Tag: puerto rico

El General, the first cabezudo.

Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián, Not The Largest, Just The Best!

Posted onLeave a comment

The 2025 edi­tion of the world famous “Fies­tas de la Calle San Sebastián”, known to many as SanSe 2025, will take place on Jan­u­ary 16–19 in Old San Juan, Puer­to Rico. I must admit that I sim­ply hate that “SanSe 2025” moniker! The actu­al name of the event is “Fies­tas de la Calle San Sebastián”, but mar­keters have man­aged to shoe­horn Con­tin­ue reading…
Student at Humacao UPR Regional College

Humacao, A Great Town Saddled By Puerto Rican Myopia 

Posted on

The last time I was in Humacao was in August of 1971. I mean, I’ve gone through it hun­dreds of times, but to actu­al­ly walk its streets has tak­en that long. Back then I was a fresh­man at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Puer­to Rico’s Region­al Col­lege. How­ev­er, I didn’t com­plete my stud­ies there, because short­ly after the Region­al Col­lege in Bayamón Con­tin­ue reading…
Our Lady Of Rosary Parish | Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Rosario | Naguabo, The Town Of The “Dripping Wet” (los enchumbaos)
| Puerto Rico By GPS | Orlando Mergal

Naguabo, The Town Of The “Dripping Wet” (los enchumbaos) 

Posted on

OK, local Puer­to Ricans are going to have my head for this one. What’s that about the “drip­ping wet”? On the Island, peo­ple from Naguabo are called “los enchum­baos”. In fact, if we are going to express it cor­rect­ly it would be “los enchumba’os”, because the apos­tro­phe replaces de “d” that’s actu­al­ly miss­ing in the moniker. You see, in Span­ish Con­tin­ue reading…
Condado skyline from Román Baldorioty de Castro Square | A Walk Around Condado Lagoon | The History Below Your Feet | Puerto Rico By GPS | Orlando Mergal

A Walk Around Condado Lagoon
“Discover The History Below Your Feet ”

Posted on

This week I did some­thing total­ly dif­fer­ent. I record­ed my first walk & talk around Con­da­do Lagoon, in San Juan, Puer­to Rico. Walk & Talks have nev­er been a hall­mark of Puer­to Rico By GPS, main­ly because there are oth­er peo­ple doing them in Puer­to Rico. But there were good rea­sons for this change of heart. First, my chan­nel is in Con­tin­ue reading…
Saint Anthony Of Padua Parish has been closed since 2017 due to roof problems.

Ceiba A Town In Limbo

Posted on

In Puer­to Rico there are towns that stand out for their his­to­ry. Oth­ers because of their exu­ber­ant nature. Oth­ers are just mag­nif­i­cent cities. And still oth­ers are best to vis­it on your way to some­where else. Then there are towns like Cei­ba, that bake in the Caribbean sun in a sort of lethar­gy… a “lim­bo” state, if you will. It’s Con­tin­ue reading…
Seven Seas Beach | Fajardo, Puerto Rico's Boater Paradise and Water Sport Capital | Puerto Rico By GPS

Fajardo, Puerto Rico’s Boating and Water Sports Paradise

Posted on

Every town in Puer­to Rico has its own claim to fame. Old San Juan is about forts and cob­ble­stones, muse­ums, food and shop­ping. Oth­er towns are about beach­es, moun­tains, flow­ers or water­falls. And in the case of Fajar­do, it’s all about boat­ing and water sports. Fajar­do is the north-east­­ern­­most town on the large island of Puer­to Rico. As you’ll recall Con­tin­ue reading…
Punta Bandera, Luquillo, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico By GPS

Luquillo, Puerto Rico | A Town About Beaches

Posted on

Click on image to watch the video If you’re look­ing for “things to do in Puer­to Rico”, then you’re def­i­nite­ly in the right place. If you’d like to enjoy the “best beach­es in Puer­to Rico”, with­out the incon­ve­nience of tak­ing a fer­ry boat —or even a small plane, then Luquil­lo is your best bet. If you’d like to com­bine your expe­ri­ence with a Con­tin­ue reading…
The Ox's Eye (El Ojo Del Buey) | Dorado, 23 Square Miles Of Beauty And Adventure | Puerto Rico By GPS | Featured Image

Dorado, 23 Square Miles Of Beauty And Adventure 

Posted on

If Dora­do weren’t called Dora­do, it would need to be called “Lin­do”. Why? Because it is! You see, the word “lin­do” means “pret­ty” in Span­ish, and that’s one thing that this town def­i­nite­ly is. Dora­do is the 12th small­est munic­i­pal­i­ty in Puer­to Rico and the 6th in terms of per capi­ta income. With that comes lots of finan­cial inequal­i­ty, but that’s Con­tin­ue reading…
Little girl at Cerro Gordo Beach | Vega Alta, A Town About A Beach | Puerto Rico By GPS

Vega Alta, A Town About A Beach 

Posted on

Vega Alta is one of those towns that I hard­ly vis­it, unless I’m going to the beach. And even then, I don’t vis­it the beach —any beach— as much as I used to either. With that said, this week Zorai­da and I vis­it­ed the love­ly town of Vega Alta, on the cen­­tral-north­ern coast of Puer­to Rico. To us mere mor­tals Vega Con­tin­ue reading…
Sacred Family Parish Southwest side | Corozal, Gateway To The Heart Of Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico By GPS

Corozal, Gateway To The Heart Of Puerto Rico 

Posted on

The oth­er day my wife and I vis­it­ed the lit­tle town of Corozal, Puer­to Rico. It’s a small town (2,601 inhab­i­tants) that sits almost at the geo­graph­i­cal heart of Puer­to Rico (that would be Oro­co­vis). The dri­ve to Corozal was easy. We took toll road PR-22 going west, got off on exit 22B towards road 165 going south, off again Con­tin­ue reading…