Discover Fort San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan

If there’s one word that describes Fort San Felipe del Mor­ro, in San Juan, Puer­to Rico it’s awe­some!  And that’s exact­ly what the weath­er was also like this past week­end.  It was awe­some.  So Zorai­da and I took to the road to fin­ish this two-part series about the Span­ish Forts in Puer­to Rico. Fort San Felipe del Mor­ro is a 6‑level Con­tin­ue reading…

A Visit To Fort San Cristóbal in Old San Juan

Yes­ter­day was a mug­gy day.  The weath­er lady had fore­cast­ed rain in the after­noon so my wife and I decid­ed to stay close to home instead of explor­ing some remote part of the Island. Old San Juan is just 12 miles away from our home so we decid­ed to go there.  Old San Juan is the old­est city in Puer­to 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…

Puerto Rico’s Blue Flag Beaches, Part 1

Puer­to Ricans love their beach­es.  And with good rea­son. They’re among the best in the world!  And when you throw in the words “blue flag” they become even bet­ter. In my last post I men­tioned my deci­sion to explore Puer­to Rico like any oth­er tourist: with no pre­arranged inter­views or spe­cial treat­ment.  After all, that’s what my read­er’s pre­fer.  They Con­tin­ue reading…

Ponce… A Trip About Nothing

When I start­ed this site about six weeks ago I fool­ish­ly thought that I could help pro­mote Puer­to Rico as the amaz­ing vaca­tion des­ti­na­tion that it tru­ly is.  Boy was I wrong!  My idea was sim­ple: write about an ini­tial set of tourist attrac­tions —around 100 at first— and pur­pose­ful­ly leave a sec­ond group to be added on a week­ly Con­tin­ue reading…