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Background: Populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following Columbus' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico was ceded to the US as a result of the Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship in 1917. Popularly-elected governors have served since 1948. In 1952, a constitution was enacted providing for internal self government. In plebiscites held in 1967, 1993, and 1998, voters chose to retain commonwealth status.

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By Theresa and Steve Cone
January 16th 2009

Rincon and the BEACH Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » Rincón

Floating in the Caribbean
This was such a sunny and hot day - fabulous breeze and blue, blue sky.

This was our planned "beach" day and were we ever lucky. Of course you remember that it is always 84, well............today, it was 87.............someone had to volunteer to live it and we did! The day started with a filling breakfast of Rincon Omelet (local sausage, green peppers, onions), home fries, pineapple, toast, and coffee. Well fortified, we headed out past the pool to the beach. Sunny - you ask sunny - well, it was sunny with a bunch of extra sunny - an absolutely beautiful day. We quickly fell into a great rhythm............catch some rays - swim in the Caribbean - [View Full Entry]

By Theresa and Steve Cone
January 15th 2009

Isabela-Rincon-La Parguera Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » Rincón

Isabela Plaza
The sculpture, the plaza, the dominoe players - excellent!

Today we hit the road and headed west. A quick breakfast at La Patisserie de France and then onto the Rte. 22. Fortunately, we were headed out of San Juan, because they, like all of us, know how to do rush hour - big time! Now try to follow this...............speed limits are in mph, mileage markers are in kilometers, car odometers are in miles, and gas is sold by the liter (40.9/liter). Our first stop was in and around Isabela, a small town at the northwest corner of Puerto Rico. Known for its surfing beaches and beautiful plaza, our stop was [View Full Entry]

By Theresa and Steve Cone
January 12th 2009

El Yunque Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico

Buenos Dias
Where else but on Luquillo Beach

Excellent weather - did we mention that it was 84 and sunny - oh, but we did get a brief shower in the rainforest - very refreshing..........ok, now with the news! First, to complete last night. We decided to eat at the inn and went down to the outside bar and had some beer while the bartender cooked our meal (yes, we had a cheeseburger - but had a great conversation about Puerto Rico). We headed east this morning - destination El Yunque, a rainforest, which is about 35 miles from here. As you enter El Yunque, which is The Carribean [View Full Entry]

By Theresa and Steve Cone
January 11th 2009

Arrival Day Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » San Juan » Old San Juan

License Plate
Guess we are here - we have a car and license plate

We arrived at Philly International in plenty of time to catch our "on-time", no weather delays, flight. We did get a de-icing before we left, felt like a cool morning shower...............as we took off for our 3 1/2 hour flight. We resisted the temptation to buy the 5-star food and instead brought our own. Our landing was 10 minutes early and that meant we had 1 hour before the EAGLES kickoff. We are on Atlantic Time so we are one hour ahead of East Coast time.............oh, did we mention that it was sunny and 84 when we landed. Took the bus [View Full Entry]

By Donna Gay
December 23rd 2008

ABC Islands to Puerto Rico Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » Ponce

Pink flamingos
We saw the flamingos in the salt ponds of Curacao.

Jimmy and I are in Puerto Rico now and plan to spend Christmas on the boat this year. Since the last blog entry we have put a few miles under our belts. We left Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela in late October and headed out of the country via the offshore Venzuelan islands of Los Roques and Los Aves. We spent a couple of days in each island group before sailing to Bonaire. Bonaire is part of the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao). This was our second visit to Bonaire. Jimmy and I were in Bonaire about 10 years on a [View Full Entry]

By Bluewater Cat
December 21st 2008

Christmas Lighted Boat Parade Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » Ponce

Christmas in Salinas, Puerto Rico
Santa Claus in the lighted boat parade

We've anchored in Mayaguez, Boqueron, Ponce and Salinas Puerto Rico. We plan to sail to the Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Central America, the Rio Dulce in Guatemala or Cartagena Columbia. Then we plan to go thru the Panama Canal in January 2010 and circumnavigate with the World ARC (maybe). We'd like to wish everyone Merry Christmas. [View Full Entry]

By SkateVert
December 6th 2008

Avoiding Trouble and Surfing in Puerto Rico Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico

Old San Juan

My wife and I traveled to Puerto Rico for five days in January of 2006. Our visit was during the "Three Kings Holiday", so the epic proportions of traffic that San Juan is famous for was unapparent. We rented a car from an off-terminal rental agency in a slightly unsafe area of San Juan. My backpack had been unintentionally soaked in fish juice during our flight, which I stored in the trunk of the rental car for the entire trip, that way we could share the pleasantry of Omega-3 odors with every person who rented or owned our car for the [View Full Entry]

By Toons
November 29th 2008

Puerto Rico summary Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » San Juan

San Juan from above
Puerto Rico

This has to be the friendliest country I have even been to. People here are open, and curious about other people and cultures. The people are genuine, honest, kind, generous, funny, and charming. People here are passionate about every aspect of life it seems. I have never felt so welcome in my life anywhere before. People here are intelligent, and all seem to have higher degrees. People here find any excuse for a party or get together; they really enjoy their dance and music  This is the county of cars! Every family has 2-3 cars parked in their parkway. It [View Full Entry]

By Toons
November 28th 2008

My last week in Puerto Rico ( A little of this and a little of that) Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » San Juan

The pothole

My last days in the country I spent in the area of San Juan meeting up with friends, shopping, going to the movies, and just hanging out. I had a day outing to Las Cuevas de Camuy wich are caves and potholes. The photos are spectacular but after Brian and I made our way there the main caves were closed, so we basically saw a film, and went into one little pot holes clapping until our hands were sore in the hope that some bats would appear. And when you imagine that was the highlight of that tour, n\I think it [View Full Entry]

By Toons
November 21st 2008

Isla Culebra (Snake Island) Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » Culebra » Playa Flamenco

Dewey the capital of Isla Culebra by night

Once back at Doel lovely abode I got to wash all my clothes and pack my bag for camping at Culebra Island on Flamenco Beach. We headed of mid day on the Monday on an open air boat with the perfect view of the sunset and all the Cayos on the coast of Puerto Rico. Both Doel and I were too busy to take photos that we barely said a word too each other the whole way, but it was never an uncomfortable silence so it was fine. I guess that is how it is between good friends :) We arrived [View Full Entry]

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