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- San Juan
- Capital
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- 3,937,316
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- PR
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RINCON WORLD CLASS SURFING COMPETITION
It was very quiet and very nice last night. Everyone was respectful. We will being with Friday, it was just a lazy day, after lunch we went to Crash Boat Beach. It was busy with young people as usual. We went way down the beach, ...
SOMEONE IS ON OUR BEACH!
... ; That is if all goes well. We are eager to move one, but sad to leave such a wonderful island behind. Puerto Rico, You lovely island . . . Island of tropical breezes. Always the pineapples growing, Always the coffee blossoms blowing . . ...
Ugly day in the Mona
... beleaving that the report of 11-16 knots and 4-6 foot seas was wrong we pressed on, we figured it was just cape effect from puerto rico and would subside as we got into the 2000 ish meter deep Mona. We were Wrong... it was a cold front moving ...
THE FESTIVAL THAT WASN'T
Sunday and we head out to find Las Marias and participate in the Orange Festival. We start off in the same direction as we did for the waterfalls and then turned south and up into the mountains. We went touring and asked directions, more touring ...
Embark
... the world" -- Africa, Asia, the Middle East. Few sold works by local artisans. Found a café that offered local Puerto Rican food -- chicken or beef stews in cups made from fried plantains; food was fine; service was "island time." Fortunately, ...
JILL & LEN'S MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE
January 21 Our flight was delayed by more than an hour leaving Orlando, we had lots of time for our connecting flight in Miami, and that even ended up leaving late. We arrived in Aguadilla just after 4 a.m. We were entertained pre-flight by a woman ...
NEW DIGS AND LAZY DAYS
January 24 We have decided to look for a new place to stay and also got to get a look around the area. Found the local biggest mall and had a look in K-Mart the biggest store, food court and another grocery store. We did find Crash Boat ...
El Yunque
... eastward bound. It was a weird day, with bright sunshine one moment and pouring rain the next. I guess it reminded me that Puerto Rico is actually a tropical island. Sometimes the signage in Puerto Rico is less than optimal. There is a large brown sign ...
An epic journey to the Canary Islands!
... , drinking, clubbing, lazy days and general good times. Wow, what a weekend! This one took me a good few days to recover! Puerto Rico was amazing, fantastic weather, good night life and greta place to get away to. Highly recommendable to anyone, Mas la ...
ANOTHER DAY IN THE SUN, AND ANOTHER DAY IN THE SUN
Feb. 20 It was another sunny day, went to Crash Boat Beach for the afternoon and then home. Had a rain shower during the day and then an incredible rainbow came out. Feb 21 We decide at the last minute to go down to the surfing beaches at ...
SPOUTS OF WATER - WHERE - OVER THERE!
Feb 24 We slept in this morning. Flights arrive at Aguadilla Airport at 3 a.m. and a group of 4 very loud women arrived here at 3:30 a.m. They didn't even try to be quiet. This went on for at least an hour. We let it go, you know, ...
Mona Passage, dun dun dun...
... was just wicked long! We looked back to the sun setting over the islands as we carried on southeast toward the southwestern corner of Puerto Rico. I took the deck again at 21:00 with the boys down below for some sleep. There was a cruise ship off in the ...
Crustacean Frustration
... there are only 3 or 4, I thought our luck might change a little. The Spanish Virgin Islands lay nestled between the east coast of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands a couple of hours sail to the East. It's the home of sports fishing in the Caribbean ...
FREE! COLOURFULL SEA GLASS
Feb. 14 Happy Valentine's day! We are waiting for Cliff and Sally to arrive. They are stopping in, it is their last day in PR so the plan was to go out for lunch. I asked a neighbour where to go and found out that on Monday most of the ...
Reflections on San Juan
... of play. There is an eclectic mix here of Spanish culture and island culture with a dollop of American culture thrown in. Some Puerto Ricans speak English immaculately and some speak not a word. On our last night of our trip before our 34 hour journey in ...
CAN'T SEE THE TREES FOR THE PEOPLE
After a great complimentary breakfast at the hotel, we check out and begin our drive to El Yunque Rain Forest that is just southeast of San Juan. The GPS takes us up this road, and into the Caribbean National Forest, there was the sign saying ...
THIS AND THAT
... . Lots of Border Patrols in this area. This past week there were 17 earthquakes, Most look to be off shore, around Puerto Rico. There is a fault line between the Dominican and PR. We have yet to feel anything, they were from 1.9 to ...
Amy's Last Day :(
... , came over to say hello. They told us of the time they had spent at the marina on the east coast of Puerto Rico with Eclipse, Eventide (who are currently anchored over in Esperanza), and We Don't Neaux. Apparently, We Don't ...
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY!
... , thank God or we would have been going back. The name Utuado comes from the Taíno (the original natives of Puerto Rico) word "Otoao", meaning "between mountains". At the time of the discovery of the island in 1493 by Christopher Columbus, ...
En route to Aruba
We slept in today, so the dining room was closed. Had breakfast (with our own coffee, made with a melita) at the buffet. Stopped by the library for a book, as I've finished the one I brought. Then Paul and I promenaded five times around the Promenade ...
Birthday Bash at Bacardi Rum Plant!!!
Okay! We've have tons of content online on San Juan. Lovely beaches, sizzling dance clubs, plush restaurants. But boy, any thing special for the boozehounds?? When I look back to 18th March 2006, the day I turned 25, I'd go bananas!! Yes, we were in ...
Operation Jake & Amy Preparation, Vol. 2
... discounted bottles of rum, a case of Presidente, plenty of fruit juices and nectars to serve as mixers, and a few boxes of Gasolinas, a Puerto Rican original that is essentially a cocktail in a bag like a Capri Sun. Awesome. From the Cash & Carry, we ...
Florida to Puerto Rico
The day started with us losing our passports and ended with us losing Maggie. Thankfully we got them both back in the end but it was a bit of a roller coaster for a while. The taxi to the airport was pretty straight forward but as soon as we got out we ...
THE WEARING OF THE GREEN
... to figure out how we would get out of the parking lot when it began to rain. The band and their instruments took shelter. We left to go home. Sounds exciting, we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at a Thai Restaurant in Puerto ...
Paradise Found
With much umming and ahhing about whether to take a 92 nautical mile detour to a place called Mona Island, the skipper made the call saying there was a suitable weather window so "What the Hell, let's go!" and we were off. We set off at midnight ...
Literally "Dead Box Island"
... nbsp; It was fun catching up with Lance and Andy again, hearing their stories of their crossing and being boarded by the Puerto Rican Marine Police. Isla Caja de Muertos Nature Reserve was nice, but after spending time at Los Haitises National Park in the ...
Puerto Rico
Our annual holiday getaway with Pantea's dad was wonderfully relaxing. We spent the week in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico. Since we had been there several times before we felt no pressure to act as tourists. Instead we took advantage of the fabulous weather ...
THE OLDEST PARADE IN PR AND THE LONGEST ONE
... , but no one we talked to could explain what they really are and why. This truly is the oldest carnival parade in Puerto Rico and it definitely was the longest, lots of bands, floats, princesses, old cars, dancers, and it was the longest in hours ...
A Word from Amy Leigh
... ellie. From El Yunque rainforest to meat on a stick, the long and windy roads to Salinas harbor from SJU, the Puerto Rican flotilla rave, the dolphins and manatees and flying fish, stray dogs and cats and chickens! The tragic egg scenario, dancing ...