The Coconut Chronicles

By: Patrick Youngblood

A lighthearted account of a house renovation on Vieques Island off the coast of Puerto Rico. Few projects went according to plan and many veered wildly off course. The owners learned many unforgettable lessons as they battled to create order out of chaos in the tropics.

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Book Description

When Patrick and Michael buy a rambling, dilapidated house on Vieques Island off Puerto Rico, they can hardly believe their luck—or how much work lies ahead of them.

Renovating their little corner of paradise proves to be a crash course in how Vieques works—and how it doesn't. Very few projects go according to plan, and many veer alarmingly off course.

Along the way they learn a number of unforgettable lessons: concrete houses can have termites; five-foot iguanas aren't necessarily more afraid of you than you are of them; emergency rooms don't always stock medical supplies; and a property manager who paints your house orange instead of yellow may resign in a huff when you point out his little boo-boo.

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