Casa del Caribe San Juan
57 Caribe St. San Juan, 00907, Puerto Rico
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Old San Juan
... Ponce de León started a colony here in 1508 and the city of San Juan was founded in 1521. They started building Castillo San Felipe del Morro (el Morro) for defense in 1539 and added Castillo San Cristóbal in 1634. Both of these were built and expanded over many years.
We started out at Castillo San Cristóbal. It took over 150 years to complete and is the biggest ...
Puerto Rico 2011
... p.m.
7:00 p.m.- Stopped at Baskin Robbins for ice cream.
8:00 p.m.- Arrived at the hotel and had dinner at the Italian restaurant and then stayed around the hotel for the remainder of the evening
Thursday, December 29
7:30 a.m.- Departed hotel for the El Yunque Rain Forest
8:00 a.m.- Hiked the Angelito Trail and the La Coca Trail. We also stopped for pictures at La Coca Falls. The Angelito trail leads to ...
From The Sea to the Rainforest
... research. Though nobody caught a glimpse of one, we did hear the call of the rare Puerto Rican parrot. We did, however, see other types of indigenous tropical birds, as well as lizards, snails, and other interesting creatures. Our guide also demonstrated how to fashion a hat out of a large leaf, just like the indigenous Taino Indians used to ...
Our First day in San Juan
... with cobblestone streets, two fortresses, historic buildings, a unique mix of shops, restaurants (some very familiar: Pizza Hut, Subway, and many others), and museums. The main fort is called El Morro. It was built to protect San Juan Bay’s deep harbor from attack by sea. We stayed there for about two hours. I enjoyed watching everyone playing in the big grassy area in front of the fort. There were kites flying, ...
Home sweet home
We slept pretty late then got up and walked the area near our hotel (kind of reminded us of Daytona). We also checked out the nearby Waldorf-Astoria (very nice) before having lunch at the pool bar at the Intercontinental. We got ready, packed and flew out about 3:30 p.m. We had no problems with our connection in Chicago, and had time for a late dinner at ORD ...


