3 – Number of hours I spent in the car (driving to and from the airport)
17.5 – Number of hours I spent in various airplanes
7 – Number of hours I spent waiting for my flight (in three different airports)
27.5 – Number of total hours I spent in transit
48 – Number of total hours spent in Puerto Rico (and half of those were spent asleep)
1 – Number of afternoons I spent stumbling around Old San Juan in a sleep-deprived, jetlagged haze, so tired I was positive I would puke.
18 – Number of times my mother told me I was bonkers for even considering traveling that far for such a short period of time
BUT….
1 – Number of days I spent relaxing on the beach, eating potato chips, drinking cold Medella beers and listening to reggaeton with my cousin and her friends
2 – Number of hours I spent sunburing sunbathing
1 – Number of hours I spent body surfing
23 – Number of photos I took of the same stretch of shoreline
1,357 – Number of times I found myself wishing I could stay in Puerto Rico forever…
