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9 Things You Need To Know About Puerto Rico

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Are you plan­ning a trip to Puer­to Rico for this win­ter? Have you seen all the ads, checked out all the tourist sites, blogs and YouTube videos and still feel lost? Do you feel like you’re being sold to? Well, guess what? You are! Unlike the Unit­ed States and Europe, Puer­to Rico’s peak tourism sea­son is in win­ter, not sum­mer. That’s Con­tin­ue reading…

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Should You Visit Puerto Rico With Delicate Electronics? 

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Today was sup­posed to be a nor­mal day in Puer­to Rico (what­ev­er that might look like). I was sup­posed to record a voiceover for my upcom­ing video and start edit­ing it. Then, after 2–3 days of work, I would write a 2,500 to 3.500-word post for the same loca­tion. After that the cycle would start all over again. But nor­mal in Con­tin­ue reading…

Flamboyán, they're everywhere!!! | Cidra, Puerto Rico | The Town Where It’s Always Spring | Puerto Rico By GPS

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

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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…

Cutting Roasted Pork at Guavate Restaurant Area | Cayey, Puerto Rico | Food, Nature and Art
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Cayey, Puerto Rico | Food, Nature and Art 

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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…

A tribute to Taíno heritage | Cataño, Puerto Rico, Where Possibilities Meet Reality
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Cataño, Puerto Rico, Where Possibilities Meet Reality 

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  I start­ed this series about “5 Must-See Places in the town of ???” last Jan­u­ary in the town of Car­oli­na. And while some towns have more than lived up to my expec­ta­tions, oth­ers have not quite hit the mark. I guess you can find “5 Must-See” places any­where, if you look hard enough, but in some cas­es I just Con­tin­ue reading…

Parroquia de la Santa Cruz (Holy Cross Parrish) | Frontal View | Bayamón, A Hidden Treasure Just 13 Miles Away | Puerto Rico By GPS

Bayamón, A Hidden Treasure Just 13 Miles Away
“My tale about spending a day in “la ciudad del chicharrón””

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It was the morn­ing of Feb­ru­ary 28, 2023. The sky out­side was so blue that it made your eyes hurt. And to top it all off, the tem­per­a­ture was a mild 78 degrees. It was the per­fect day to go for a walk. So why not do it in a place that I hadn’t vis­it­ed in 50 years; a place Con­tin­ue reading…