http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Maribel and Pete/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Maribel and Pete en-us Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:52:01 UTC Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:52:01 UTC We spent 2 nights in San Juan. The Tres Palmas is a dump. 97 per night. AwfulThe 26 we left Guayanilla in the am saying very tearful goodbyes to Hector and Rosita. Then we went to the Club of Pescadores to say our final goodbyes this was bad. Very emotional. Latin people are so emotional. Then we were off to Caguas to Silvia and Emilio for lunch and goodbyes. Actaully we never say goodbye http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/San-Juan/blog-339981.html I made a pot of Squash and Zuchini with onions garlic and the PR people loved it was none left. This is for their benefit I am putting pictures on here of both. http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Ponce/blog-338470.html East of Old San Juan lies the upscale tourist oriented neighborhood of Condado which occupies land that used to be owned by entrepreneur Pablo Ubarri Capetillo a Spanish railroad developer and Count of San Jos de Santurce under the Spanish colonial period. Beaches such as nearby Ocean Park popular with swimmers surfers and kitesurfers are found all along the district's Atlantic coastline whi http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/San-Juan/blog-336689.html During the Spanish colonial times most of the urban population resided in what is now known as Old San Juan. This sector is located on the western half of a small island called the Isleta de San Juan which is connected to the mainland by two bridges and a causeway. The small island which comprises an area of 47 mi 122 km also hosts the working class neighborhood of Puerta de Tierra and most http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/San-Juan/Viejo-San-Juan/blog-336687.html San Juan IPA from the Spanish San Juan Bautista Saint John the Baptist is the capital and largest municipality in Puerto Rico. As of the 2000 census it has a population of 433733 making it the 42ndlargest city under the jurisdiction of the United States. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521 who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico Puerto Rico City. Puerto Rico's capital i http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/San-Juan/blog-336682.html Vieques Spanish pronunciation 'vj603k603s or 'bj603k603s or '946j603k603s English pronunciation or in full Isla de Vieques is an islandmunicipality of Puerto Rico in the northeastern Caribbean. Although Puerto Rico is a U.S. Commonwealth Vieques like the rest of Puerto Rico retains strong Spanish influences from 400 years of Spanish ownership.Vieques lies ab http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Vieques/blog-336678.html Guayanilla gwahyahNEEyah is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in southern coast of the island bordering the Caribbean Sea south of Adjuntas east of Yauco and west of Peuelas and about 20 km 12 mi west of Ponce. Guayanilla was founded by CatalansItaliansCorsicans Venezuelans and Puerto Rican criollos. The original name was Guadianilla in memory of a river of the same name in Spa http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/blog-336663.html Isla Culebra IPA Snake Island is an islandmunicipality of Puerto Rico originally called Isla Pasaje and Isla de San Ildefonso. It is located approximately 17 miles east of the Puerto Rican mainland 12 miles west of St. Thomas and 9 miles north of Vieques. Culebra is spread over 5 wards and Culebra Dewey Pueblo The downtown area and the administrative center of the city. The island is a http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Culebra/blog-336660.html Fajardo fahHAHRdo is a small but popular city in Puerto Rico located in the east region of the island bordering the Atlantic Ocean north of Ceiba and east of Luquillo.Fajardo is spread over 7 wards and Fajardo Pueblo The downtown area and the administrative center of the city.Fajardo is the hub of the majority of recreational boating in Puerto Rico and a popular launching port to Culebra http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/blog-335550.html When taking a trip to the Junque spend the night at Ceiba experiment with Guayama area and Punta Patillas. Fajardo is a must West Marine and Skippers Marine and the ferries. Skipper cheaper than West. As in most towns of Puerto Rico it was founded on the Christian ideas and faith statements of the Catholic church which prevailed in previous centuries through Spaniard tradition. The town still m http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/blog-335547.html Camuy kahmWEE is a municipality in Puerto Rico located on the Valley of Quebradillas bordering the Atlantic Ocean north of Lares east of Quebradillas and west of Hatillo. Camuy is spread over 12 wards and Camuy Pueblo The downtown area and the administrative center of the city. The town celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2007.Landmarks and Places of Interest Hacienda Morell Lak http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/blog-335544.html Caguas Spanish pronunciation founded in 1775 is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo east of Aguas Buenas Cidra and Cayey.Caguas is located twenty minutes to an hour by car from San Juan and an hour and a half from Ponce. It is known as El Valle del Turabo Turabo Va http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/blog-335542.html Arecibo ahreSEEboh is a municipality in the northern midwest coast of Puerto Rico and located by the Atlantic Ocean north of Utuado and Ciales east of Hatillo and west of Barceloneta and Florida. Arecibo is located on the north coast of the island of Puerto Rico about 80 kilometres 50 miles west of San Juan or approximately a 1hour trip by car. It is the largest city in area in Puert http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/blog-335540.html Adjuntas was founded August 11 1815 by Diego Maldonado gaining administrative independence from Utuado. It was one of the main cities where the Anusim Maranos and other Sephardi Jews settled. Many of these families were of the Torres Perez or Peretz and Bennazzar families among others. Bereberes and Mozarabes settled there too.After the mid 1800s Adjuntas welcomed many immigrants from the http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/blog-335539.html The Spanish Virgin Islands sometimes known as the Passage Islands are a group of islands just east of the main island of Puerto Rico. They are part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Although United States territory they are politically and culturally distinct from the Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States commonly called the U.S. Virgin Islands which lies to the east of the S http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/blog-335530.html The United States Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix Saint John and Saint Thomas along with the much smaller but historically distinc http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/US-Virgin-Islands/blog-335524.html At roughly 8 square kilometers Jost Van Dyke is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands the northern portion of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands located in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Jost Van Dyke lies about 5 miles to the northwest of Tortola and 5 miles to the north of Saint John. Little Jost Van Dyke lies off its eastern end.Like many of the neighb http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Jost-Van-Dyke/blog-335518.html Anegada is the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands a group of islands which form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It lies approximately 15 miles 24 km north of Virgin Gorda. Anegada is the only inhabited one of the British Virgin Islands formed from coral and limestone rather than being of volcanic origin. While the other islands are mountainous Anegada is flat and low. I http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/blog-335502.html Virgin Gorda is the thirdlargest after Tortola and Anegada and second most populous of the British Virgin Islands BVI. Located at approximately 18 degrees 48 minutes North and 64 degrees 30 minutes West it covers an area of about 8 square miles 21 km. Christopher Columbus is said to have named the island The Fat Virgin because its silhouette resembles a rotund woman lying on her bac http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/blog-335498.html Adding some pictures enjoy http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Tortola/blog-335489.html