Blogs from Puerto Rico, Central America Caribbean - page 18

We spent 2 nights in San Juan. The Tres Palmas is a dump. $97 per night. Awful! The 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, just Hasta Luego! From there to San Juan to the motel. We had dinner at Chez by ourselves. Repacked duffle bags, 3 of them, plus 2 backpacks, and 2 computers, how do we have so much?. Went to bed. Sunday we met Pipo, Natalia, Maria Eugenia, Ana Maria and Joaquin for lunch. Went to old San Juan to Botin, a spanish ... read more

Okay, so I am not trying to rub it in, but I just got done swimming in the ocean and laying on the beach, or (La Playa de Caribe Hotel)...and I was reminded of why I we love the Caribbean so much!! And we have added two more shows this week, so starting tuesday, we'll be working probably 70 to 80 hours till we leave! So, I am going to enjoy the beach before that begins. Viva la Caribbean!! ... read more

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 José 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 which is also where we are staying for a couple of nights, Tres Palmas. Near Condado are two separate business districts, Santurce and Miramar. Miramar is mainly a residential area rising south of the Condado Lagoon. It comprises the former barrio of Miraflores, as well as drained marshland and landfill over which was built San Juan's first airport, the Isla Grande airport, which was renamed Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airportin honor of Major Fernando ... read more

Well, I made it to San Juan. I am sitting in the executive lounge on the 9th floor of the Carbie Hilton, starring out the window to the waves crashing the beach! Pretty sweet. The flights were good, a little rough flying, but not bad. The last flight was like 4 hours, a long one! I met up with four other crew members in Charlotte, including the other props guy who I'll be working with directly. He's a pretty cool guy, in fact there're all pretty cool. They've been on this tour for about 5/6 months already, so their seasoned veterans. I feel better in their company. I kind of feel like a rock star, we were greeted at the San Juan airport by a large Puerto Rican with a HSM sign, he then loaded our ... read more

Guayanilla (gwah-yah-NEE-yah) 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 Peñuelas and about 20 km (12 mi) west of Ponce. Guayanilla was founded by Catalans,Italians,Corsicans, Venezuelans, and Puerto Rican criollos. The original name was Guadianilla in memory of a river of the same name in Spain. However, it was changed to Guayanilla to resemble a native word in the Taíno dialect. The name Guayanilla is derived from a combination of Guaynia and Santa Maria de Guadianilla. The first Europeans settled in this area in 1511. In 1756, Yauco was founded as a town. Then Guayanilla was a borough of Yauco. Due to the very fertile lands and access to the local port where most of the local commerce ... read more