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Puerto Rico’s Blue Flag Beaches, Part 1

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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

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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…

When To Visit Puerto Rico And Why?

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One of the ques­tions that I’m asked the most is: “when is the best time of the year to vis­it Puer­to Rico”?  And, as much as I hate to use the phrase “it depends”, well, I guess it does depend. Let me tell you a sto­ry.  Sev­er­al years ago I was work­ing in my office when all of a sud­den Con­tin­ue reading…

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Things People Forget When Visiting Puerto Rico

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This post cov­ers the lit­tle things… the things that many peo­ple leave behind… the things that can spoil a day… the things that don’t let you enjoy a place to the fullest… the things that are easy to for­get! Of course, you want to dis­cov­er every cor­ner of sun­ny Puer­to Rico. You’re eager to enjoy Old San Juan, the Span­ish Con­tin­ue reading…