Los Viajeros Puerto Rico 2026
June 18, 2026
Hello Parents,
Welcome to the first blog of this trip! Here, we will recap the events of the day and reflect on the rest of the week.
Leaving home, we felt relieved because we don’t need to take care of the responsibilities at home and we can get away from the city life. In continutation, we are able to experience a new place and emerge ourselves in culture. In Puerto Rico, we can do new things and have fun that is different from our usual summers. Leaving our usual life doesn’t seem to affect us and we are all settling in well.
After getting off our flight, there was a mix of emotions. Some people were ready to explore and have fun while others were sleepy and wanted to lie down. When we were driving to where we are staying, we noticed there was a lot of energy in the neighboorhood. Things such as people blasting their music and people on the beach made our surroundings feel alive and makes us exited for the following days.
We are staying at the Big Yellow House, a three-story lodge right next to the beach. It also has outdoor seating, a beach volleyball court, and a kitchen and living area. The Big Yellow House is about an hour away from the airport that we arrived and will depart from, in addition to also being an hour away from Old San Juan, where we will be exploring tomorrow.
Once we got to the Big Yellow House we went over the house rules. We were put into groups to help complete tasks. There is a blog writing group, a cleaning crew, the Leaders of the Day/phone collectors and a translating group. For dinner we ate rice, chicken and salad. After dinner, we got together and talked about our comfort zones – and realized that we all will be pushed into our growth zone this week. We then came together and decided how we wanted to show up as a group. We all made goals for ourselves and talked about how we can support each other to reach our goals.
We are looking forward to many things. Primarily, we want to go out to the beach and have fun under the sun. We are also very excited to go to Old San Juan tomorrow, and discovering Puerto Rico and going to the cultural restaurants will be an expected highlight of our day. We are also super hyped for ice cream, which was promised to us before we get back to the Big Yellow House.
By Marcus, Eli, Laure
