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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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The avocado is long, like a gourd, but taste same. The granada, Wikipedia calls a sweet grenadilla, tastes a bit like orange and almond. Some of the seed are hard, so you spit those out. Hard to eat. Claimss good for the stomach. [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 25th 2008 | 40 Views | [diary=291539]

Granada
Mangoes

Ay Dios mio! Bendito...Virgen...We arrived around 1900 hours. We had a light dinner and quiet on the boat. It was raining, we had another tropical wave come by. Seems like every few days this time of the year, the waves come by. Here they call it "aguada". Winds have been up to 35 knots. Rain comes and goes. So as I said we arrived at the Club, Daniel was wondering where we were...He was getting ready to call us. But we know Latin parties, come late and stay late. There were maybe 40 persons altogether. The barbecue was going, with charcoal. [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 24th 2008 | 100 Views | [diary=291160]

Guess who?
Emilio
The trio

Donnie and his fish
Donnie and his fish
We are told he weight in at 47 lbs.
We were invited to Mercedes and Daniel's home today. This is the 2nd time we have been invited to their house. Mercedes cooked an asopado de Camarones, (rice and shrimp in a soup). We also had barbecued chicken and pork skewers to pick. I brought 4 plantains very ripe. She cooked them in the oven, so simple, she cut ends off, lay them in a pan with nothing, and cooked them for about 25 minutes in the oven. The skin breaks open, easily removed. Very tasty! and no grease! After lunch we played dominoes, to the double 6, different than the [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 23rd 2008 | 21 Views | [diary=290828]


Arecibo (ah-re-SEE-boh) 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 1-hour trip by car. It is the largest city in area in Puerto Rico. Arecibo is known as El Diamante Del Norte (North's Diamond) as well as La Ribera del Arecibo (The shore of Arecibo). Arecibo is also known as La Villa del [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 17th 2008 | 200 Views | [diary=335540]

Arrecibo Observatory

Every Saturday night there is an antique car show by the Tablado. Sea Eze was here, Louise and I went looking. [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 16th 2008 | 77 Views | [diary=287807]

Nice looking
Artisans by the tons.
More gourds

The artisans make necklaces, bracelets out of seeds, and some others make maracas, and guiros and...from gourds. Gourds come in any shape and size you want. I have picked up several green ones, making them into dishes, and in process of making 2 maracas. I have bought several items also. Enjoy the pictures... [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 14th 2008 | 32 Views | [diary=287216]

Gourds 2
Gourd 3
gourd 4

Cross in Ponce
Cross in Ponce
Has an elevator.
Anchor at La Guancha, depth 30 feet. On South Side will be the Yacht Club, now charges $10 a day per person, and if you have mail or packages being delivered here, it is $10 per package. BUT, when you get here, you will see a tower by the boardwalk. Next to it, is the Club the Pescadores de la Guancha. Use their dinghy dock to the left of the boat ramp. Introduce yourself, Spanish most welcome, you will see a red Lumina, Chevrolet, this belongs to Paco Rodriguez. Paco is like an overseer of the Club, comes in around 0630 [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 10th 2008 | 68 Views | [diary=285852]

Museo Seralles
Tower and Club de Pescadores
Want to fish?

Gorgeous rain forest! [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 2nd 2008 | 19 Views | [diary=350691]

Cory Countryman 1

There seems to be a school of manatees in the area. One of these, has a special fantasy ( see pics) for a special dinghy. The dinghy belongs to Ariel, Julio and Joy. We hear tell, Julio left in dinghy the other day, to visit another boat, with the manatees following him. We hear tell there is a newborn as well. We did see about 5 manatees around the boats one morning. We have been told there is a new group being started in the area called " Dinghies against lewd and lascivious behavior of manatees". [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 1st 2008 | 52 Views | [diary=282446]

What you looking at?
Can you guess what I am doing?

Jan's Birthday, we were asked to go with him on his boat. Ratones is a group of islands, very small, like Rim Tar Bar. The Club members took cooking utensils, a propane stove, and Camacho cooked. Jan provided around 15 lbs of "ovejo" male lamb, freshly killed day before. Camacho made a fricase, Paco and Pete peeled the potatoes and cut up the onions. There was also rice with gandules, which was very yummy, gave me an opportunity to see how it was made. The water was so nice....Nice snorkeling...Very leisured weekend, very en joyful. [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 15th 2008 | 41 Views | [diary=287702]

Jan, the festejado
Real low water!
Dominoes