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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408e8e3.jpg"> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b3a80f0.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="271" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FF9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04600c82dwnjbj.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Casa de Amistad</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#3366FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>   |  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Casa de Amistad"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Casa de Amistad"><U><B>About Casa de Amistad</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Tour"><U><B>A Tour</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>Recent Guests...</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rooms and Rates "><U><B>Rooms and Rates </B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Houses for Rent"><U><B>Houses for Rent</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Where We Are"><U><B>Where We Are</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> <div> Recent Guests...</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="53802820.jpg" border=0 width="514" height="386" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dan's family (brothers Richard & Jim, Mom & Dad) made another visit from the frigid winter weather of Wisconsin to make sure everything</div> <div> was going well and everyone was behaving themselves!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="53a5bcf0.jpg" border=0 width="347" height="463" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here's a shot of Jim, Dad and Dick exploring the Playa Grande Sugar Plantation ruins!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="53603820.jpg" border=0 width="515" height="386" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Joy, Darcy & Bahar were three of the six lovely exchange students we had staying with us from Ottawa, Ontario!</div> <div> They were enrolled in a program at the UPR Law School... We really enjoyed having them.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5345ed30.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="467" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mike brought his Mom, Terri, to Casa de Amistad from freezing Cleveland, Ohio as a Christmas gift! (Can you believe that's his Mom?)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5320f8b0.jpg" border=0 width="527" height="395" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Guess who?  Shannon, Raquel & Shannon!  These fun & sun lovers came visiting to Casa de Amistad from where else, but NYC!  Raquel's been a guest of ours numerous times before.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="53059cc0.jpg" border=0 width="345" height="460" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Nehalem & Rob are husband & wife from Ft. Collins, CO...  They really appreciated my mini-jungle-courtyard (so I tried to take the best photo of them in it that I could take!)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="52e0f8b0.jpg" border=0 width="527" height="395" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> One of my dearest friends in life, Jamie, and her husband, Jukka, came all the way from Finland to spend a week with us!  Jukka brought his new Gibson guitar and Jamie brought her fabulous voice and personality... we were never short of a good time!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="52c3ea80.jpg" border=0 width="318" height="424" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here's Ray & Judy from Charlestown, Rhode Island (the reason Judy has her coat on is because she was on her way back to the frigid north...YIKES!)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="52841ac0.jpg" border=0 width="321" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It's Jamie & Justin from Dallas, Texas!  In other parts of the world they're known as "Team JJ"!  We had a lot of fun with these two!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="52640aa0.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="426" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mark (from Connecticut) with his morning coffee...  Mark's daughter, Naomi, her husband & two <I>VERY</I> cute kids stayed at Casa Santiago.  Mark stayed with us at Casa de Amistad and brightened our morning coffee ritual!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="52441ac0.jpg" border=0 width="321" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It's Adam & Audrey who came all the way to Vieques from Oakland, CA!  We enjoyed their bright & smiling faces in the morning!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="52205840.jpg" border=0 width="517" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> These three delightful women, Clara, Jana & Mara left the winter cold of Cologne, Germany to make a warm, tropical visit to Vieques Island!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="52048b50.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cara is spending a week<I> solo</I> at Casa de Amistad.  She traveled all the way from San Francisco to be here!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="51e0a790.jpg" border=0 width="522" height="377" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Nils Gunnar & Birgitta (from Stockholm!) enjoy a healthy breakfast poolside.  Their daughter lives on the main island!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="51c3eb80.jpg" border=0 width="318" height="440" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Superman (Adam) from NYC was seen rescuing  Rose (from Guam) on our side walkway back to the courtyard!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5183ea90.jpg" border=0 width="318" height="425" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jenee came all the way from South Philadelphia for a "working" vacation... She is an enthusiastic corporate member of the ANTHROPOLOGIE stores!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="51a3a9e0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="414" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Margaret, her fiance, and brother Charlie came to Vieques with their Mom, Dad, and Aunt for a long stay on Vieques Island to celebrate Christmas!  The kids stayed at Casa de Amistad and the parents stayed at the little house we rent, Casa Santiago.   