San Sebastian Street Fiestas… An Exercise in Dissonance

It’s almost that time of year, when peo­ple from all parts of the world con­verge in Old San Juan to cel­e­brate “Las Fies­tas De La Calle San Sebas­t­ian”, the largest street fes­ti­val in the world tak­ing place dur­ing the month of Jan­u­ary.  But this time around there’s sta­t­ic in the air.  The orga­niz­ing com­mit­tee is fight­ing the may­oress and the Con­tin­ue reading…

Christmas In Puerto Rico

Har­vey Dee­gan Inter­view Click here to lis­ten to the inter­view! Today I had a unique expe­ri­ence. I spoke about Puer­to Rican Christ­mas tra­di­tions to an audi­ence that’s most­ly on the oth­er side of the plan­et. That’s right, this morn­ing I had the rare oppor­tu­ni­ty to speak with Har­vey Dee­gan, a radio per­son­al­i­ty with Radio 6PR in Perth, West­ern Aus­tralia. This Con­tin­ue reading…

Puerto Rico By GPS Reaches Australia

Yes­ter­day I had the unique plea­sure of speak­ing with Mr. Steve Collins, the host of “Radio Roam­ing”, a 24/7 trav­el talk show from Aus­tralia.  Steve is a sea­soned radio pro­fes­sion­al that pro­motes trav­el to west­ern Aus­tralia, but when he stum­bled onto Puer­to Rico By GPS he was intrigued by our Island’s beau­ty. The edit­ed ver­sion of the inter­view is 35 Con­tin­ue reading…

A Day At El Yunque National Forest

Last Mon­day was sun­ny and beau­ti­ful. This isn’t to say that the rest of the year isn’t beau­ti­ful in Puer­to Rico, because it most cer­tain­ly is, but last Mon­day was spe­cial. The sun was shin­ing bright, there was­n’t a cloud above and the sky was so blue that it made your eyes hurt. Wow! As many read­ers of Puer­to Rico By Con­tin­ue reading…

New Visitor Information Center in Old San Juan

Last Fri­day I spent some time in Old San Juan.  Just as I arrived I dis­cov­ered the new Vis­i­tor Infor­ma­tion Cen­ter that’s locat­ed right behind the Ale­jan­dro Tapia y Rivera Munic­i­pal The­ater, where the old “Pub­lic Bathing Facil­i­ties” used to be dur­ing the first decades of the 20th Cen­tu­ry. If you’re com­ing from the Cov­adon­ga Munic­i­pal Park­ing just walk west Con­tin­ue reading…

If I Were A Snowbird… Winter In Puerto Rico

It’s that time of year.  Sum­mer is almost over and many Amer­i­cans (espe­cial­ly those liv­ing in the north­ern states) are decid­ing where they’re going to spend the crud­est win­ter months.  They’re called “snow­birds”, because they migrate south dur­ing the win­ter months.  Some have sec­ond homes in Flori­da.  But after a while the amuse­ment parks and golf cours­es all start to Con­tin­ue reading…

Old San Juan At Dusk

Last Mon­day was a sun­ny day. There was­n’t a cloud in the sky, which is rare for the month of August in Puer­to Rico. Typ­i­cal­ly the sum­mer months in Puer­to Rico are char­ac­ter­ized by over­cast skies, usu­al­ly not due to rain clouds but to the Sahara dust that cov­ers the Island for weeks at a time. Con­se­quent­ly, when I’ve been asked Con­tin­ue reading…

Popular Questions About GPS In Puerto Rico

It’s fun­ny.  I launched this site less than a year ago.  Since then I’ve cov­ered close to 100 des­ti­na­tions in Puer­to Rico and pub­lished over a dozen posts about beau­ti­ful places to see.  I’ve shot videos for our YouTube Chan­nel, post­ed on Face­book, LinkedIn and Twit­ter and sent out thou­sands of emails pro­mot­ing our site.  And the ques­tions I receive Con­tin­ue reading…

The 2014 San Sebastian Street Fiestas Are Underway!

Yes­ter­day was a great day in Old San Juan.  Despite a lit­tle rain a few min­utes before com­mence­ment, the 2014 edi­tion of the San Sebas­t­ian Street Fies­tas start­ed right on time about 5:00pm. Writ­ing a whole new post about the 2014 San Sebas­t­ian Street Fies­tas (or SanSe 2014, like the younger crowd has come to call them) would be redun­dant.  Con­tin­ue reading…

Meet The Cabezudos… San Sebastian Street Fiestas 2014

The 2014 edi­tion of the San Sebas­t­ian Street Fies­tas is about to start. Next Thurs­day, Jan­u­ary 16, 2013, may­or Car­men Yulín Cruz will be cut­ting the tra­di­tion­al rib­bon and the 44th edi­tion of the world’s largest event, tak­ing place dur­ing the month of Jan­u­ary, will com­mence. I could write for hours about the San Sebas­t­ian Street Fies­tas. I could tell Con­tin­ue reading…