Hacienda La Esperanza in Manatí, Puerto Rico

Back in Feb­ru­ary of 2014 we vis­it­ed “Las Cabezas de San Juan”, a 438 acre nature reserve run by the Puer­to Rico Con­ser­va­tion Trust (Fide­icomiso de Con­ser­vación de Puer­to Rico).  This time my wife and I head­ed west towards the town of Man­atí to vis­it Hacien­da La Esper­an­za, a 2,220 acre prop­er­ty that was once a thriv­ing sug­ar hacien­da. Hacien­da Con­tin­ue reading…

10 Things To Do In Puerto Rico While The US Government Is Closed

So you already booked a trip to Puer­to Rico —or you just arrived— and the forts in Old San Juan are closed?  You thought about vis­it­ing El Yunque Nation­al Rain­for­est but, guess what?  That’s closed too. Now you have an entire day at your dis­pos­al (if you arrived on a cruise ship) or sev­er­al, if you arrived by plane.  Noth­ing Con­tin­ue reading…