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San Juan
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San Juan
San Juan is a place we have been a few times before, but we were excited to visit the forts this time. Since we are back in the US, we have to go through immigration before you can leave the ship. The ship is a football field in length and passengers ...
Old San Juan, beautiful and a tad bit dangerous.
... nbsp; It is also the most famous silhouette in Puerto Rico, and the sentry boxes that line the walls of San Juan's forts serve as Puerto Rico's official symbol. But being very secluded, and because the city is very short on public restrooms they are ...
LAST DAYS IN PUERTO RICO
Kath has been working madly at the blog, having somehow got so far behind. Probably because our research and planning for Spain, Portugal and Greek Islands has been very time consuming. We had first to plan our ...
PUERTO RICO IN THE CARIBBEAN
DATES: Arrival November 23 2011, departure February 22 2012 JOURNEY: Dallas, Texas to San Juan, Puerto Rico- 3418 kms and 41/2 hours ...
CARIBBEAN CRUISE ON CELEBRITY SUMMIT
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 2012 WEATHER: Sunny, 27 degrees CRUISE DAY!! It was 2 months ago that we bought our tickets for the Celebrity Summit Cruise visiting southern Caribbean islands for one week. Sheila's mum is joining us and she has never ...
FESTIVALS, FEASTS, FAMILY & FUN
DECEMBER 2011 -JANUARY 2012 Arriving in Puerto Rico on Thursday November 24, with one hour of Thanksgiving Day remaining, we had missed the first of the big family celebrations but don't worry there were many more to come. Puerto Ricans start ...
EXPLORING OLD SAN JUAN
... this great historical city and Sheila says that it's her favourite place on the island and we got to visit her old school friend Naydi who has a fabulous apartment in one of San Juan's best streets. This little island has a lot to offer the ...
BACK IN SAN JUAN
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11 WEATHER: Warm and sunny The ship reached port at 6am and because we didn't have any transport connections to meet, we were in the last group to disembark at 10.30. The one week cruise has been a happy experience and we would ...
"Viendes sin sol"
... Sacramento airport and dozens of curious eyes watching me sleeping on the aisle i landed in the Northern edge of the Carribbean sea...Puerto Rico greeted by spanish and hot,humid air. i can pack my warm stuff for good...even better leave them behind.. ...
DAY 1 and 2
... country in the world and be able to find it on a map, excluding a few small islands. As I said, I still can't believe I'm here. This is going to be such an amazing trip. I'll keep everyone posted, probably after I leave Puerto Rico on ...
A Month Later
... I have a professor who likes to remind me of my new-found status with comments like "...so then the yankees came to traumatize Puerto Rico with English, remember Kathy? no? Well they did!" 3. Since I'm starting research for my SMP(this is my senior ...
Bienvenidos a Puerto Rico!!
... a feeling none of us can really get over. We had only had class for one day and then immediately got to spend three days in Puerto Rico with no school responsibilities! Later that night we went out and met up with a lot of other semester at sea kids at ...
I wanna take you on a gay cruise
... the sun don't shine, Atlantis is the only way to cruise! Day 8 Ugh. Awful travel day. Off the boat at 9am, straight to San Juan airport. Flight to Lima, Peru, not until 5:45pm, so spend entire day in terminal playing 500 on kitty cards and eating Subway ...
Finally Here
If you haven't been to San Juan, it's a nice place, but it is a city. Be prepared, the people are friendly, the driver's are ...
Rain Rain Go Away
... it for $80/night, more later). With a break in the rain and after a much needed shower we set off to explore downtown San Juan. Our two priorities? Buy booze and get dinner. Recent reports said that bringing alcohol on the cruise ships is not ...
Arrival in San Juan
... flight into Fort Lauderdale, FL landing at 5:00am. From there, we had a flight at 6:40am for the 2 1/2 hour flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. We arrived in San Juan a little after 10am and immediately caught a taxi over to the Pan American Pier to ...
Last Minute Trip to San Juan
San Juan Puerto Rico...This was a last minute weekend for me. I was planning on going back to Park City Utah for one more ride before the mountains closed for the season. Looking at the weather, I found that I would rather not ride in a ...
Non-stop Boston to San Juan... up and at it.
Flight left early in the morning... ...Non-stop Jetblue from Boston to San Juan is EXCELLENT. I only wish they had something other than cookies and chips for breakfast. We arrived in San Juan at about noon - Rented a car from Charlie's, which is not close ...
Walking around OSJ - one full day
We spent the entire day walking around Old San Juan. All guidebooks will tell you to do this. The atmosphere of Old San Juan is just right- Beautiful, peaceful, lovely. For the 2nd day in a row, we went to La Bombonera for breakfast. Something about a ...
Old San Juan
We loved just walking the streets of Old San Juan and taking in the atmosphere. The Parrot Club was a great stop because they had live salsa music and a great drink list! ...
Our journey home & a few surprises along the way!
We left plently early not wanting to rush at the last minute on our way to the aeropuerto. We hopped on the #2 North towards Quebradillas hoping to throw our message in a bottle (that we had prepared the day before) into the ocean ...
Embarkation Day in San Juan, Puerto Rico
My family and I arrived in San Juan late last night, after a long flight from Phoenix with a connection in Dallas. We spent the night at the Embassy Suites hotel. Now, the day is finally here. It's time to embark on our long-awaited cruise, and we are ...
Feelin' Groovy
... to the Pueblo yesterday) and headed out. The plan was to explore taking the public bus from Isla Verde over to Old Town San Juan. The Intercontinental desk worker informed us that we wanted the T5 bus (recently renamed from the A5) or the 53. ...
La Hacienda
Wow, this is the first of hopefully many Trvellogues!! Puerto rico was a blast! Day one was simple enough. We traveled all day and then enjoyed some bread with the groom's mom, (The food was eaten and that was the best dern bread ive ever had.) Day two ...
An Afternoon in Old San Juan
... . The gateway to the west indies, the Dutch tried and failed to take the island. The Spanish maintained control of Puerto Rico until the Spanish-American war in the late 19th Century (they lost Cuba and Philippines in that one also). It ...
It's A Whole New World
... impressed! My favorite place to eat is at Vidy's Cafe. They offer a wide variety ofPuerto Rican cuisine with Caribbean and American flare! I would recommend this restaurant to anyone that ever visits San Juan, Puerto Rico. ...
At sea, heading for Puerto Rico
Monday morning, 10:30 am, July 18, 2005 We are about 80 miles off Puerto Rico after sailing Saturday night, all day Sunday and all night; we will arrive in about 3 1/2 hours, at about 2 pm this afternoon. The Navigator of the Seas is huge. It is a ...