It was Mom's (Elsie) second visit with us!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="50ba14e0.jpg" border=0 width="417" height="590" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mac and the boys on the beach for the Christmas Day Party!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5058e110.jpg" border=0 width="398" height="529" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It's Ryan & JJ from Brooklyn at the Blue Beach Christmas Day Party... It's a tradition every year... Everyone shows up with a dish to pass and your own beverages!  A couple hundred people showed this year!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="51676cf0.jpg" border=0 width="630" height="463" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Look!  It's Dan and Don making cement tree pots in the outdoor classroom!  (Guess who's the student and who's the teacher!)   Don was a frequent guest at Casa de Amistad... and now he owns his own home here!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5037dde0.jpg" border=0 width="637" height="478" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jane and Scott from Ontario, Canada, with Holiday Elves at the BIG plaza Holiday celebration.  Waaaay over the top decorations this year...   For those of you coming for the holidays, you will love the plaza.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="500c0550.jpg" border=0 width="448" height="597" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Eric and Danielle and Michelle and Howard from Philly, posing with another classic auto rental... hey, it got them to the beaches and back!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4fec55c0.jpg" border=0 width="453" height="604" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Leslie from San Fran... isn't she hot in that Marco's special muscle vehicle... no need for A/C.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4fcb7490.jpg" border=0 width="439" height="585" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Brian, Eliza and Cindy... from Minnesota... Eliza was (of course) the darling of the guesthouse.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4fac1510.jpg" border=0 width="449" height="337" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Neil and Mark with Loretta and Ramesh, living up to the name of Casa de Amistad (house of friendship).  Unknown to each other until the magic of Vieques.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4f7961d0.jpg" border=0 width="406" height="541" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Julia and Nathan from Washington, DC (well, Julia is really from Great Britain) just arriving for their beach and sun vacation.  (smile)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4f866de0.jpg" border=0 width="358" height="478" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kassie and Steve from Boise Idaho have a couple of stories to tell... (Owen in the hammock as usual).  Come back soon</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4f2259c0.jpg" border=0 width="549" height="412" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> All the way from Vega Baja, PR... Karla and Tolo, Celi with her boyfriend (from Mexico).  A short but good visit to Vieques.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4f03ea90.jpg" border=0 width="318" height="425" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Our fun friends from DC (now NYC) partying with their new friend "Wilson"... come back again soon!!!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4ef51c20.jpg" border=0 width="337" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Erin and Everette, from Philly, had a REPREHENSIBLE time at the Casa... this is the chill before the party... yikes.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4edf0740.jpg" border=0 width="496" height="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> In the kitchen, best place to be in the whole house. Yummy!!!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4e849b70.jpg" border=0 width="329" height="439" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Pata Prieta beach... enjoying the beatiful weather.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4e43da70.jpg" border=0 width="317" height="423" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1st visit to Vieques from Denver, Colorado... Love driving their Jeep all around the island.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4de1e970.jpg" border=0 width="542" height="407" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jessica ( New York), Christin ( San Francisco), Fitz ( Vieques) Tom ( Cape Cod) and Moxi ( Vieques) </div> <bR> <div> Dinner Party @ Casa de Amistad.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="4eb1a940.jpg" border=0 width="538" height="404" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Having fun back in the Courtyard... Sunday night ( Atul, Sarah, Hanna, Brad & Jessica)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4e6a32f0.jpg" border=0 width="419" height="559" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Carlos Monge... came over to work at Casa de Amistad and LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT... will return!!!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4cbe0800.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="640" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> ...and Tammy the morning mixologist from Milwaukee!  (This is Tammy's <I>fifth</I> visit to Casa de Amistad!)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4cc80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> All combined together!   David, Justin, Tammy, Neil, Melanie & Craig... all from good old Milwaukee!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4b934900.jpg" border=0 width="564" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> ahhh... best friends you could ever have.  Dave, David, Eric and Owen... another great trip with waaaaayyyyy too many stories.</div> <div>  <A NAME="anchor"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div>    </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                             </div> <div>                                                                                          </div> <div>                   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>              </div> <div>          </div> <div>                                            </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>