*A Catholic church dedicated to a woman who lived her life in a CAVE?
*An abandoned prison in the middle of a secluded rainforest?
*Gorgeous waterfalls, hiking, and a beautiful blue lake for swimming?
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My friends Tatiana and Ramon took me to this local rainforest hideaway. Not your typical tourist fun-for-the-whole-family where the monkeys eat out of your hand place, but so much more interesting. Once we drove through Caguas into the Carite Forest, our first turn was to drive the opposite direction of the signs pointing to Cayey our would-be destination. We would experience some quite wild adventures off the "beaten path" in Guavate, Cayey and Caguas!
I have found in my travels that it is the smaller towns in the mountains, desert, or forest that are always the most... well, interesting. The Carite Forest did not leave me wanting for much else. Some of the sites would not really make it into an issue of "Weird Caribbean" (which I would love to start!), but were fun none-the-less. Take this house for example. Locally known by many different names, "Castle of the Forest" being the main one that I heard, is a mystery amongst locals. am sure someone knows how this European-styled structure came to the middle of a little forest inland, but if so, the knowledge is not wide-spread. We tried calling the number on the "for sale" sign, but the realtors just knew what price they were looking for.
The rainforest there is amazingly full of color and life . Much more untouched and not beaten down by tourists like the rainforest areas that we are used to. There was also much more wildlife than we are used to seeing. I believe this is a residential area, probably not used to outside tourism. The sites that Cayey boasts about most often are usually visited by locals (swimming holes, local museums, etc.). I did not see any tourist buses the whole time we were there, and it seemed like most people were driving through to another destination instead of stopping. We pulled over to take a moment in this tropical paradise & to snap some photos before hitting our schedule!
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