Finding a Way Back to ‘Perfect Beach’ – the New York Times
![HIHWNMS - Beach View (by NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Public Domain, via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/31138616400_91b2b00724_k-798x532.jpg)
On the northern coast of Puerto Rico — about an hour’s drive west of San Juan, off a wisp of a road threaded through dense green foliage — there exists a long, empty beach that has haunted my dreams for years. On Google Maps, it appears as Punta Caracoles Beach, but I have always thought of it as Perfect Beach…