Apartments By El Viejo Adoquin San Juan
6 De La Cruz Street San Juan, 977, Puerto Rico
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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 celebrating Xmas early December with "parandas" which are groups of people making music and singing ...
PUERTO RICO IN THE CARIBBEAN
... always Puerto Rican- salsa etc.
At this time of the year- winter- the humidity is less oppressing and the temperatures are in the high 20's with rain happening mostly at night.
Doing our morning walk in our first weeks when winter conditions were still to happen, was sweaty and arduous but as time went by we adapted and ...
What a fantastic place.
... to keep it quiet when they want it to shut up! Animal lovers, close your eyes now! They own a huge water pistol called a ‘Super Soaker’ which can squirt a jet of water over thirty feet. So once the bird
starts going off on one shouting and squawking, out it comes.... the SuperSoaker. Well, if you could see a bird know it’s done something it shouldn’t, and stare at the red water pistol, it’s quite amazing how its character actually changes ...
Walking around OSJ - one full day
... on to El Patio de Sam .. only stopping in because of a coupon we received on a little map for buy one get one drinks. The bartender was so nice we ended up staying all night.... yep...all night. We had a fantastic conversation with a couple from about an hour outside of San Juan (some in English, some in Spanish) and relaxed. The food was very good- Pretty much the same as American bar food. Great burgers, fries, etc. Very relaxed evening. ...
It's always raining in Puerto Rico
... demanded my truck or my money back and the moron behind the counter who took my reservation and promised me the truck I wanted said she had rented it to someone else. A free rental later (I disputed the charge on my credit card, te-hee) and drove off in my unwanted Taurus.
An hour and a couple near car accidents later we make it to El Yunque rain forest. Oh joy! We begin driving up the mountain. My piece of **** ...

