Old San Juan Bed And Breakfast

... intermittently because of the hard ground), we got up around 6-30. I washed the previous evening's dirty utensils in the nearby stream. Breakfast of cereal and milk (powdered milk and water shaken up in a bottle). Set off for the summit of Roraima. As we ...

... . I scurried through El Morro’s six levels in 38 minutes, wanting to save the last hour of daylight for wandering around Old San Juan’s southern city wall and cobblestoned streets. I made my way back to the city wall to watch the sun set over ...

... the beach during the morning (the north end of Condado beach has several palm trees that provide shade), and evening strolls in Old San Juan followed by dinner and drinks. Old San Juan is the prettiest "downtown" that we've seen in the whole Caribbean, ...

... as 'private rooms' they had shared bathroom facilities which was a bit of a surprise. We settled in and had a walk around Old San Juan, which is a very pretty old colonial centre. In fact it is the second oldest city in the Americas, beaten only by Santo ...

... was a given, but we would also not be traveling "light". We would be paddling through the Rio Indio Maiz Biological Reserve, which is a vast uninhabited swath of jungle, dissected by the Rio San Juan River; 4 adventurers with great expectations. ...

... .  We spent 2 nights in San Juan Del Sur, just enough time to find out where to go for good surfing and beach atmoshere. San Juan does not offer surfing, but is kinda the hub where all the gringos go.  It has a little beach the harbours boats or ...

San Rafael - San Juan de Jachal Miles - 348 Up at 6.30, breakfast, catching up with some typing while the tyres on the bike get changed. Just heard one of the bolts was missing on the wheel, luckily it didn't fall off! Ahhh life on the open road, there ...

... of the time. At 3pm, we spot a town in the distance; an hour later, we arrive at a road sign indicating that it is San Juan! The previous sign had overestimated the distance by 10km, hallelujah! We talk to some local men, then go find a store to buy ...

... sporadically as we drove. A few hours later we arrived in Rivas where we joined with a couple of other Americans to split 2 taxis to San Juan del Sur for $3 a person. Our taxi however took the back way so he could stop home and drop some things off to his ...

... a hot tub.  Dinner was at the Mexican joint "Lupis" down the street.  It was over-priced tourist food complete with English menus, but at least our fajitas weren't cooked in lard! (We think...)   Tomorrow to old San Juan and more pool ...

... girls getaway, boy they were a fun rowdy bunch! For dinner we got ourselves all dressed up and made our way to Old San Juan where we enjoyed a delicious Puerto Rican dinner at Barrachina's.  Fun fact about Barrachina's - it is the birthplace of the ...

... in a tiny village all week. After leaving Cordoba, we changed our plans to visit the moon valley just outside of San Juan, Northwest Argentina, an amazingly beautiful canyon/ archaeological site set in a huge national park and still unknown to many ...

... sure if it was a special event or not, but many sources seemed to think it was a Sunday fair.  so if you are in Old San Juan in the afternoons on Sunday, walk around the South Side to see if there is anything going on, as if we would have known about ...

... to Puerto Rico was a short 30 minutes, and we landed at the airport a little after six o'clock. Here we grabbed a cab to the 'Old San Juan” where we had a room at 'El Convento', a 500 year old monastery that was converted into a Hotel. I must admit ...

... Mike and I claimed our luggage and took a taxi 14 minutes to the Pan-American cruise terminal across the harbor from Old San Juan. The taxi fare was $22. After checking our large suitcases, then passing through security and document checks to enter the ...

... some food sitting on the beach-chicken strips and tostones. Then we decided to go in and shower. We were going to go into Old San Juan but everyone was too worn out. DH and I went downstairs to see (again) about the babysitting (we were supposed to get 4 ...

... , so we went for lunch (I had tacos, and they were awesome!) and then negotiated a cab fare or C50 ($2.10US) per person to San Juan del Sur.  A pretty decent price if you ask me, considering that one cab driver was demanding $15US for the trip! ...

... beach and the ocean and then wound our way back inland to connect with the Pan-American Highway leading south toward Rivas and eventually San Juan del Sur. After a couple of hours, we were driving into the village of San Juan del Sur on the Pacific Ocean. ...

... old and beautiful... and ate some chicken and an icecream, chatting to the locals and waiting for the bus. WE were debating staying in San Juan as it was so nice, and the beach was beautiful, but stuck to our guns. We got the bus, everyone was chatting ...

... turned into breakfast for the mosquitoes.  Onwards we raced down the mountain briefly admiring the view and through San Juan to San Pedro. San Pedro Relieved and exhausted we arrived in San Pedro.  The walk had been exhausting, rewarding, ...

... 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 ...