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Puerto Rico - After Hours

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March 7th 2010
By Melisse. Getting to know the surf on a daily basis has been one of the highpoints of being in Puerto Rico for three weeks. My after-work attitude adjustment starts at 4pm when I plunge into the refreshing, warm ocean and embrace the waves, or they embrace me, rather. I get to know the sea’s many “personalities”. Some days the waves crash hard and fast and I dive through them as they chur ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » San Juan

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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... ... read more