San Juan Water

... to quit their jobs and head south from San Francisco on their 36 foot sailboat, Dyami. Follow their journey as they explore Mexico, Central & South America, and the Caribbean by water, armed with nothing but sea-going smiles and the Universe's good grace.

... he needed someone to help carry his bags, and it's me!!  First, we're staying in the Water Beach Club Hotel, San Juan's hip/chic/boutique hotel -- a nice little Delano knockoff, with a really friendly staff, and great oceanfront room ...

... original massive wooden doors in the City Wall surrounding Old San Juan. Each night, the doors were closed at sundown to protect San Juan's inhabitants and impede access to the city. The Puerta de San Juan is actually a tunnel through the thick city ...

... . 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 ...

... they didn't overheat on the paved road. We stopped at a little restaurant in Calingasta for lunch before heading east towards San Juan. For safety's sake, it's important when travelling in front to remember to check your mirrors frequently to see that ...

... nbsp; Pizza Hut, Subway, and many others), and museums.  The main fort is called El Morro.  It was built to protect San Juan Bay’s deep harbor from attack by sea.  We stayed there for about two hours.  I enjoyed watching everyone ...

... would be complete without a Hard Rock Café? When I see that I know my initial idea of Old San Juan is blown completely out of th e water. Reminiscent of New Orleans in its architecture, many of the buildings that line the narrow cobblestone streets ...

... I am such a conformist. San Diego is about 2 hours south of Los Angeles.  Half way to San Diego is Mission San Juan Capistrano.  It is the mission that is famous for swallows returning every March.  It is also one of the earlier missions ...

... the saddle and keep a good pace throughout the day. We didn’t plan on it this morning, but we make it 150km to San Juan by 4:30pm. We wash off and do laundry at a gas station, then proceed through the empty streets. It’s Sunday afternoon ...

... lost; ii)the guide is simply that....a guide. No other services offered; iii)there is no electricity, gas or other services at San Juan. Just a water pipe; iv)there will be a New Year party at Hugo´s House. That was it. A Hogmanay trek and a New ...

... all places but settled on Walgreens in Old San Juan, she bought me whatever I wanted for going with her...I got water.  Old San Juan is really cool because it has that island colonial architecture which I find really appealing.  We ran into ...

... is sponsored by the Coca Cola Company as driving in to San Juan Chamula one passes an unmissable huge sign screaming 'Welcome to San Juan Chamula' and depicting a medicine man in traditional garb cradling a bottle of Coke in his arms). Last time my mum ...

... that I'd love to spend more time in Puerto Rico, so we will have to come back someday. After the plane landed at the San Juan Airport - well, first, I should mention that while on the plane, Poolie saw an iguana run across the runway - how cool! We ...

... 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. ...

... of vineyards and olive orchards. Elena remarked on how green everything looked. I told her that it was all from water robbed from the Río San Juan for irrigation. Naturally, the river dried up in the desert so it really isn't much of a robbery. The ...

... spent about 45 minutes in the "club" area of Old San Juan walking around and enjoying the atmosphere.  Old San Juan is charming, sweet, and colonial.  The buildings have tall doors and windows, quaint balconies, beautiful little courtyards and ...

... we were trying to disturb them as little as possible. The turtles were definitely one of my highlights of the trip. Tomorrow we're leaving San Juan del Sur for Costa Rica, which we'll just be passing through on our way to Panama. Mom decided she wanted to ...

... booking any hotel or anything but the flight. With a little tourist guide in hand we headed out on the midnight flight and arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico just before 4am. So what is it that you do in the middle of the night in a strange place where you ...

Finally dragging ourselves away from the beaches of Tamarindo, we headed on to...the beaches of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua (it certainly is a hard life travelling in C. America!). Having been told nightmare stories of the Costa ...