When looking up things to do on Vieques, I learned of this huge, old, magnificent tree. There weren't great directions anywhere, so I was worried that we wouldn't find it, but it was actually hard to miss it! Driving toward the pier from the airport, it's right on your right after a while in a field. There is a little hut with informational signs nearby, and then there is the tree. No fence, wild horses nearby, and The Tree.



This tree was so cool! So, so, so cool. There are many ceiba trees like this in the area, but this particular one is 300+ years old. Some say older than 500. Even at 300 years, that's older than America. It's an amazing thing to be next to.
What a gorgeous tree! It's so weird to think that something as 'simple' as a tree has been just hanging out for longer than countries we live in have been discovered!
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I know! Being from a young country gets weird every once in a while.
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