Toa Alta, A Wasted Trip That Turned Out Great! 

Have you ever start­ed your day on the wrong foot and end­ed up hav­ing a great time? Well, that’s exact­ly what hap­pened to my wife and I when we vis­it­ed Toa Alta, Puer­to Rico. And it has to do with a deci­sion that I made ear­li­er in the year. When I start­ed this series I approached city hall in each town. Con­tin­ue reading…

Naranjito, Puerto Rico – Is It Worth The Trip? 

I’m sure the trolls are going to have feast with this post. Espe­cial­ly those that like to com­ment with­out read­ing at all. Those are the peo­ple who only read the title and voice their unin­formed opin­ions! But after spend­ing close to 90 min­utes in traf­fic, just to get to Naran­ji­to, the least I can do is “tell you about it”. Con­tin­ue reading…

San Lorenzo | Waterfalls, Mountains and Adventures 

It was May 1st, 2023. The weath­er lady was fore­cast­ing dry weath­er and tem­per­a­tures as high as 109° F. Under those con­di­tions many peo­ple would head for the beach. But expe­ri­ence has taught me that that’s the for­mu­la for a ter­ri­ble sun­burn. And after that you feel even worse. So my wife and I head­ed for the moun­tains instead. To Con­tin­ue reading…

Juncos, Puerto Rico | A Town Of Contrasts 

When I was a post grad­u­ate stu­dent, in the Busi­ness Com­mu­ni­ca­tions field, my writ­ing pro­fes­sor Dr. Luis López Nieves, who lat­er on end­ed up on my the­sis com­mit­tee, was famous for his writ­ing projects. He would assign you some insipid sub­ject and expect you to come up with a cre­ative piece of writ­ing. Well, Jun­cos Puer­to Rico is such a place. Con­tin­ue reading…

Canóvanas: Puerto Rico’s Second Youngest Municipality 

At Puer­to Rico By GPS we start­ed 2023 on a mis­sion: “to vis­it all 78 munic­i­pal­i­ties in Puer­to Rico (one every two weeks). The objec­tive was to pro­duce a video about each one and at least one blog post. In many cas­es we’ve writ­ten more than one. At that rate it should take us a lit­tle over 37 months to Con­tin­ue reading…

Exploring Loíza, Puerto Rico | 5 Must-See Destinations 

Let’s face it, most tourists vis­it Puer­to Rico for the beach­es. And Puer­to Rico has beach­es all around it. After all, it’s an island. So from here on you can replace the word “des­ti­na­tions” with the word “beach­es”. Now that we have that out of the way, let’s set anoth­er thing straight: “not all beach­es in Puer­to Rico have been Con­tin­ue reading…

A Friday Morning in Aguas Buenas 

Twen­ty twen­­ty-three has been a busy year at Puer­to Rico By GPS. We start­ed with an ambi­tious goal: “to vis­it all 78 munic­i­pal­i­ties in Puer­to Rico to pro­duce a video and how­ev­er many blog posts were war­rant­ed for each town­ship”. The idea was —and still is— to end up with the most com­pre­hen­sive col­lec­tion of pho­tographs, video and arti­cles about Con­tin­ue reading…

10 Most Frequent Questions About Puerto Rico 

Are you sick and tired of the freez­ing cold, shov­el­ling snow and being trapped inside? Or maybe it’s the oppo­site sit­u­a­tion: it’s 125° out­side, your air con­di­tion­er just can’t keep up and —once again— you’re sick and tired of being trapped inside. Did you know that there’s a place, just off the east­ern coast of the Unit­ed States, where the Con­tin­ue reading…

Caguas, Puerto Rico | Seven Smiles And A Frown

“Our Experiences Exploring The “Center And Heart Of Puerto Rico””

Today we’re going to talk about Caguas, Puer­to Rico, “cen­tro y corazón de Puer­to Rico” (cen­ter and heart of Puer­to Rico). Well, let’s just set the record straight, I’m all for moti­va­tion and “pep­per uppers” but, for those of you vis­it­ing from the main­land, the geo­graph­i­cal cen­ter of Puer­to Rico is actu­al­ly in the “Pelle­jas” ward of the town of Con­tin­ue reading…

Four Great Shots And A Day’s Work… All Before Breakfast

Last Mon­day my wife and I got up ear­ly. I was going to shoot a cou­ple of build­ings in Cabo Rojo for a New-York-based cus­tomer. The idea was to catch the sun­rise, so we got up at 3:00am and had left by 4:00am. By sev­en we had shot both build­ings, had break­fast and were on our way to the coastal Con­tin­ue reading…