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January 21st 2007

Published: January 25th 2007

Friday, January 19, 2007 - Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico "So, you’re going upstairs later on?" Ricardo, my Hard Rock Café waiter asked me while delivering my second refill of cold Mt. Dew to my table. Meanwhile, I was struggling with my whole chicken, fried plantains and Spanish rice. "What’s upstairs?" I blinked. Surely he wasn’t talking about the deserted second floor of Hard Rock Caf... Read Full Entry

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Parque de las Palomas

Killer pigeons are attacking this poor kid with some corns in his hand.

Catedral de San Juan

Inside the ornate Cathedral of San Juan, one of the oldest church in the Americas.

Not so tall wall

This is a section where the fortification wall is low, but still WAY too tall to climb. Plus the Spanish soldier on the sentry box would shoot you anyway.

Puerta de San Juan

One of the five original gates to enter the city from the port. It was closed during inviding attempts and during night time.

Fortification wall

The wall that once protected sanjuaneros from invaders.

Sunset over Viejo San Juan

A very quiet evening in Viejo San Juan.

Quaint San Juan

Surprisingly, this is a very calming experience along the street of San Juan, outside the fortification wall.

26th January 2007

Carla
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Exclamation up-side down!
I am really glad that you are living La vida loca, la vida es una sola y lo mejor es aprovechar cada momento. Now, you translate this. Hey! you are on the way to became "poliglota" that means in spanish a person who speak more tan 3 languages -like you- at least you are trying :o) Muy bien Halef

31st January 2007

Jane
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wahhh lef keren2... gile loe asik banget maen di PR nya... sama sekali gak kayak gue yg cuma bengong nonton tv dan jemuran di pantai haha.. laen kali kalo jalan2 ajak2 loe ah... ya udah sok kapan atuh ke ny? jane

11th February 2007

Akasio
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Wonder boy
hello Halef.Your pics are very nice,some of them remind me when I was in Puerto Rico.You too are very nice.Lots of love and kisses from a fan in Tenerife,Canary islands.

24th June 2007

danny
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thanks for lovely pics
i love puerto rico and appreciated your pics and commentary. I went to inter-american university in san german, p.r. in 1968-70 and fell in love with this beautiful island maybe i will retire there.

16th September 2009

Irawan Alwi
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Great Blog
Hi.. I found this Blog is really usefull and informative for traveler. keep Improving and allow me to have opportunity to get the up dates. Rgds Irawan Alwi

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