Luquillo, Puerto Rico

... on Columbus's second expedition to the New World.  He actually named the island 'San Juan [the Baptist]' and the port city "Puerto Rico" and the names got switched... at some point Ponce de Leon was involved and had a lot to do with Spain deciding to ...

Spent day in hotel, mostly watching surfers

... a cab , I got in , thedriver took the chit and away we went. No hassle whatsoever! It took an hour to get to Luquillo. When I had got in the taxi the driver seemed confident he knew where the hotel was but by the way he was congratulating himself when we ...

... car just down from the hotel. Tried to find a breakfast place on the road...big mistake! We decided to stop in Luquillo. We drove around a bit trying to find a traditional restaurant, but everything was either closed or a fast food place. We went over ...