have seen on any beach in Puerto Rico, including a sand dollar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220421_140910-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" data-id=\"2018\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220421_140910-1024x462.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220421_140910-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220421_140910-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220421_140910-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220421_140910-1536x692.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220421_140910-2048x923.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mid-afternoon, the peace was broken when a rural Puerto Rican family arrived with their horses in a trailer, and inadvertently entertained us by riding back and forth along the beach, and even taking their horses into the waves for a swim! By mid-afternoon, they had set up a party, complete with blasting speaker, behind us by the parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/c5a0910c-e4a8-4cc1-ac49-043618d279ad\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/22fd6b81-aa52-4923-bc25-d3a983ccffa7\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>About then, we noticed the ants under our feet in the grassy sand under a palm tree were starting to bite us viciously. We ended up with burning, itching bites and blisters on our feet for days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Messy Suitcase Mini-Tour: Guayan\u00e9s Beach in Yabucoa\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XwLpClLDYIQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a feeling that Guayan\u00e9s Beach is a rollicking party on weekends! If you want quiet, weekday mornings are probably best. Just watch out for the red ants underfoot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverpuertorico.com\/profile\/playa-de-guayanes\/9021\" target=\"_blank\">Info<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/72Gpj5Amo6MKYxMC9\" target=\"_blank\">Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guayan\u00e9s Beach, in Yabucoa on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico, was lovely, quiet, and tranquil, for most of the day. It even had bathrooms! It was a beautiful crescent of sand and turquoise sea with lively waves. 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