The day after the wedding Beth and I took the $40 van tour of the rainforest about an hour outside of San Juan. The wet orgy of green definitely makes an impression after bouncing from dry southern California to winter snow and freezing in DC. Not many parrots or monkeys though. The tour guide explained that Puerto Rican birds are small and endangered, and the few reptiles scatter away from people. Apparently the Gov does some secret Men in Black type stuff on top of the mountains, listening for alien transmissions or something.