Puerto Rico
Travel Blogs from Puerto Rico
and so it begins....
... back and forth, its terrible! I looked at my notes from GS the other day (its a 2 hour class) and all I had written was "Puerto Rico... narrow island 100 miles long" LOL. Met a lot of cool ppl in my classes, interested in all the same academic things I ...
Beach and Pool Time - and a little game of chance
... with fresh squeezed orange juice. Seven Seas beach awaited us, but not before Bob led us on a quick tour of some of Puerto Rico’s more expensive high-rise condominium communities. Along the way, we encountered a family of chicks on the side of the ...
Visit El Yunque (El Joon-kay) Rain Forest
Grab some breakfast. Rent the car. Pick up Kristin. Stop for snacks (because you know the Globetrotters can never hit the road without some snacks). Then we're on our way to El Yunque (El Joon-kay) Rain Forest about 45 minutes from Rio Piedras. After a ...
San Juan
... was not good food. After lunch we had to head back to the ship for our field trip to the U.S. Federal District Court in Puerto Rico. The court was awesome. I was able to see a drug trafficking sentencing. The convicted felon tried to get a man to ...
A visit to Old San Juan
... colors) among several other notable architectural and artistic treasures. The church is home to the body of Juan Ponce de Leon, Puerto Rico’s first governor. We also saw (but could not enter) Capilla de Cristo, which stands alongside "Pigeon Park". ...
Our 6 weeks in amazing Puerto Rico
Planned to stay 2 weeks and it ended up being six weeks... what an amazing place and amazing times! Our days started off waking up to the sounds of chirping birds --- an overtone to the background hum of breaking waves... Early morning ...
Fiddle playin' time!
So we had these really cool guests that stayed here! Steve and his wife (sorry can't remember her name :-( ...my bad) came ready to play music! Steve played the fiddle and his wife strummed along on guitar. I decided to jump in and learn and tune and ...
Rincon, Puerto Rico
... room, the "honeymoon suite" overlooking the ocean. I started to wonder how we were getting such special treatment in Puerto Rico. We settled for dinner and drinks at our hotel restaurant and bar, Tamboo Tavern, mostly because we didn't want ...
An introduction to Dylan
Howdy! My name is Dylan, and I arrived here at the Rainforest Inn only 2 weeks ago, and already I feel as though it is my new home. Work has included cement blocking a new septic system, gardening, electrical wiring, and general maintenance of the ...
La Isla Del Encanto
... in everything and I was soaking it all in- the sights, aroma and sounds of reggaetón. After Columbus had discovered Puerto Rico in 1493, Spain began commissioning several key fortifications to safeguard it's possessions and protect the growing empire. ...
Day 3
... back and decided to see the forts at old San Juan. It's no wonder that no one--besides the U.S.-- has ever managed to convince Puerto Rico to surrender. If I had these, I wouldn't either. The walls in some places are 18 foot thick. ...
Borricua, morena, domincana, colombiana...
... : beach and formal wear found their way into my predicted itinerary as I set off to the Caribbean island known as Puerto Rico. As usual, the journey was bookended by a breathtaking trip through the mountains from Cuenca to Guayaquil, where my ...
Time has no meaning in the Camuy Caves
Our third full day in Puerto Rico presented us with challenges (more fully described below), but a rare glimpse into a place on Earth where time stands still. We decided upon a day excursion which would include visits to the Rio Camuy Cave Park and ...
Retour aux USA / Back to the USA
... paix. Peut-être est-ce la valse des étoiles, mélangée à la tranquillité apparente du monde. L'approche et l'atterrissage à Puerto Rico me semblent une autre merveille. Toutes ces lumières... Dès que nous libérons la piste une énorme averse ...
Days 59-63: Mutiny on Strolla!
... in a few days so we decided to rent a car and pick him up. This gave us some much needed time away from the boat and saved Pete a lot of money on cab fares. (He learned the hard way that Puerto Rico's public transportation is essentially ...
Observing nature
So....Iv'e lived in Trinidad & Tobago for say the past 27 years. And I absolutely love it here. Its been rather interesting reading the comments and experiences of travellers to these islands as...it really isn't very popular. Tobago perhaps...but ...
big boat and the EPA
So three days ago (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 ...
Days 66-69: The Captain Returns
... set the sails, how to tack, how to steer, and eventually it came back to him. We made 2 more jumps along the south of Puerto Rico, the first to some Spanish sounding bay, the name I don't remember and the second rounding Punta Tuna where we turned north. ...
Close but no cigar Part 4
A frantic moment as I tried to find the AA ticket desk was relieved when the people on the baggage desk were able to process my hotel claim. And finally Karma paid out when my suitcase was the fourth of the carousel. So here I am at the Best Western ...
A Stepping Stone...
... that only applies for connecting International flights, we flew from San Diego, to New York, to Ft Lauderdale, to a lil´ island called Puerto Rico in what felt like a days for zero miles...guess we´ll have to sign up for TrueBlue -taking the bus ...
Some stuff that's been happening here in PR
So we've been a little slow getting this page up and running but i'll do a recap of some of the things that have been going on here! Me and shane took a trip to Vieques island for the weekend and rode around and camped. We met some crazy people over ...
Day 1 at Sea
Hello Everyone, Well, we made it safe and sound to Puerto Rico on Friday. We had a nice time in San Juan and went to an interesting "local" restaurant where we tried Mofongo which is mashed plantains filled with meat and vegetables. It was very good. ...
A first: Transatlantic cruise to Spain...
We´ve done some traveling in the past but never on a real cruise ship so we decided it´d be a great way to jump start our journey to Europe. Actually, that was an afterthought as the price was the real factor we decided to choose that route. ...
Greetings from... Puerto Rico?!
As a last minute surprise, Jim got tickets for the both of us to head to Puerto Rico- for the day. Crazy boy... It was wonderful to get out of the cold and into the sun- even if for less than 24 ...
great parque de bomberos
HE SAID: Not a lot happened here. The old city was a decent stop. We had some very tasty food & iced coffees at Cafe Cafe in old town. I freed a duck from a net at the hotel pond. It seemed so happy when it kept playing in the ...
Hiking in the El Yunque National Rainforest
My oh my what a beautiful place! The other day I took the day off for one of most beautiful hikes I have ever taken! Gale gave the interpretive tour telling us the plant names she knew as well as some other useful information. Indigo and Shane also ...
Bike ride in Old San Juan
So the other day Shane (the other volunteer here at the Rainforestinn.com) invited me to join him on a bike trip to old san juan with this biking group he bikes with once and a while. They are called BOMB (believers on mountain bikes) and are this ...
