Old San Juan

Visited the old fort and walked Old San Juan …

We made port at 3PM local time after switching to Atlantic (aka whatever in the Caribbean) time zone. Teresa's suitcase showed up before we disembarked! A beautiful afternoon we struck out on foot into Old San Juan. The old city is a delightful blend of old Spanish influence architecture and new city shops and commerce. We walked through the …

After packing our bags and a short night sleep we awoke in the oldest city in the United States, San Juan (PR). We had several options given our afternoon flight and we chose a morning tour in Viejo San Juan and the Bicardi rum factory. The tour including the history was very informative an the rum cake delicious. While Bacardi has moved it's …

I am going to go back by a evening, last night after landing in San Juan we where picked up and transferred to the hotel. After about a 20 minuet drive to the other side of the island we arrived. Eck and my mouths opened about the same time as we saw this big huge and glamorous hotel that happened to have a casino. Eck and I wasted no time in …

We were up early to shower and do one last search of the cabin before leaving the ship. When I woke up the first thing I found was the bill. Most cruises are tricky like that and will save the surprise till the last night of the cruise before you are hit with the dreaded how much did we spend? question. Fortunately I had tried keeping tabs on our …

The next morning we started the trip to Miami and our transit stop was in Bogota, Colombia. Nothing much to write about Colombia as we did not leave the airport but the number of sniffer dogs employed at that small airport needs a mention – I guess the rumours about Colombia and the drug scene must be pretty true. We were also very happy with …

This morning I enjoyed my complementry breakfast. My first stop in Puerto Rico was to visit Old San Juan. It is a very beautiful place.There are all types of stores, art galleries, local artists who set up selling their creations, souvenir shops, all types of restaurants and other shops. I made sure to wear comfortable shoes though because there …

For some reason Puerto Rico had never really been high on my travel list of places I wanted to see but boy was I wrong!! With my love for salsa music, dancing and Latin food how could I go wrong here?



Our flight was delayed in Orlando which made our arrival time into San Juan just past midnight. We collected our bags, hopped in …

San Juan Old Town is a gem. Unlike some other places this colonial town has the money it needed to put it back together and has lots of hidden character to find and grand buildings to awe at.

Arriving late afternoon didn't give me much time to anything but go for an orientation walk. Wandering the streets was easy enough and before I knew …

The weekend nestled between Valentine's Day and President's Day seemed to be a perfect excuse to get away for a day or two. We threw around some local ideas, like exploring Georgia's Atlantic coast islands, hiking in north Georgia or visiting a nearby winery. Then Rufio offered me an early Valentine's Day gift: he handed me a list of international …

... pair of flip flops that had adopted an unpleasant odour. All refreshed we headed out to explore the streets of Old San Juan. We walked down to 'SoFo', the Puerto Rican version of SoHo. The city has a romantic and historic feel to it. It reminded Linda ...

... of a certain person's flip flops that we had to toss. After being fed and watered, we went out to explore the city of old San Juan. Armed with an umbrella we started our exploration. Our destination, the 'Fort San Fellipe del Morro'. This is the main ...

... that has been in continuous use in the New World - Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic takes the number one spot. San Juan's colourful, hilly Old Town, surrounded by the waves of a crashing sea, makes for a good way to stretch your legs for a few ...

... Perth -  3 long flights plus airport time. For now we just want to stay immersed in the beauty that is Old San Juan.   Footnote: La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico are UNESCO World Heritage Listed. ...

San Juan Old Town is a gem.  Unlike some other places this colonial town has the money it needed to put it back together and has lots of hidden character to find and grand buildings to awe at. Arriving late afternoon didn't give me much time to ...

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... (again I'm still trying to catch up here...) I met the captain and the first mate of the ship, BOLD. This isn't any old ship, but the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) larges scientific research vessel! We had a great time drinking beers and pina ...

I took a short, five-day trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico to give a presentation at the annual meeting of The Society for American Archaeology. It was a quick trip but fun. The presentation went fine, and I attended several other interesting ...

... but you know how I enjoy the sun and getting tan so it was fun for me. Today we all got up late and went into Old San Juan to find a post office. Eventually we did find it and then we headed out to the beach again. We ate dinner at a Puerto Rican ...

We arrived at San Juan, Puerto Rico on time. We disembarked without problem, right into Old San Juan. We walked, with the aid of some telephone calls to Fernando (Kudos for dealing with us by the way Fernando!) and found Raices on Calle Recinto Sur ...