El Portal Hotel San Juan

... back and have done some more research on our specific boat - I know that you can book thru Castillo tours directly and save yourself $6. AND after doing more research I found that if you book through GoToPuertoRico.com you can get the same excursion for only $65, that would have saved us $20. I guess we lived and we learned, but still had a great time regardless - and I was ok with the $85 that we paid ...

Dear Blog,<br><br>Today is the El Yunque Rainforest excursion tour. I have booked this tour through the internet one month ago. As they say, I came prepared. Just hope they show up this morning to pick us up!<br><br>Just like yesterday, we had breakfast at Burger King. Starting to enjoy the place....after all, the internet is free!<br><br>The company tour picked us up 10 minutes late. I was starting to panic! but at least they came ...

... including a floating rock climbing wall and a trampoline, as well as relaxing places with hammocks between palm trees. <br><br> We decided to go to a nearby Subway for a quick lunch, and then walked outside of the resort for a little while. We walked over to a place where a fort used to be - it is pretty cool to see the remnants of the old forts. We walked around the ocean and along some paths past a large track and field stadium. <br ...

We departed for the airport at 8:30 this morning. Is it possible for 4 people to need this much luggage?? Hope the seaplane isn't fully booked. Might not make it off the water. Arrived in Old San Juan in the midst of a torrential downpour. Horrible weather. Snagged a cab and headed for the cruise ship pier. We had been told that we could not check in prior to 2pm, but ...

... Today we finally found the elusive rock climbing wall which we had been trying to find almost everyday. We watched a few people attempt to climb it and although I had good intentions of trying it out, I decided to not embarrass myself and just sat there in the heat and watched everybody else. Tonight's final dinner was great. Up to this point, I had been enjoying the buffet more than the proper dinners. However tonight they were serving lobster!!! Lucca's ...

... which clearly made it an adventure. We had great intentions of sightseeing and came upon El Moro, an old Spanish castle with a green that spans about five square blocks. The architecture was amazing, and the views breathtaking. You could see out for miles over the clear, blue Puerto Rican coast. As we continued our tour, however, we came across a sign advertising "World's Greatest Mojitos." Obviously it was imperative that we take in as much culture ...

... but I practiced Spanish with him and asked him how to say different words. There was another guide who was a little more loco who kept galloping up the the front and getting all the horses excited so we would gallop for a little bit. That was a lot of fun. I asked him about my horse, and found out it was a girl named Semilla, so I told him "Semilla es muy bonita" and he said "Si, y tu tambien." I guess I've learned something in Spanish ...

... at them like a normal person and told them to keep moving because living things were not to be disturbed as long as I was behind them, haha. Ok so that was fun but we ran over the time by an hour and a half and most of us had to be back and ready for our welcome reception at 7:15. I had half an hour and let me tell you I was ready to go with ten minutes to spare, I'm just amazing. This was the best part of the trip by far. SO, we get on the bus that takes us to ...

... quoi faire en premier. Hôtel ou resto? A cette heure-ci le choix est facile. Les restos se limitent aux fast-foods. Il y a un Burger King au coin de la rue, je vais faire une exception ce soir. Je suis fatigué, il est tard, il fait chaud et humide (ça me rappelle une mauvaise blague). Il n'y a pas photo : nous sommes bien de retour aux USA. Mais quelque chose semble différent. Le fast-food a le même goût. C'est sûr nous sommes aux Etats-Unis. Bonne nuit.

... people here seem happier than the natives on the Bahamas Island.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br>The old city is beautiful, and I love the Latin rhythm. We are told that we might be approached by guys who might come near us to robb us, and we are a bit scared. We have to be alert and keep our bags in our hands or shoulders.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>< br><br><br><br><br>Well, the ...