Yabucoa 6 Years After Hurricane María 

It was the morn­ing of Sep­tem­ber 19, 2023. My wife Zory and I explored the lit­tle town of Yabu­coa, Puer­to Rico as part of or “5 Must-See Places” series on YouTube. It was sur­pris­ing to see how far this town has come from the dev­as­tat­ing events of Sep­tem­ber 20, 2017. Just 6 years ear­li­er Yabu­coa was the epi­cen­ter of one of Con­tin­ue reading…

Las Piedras, Puerto Rico | You’ll Be Surprised!

I have a sen­ti­men­tal con­nec­tion with Las Piedras. After all, I sold my first insur­ance pol­i­cy there. I was a young man, start­ing off as a “sales­man” with Com­bined Insur­ance Com­pa­ny. I hadn’t sold any­thing in my life, so the expe­ri­ence was ter­ri­fy­ing. After stum­bling through a canned pre­sen­ta­tion, I final­ly sold my first insur­ance pol­i­cy to an old man Con­tin­ue reading…

Río Grande: Much More Than We Bargained For! 

Today we are going to talk about Río Grande. Río Grande Puer­to Rico, that is. But before we do, let me tell you why this arti­cle is late. August has been a com­pli­cat­ed month for me. I start­ed by vis­it­ing my son on the main­land to cel­e­brate the third birth­day of my youngest grand­son. Lit­tle did I know that I had Con­tin­ue reading…

There Was Something Off About Toa Baja

It was 11:00am on the morn­ing of July 20, 2023. My wife Zory and I were stand­ing in the mid­dle of Vir­gilio Dávi­la Square in the lit­tle town of Toa Baja, Puer­to Rico. There was some­thing off about the place and at first I couldn’t put my fin­ger on it. Then it hit me! Every­thing was reversed. The church was Con­tin­ue reading…

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…

Comerío – Music, People and Beautiful Landscapes 

It was 8:04am. My wife and I were stand­ing in front of the “San­to Cristo De La Salud” Parish (that would be “Par­ro­quia San­to Cristo De La Salud”), in Com­erío, Puer­to Rico. But it was closed! As it start­ed to driz­zle, the sky got gloomy and gray, and I couldn’t help won­der­ing “what am I doing here”? Was it worth Con­tin­ue reading…

Cidra, Puerto Rico | The Town Where It’s Always Spring 

Glob­al warm­ing has become a real prob­lem. You can hard­ly turn on the news with­out learn­ing about a place that’s burn­ing up. And Puer­to Rico is no excep­tion. Just recent­ly we’ve had sev­er­al weeks with tem­per­a­tures exceed­ing 100°F. Thank­ful­ly, that’s not the case in Cidra, Puer­to Rico. At 1,417 feet above sea lev­el, tem­per­a­tures in Cidra are usu­al­ly sev­er­al degrees below Con­tin­ue reading…

Cayey, Puerto Rico | Food, Nature and Art 

It was 8:38 in the morn­ing, on May 26th, and my wife and I were park­ing in front of the Ramón Frade Square in the town of Cayey, Puer­to Rico. The weath­er­man had announced a max­i­mum tem­per­a­ture for the day of 108° F, so we planned to be in and out before noon. Well, as you will learn through­out this 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…