http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Ponce/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Puerto Rico , Ponce en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:28:13 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:28:13 +0000 Fin drsquoune autre tapehellip.De retour au bateau aprs trois jours drsquoauto nous dcouvrons que nous rapportons plus que des photos de notre priplehellip.. JeanPierre drsquoabord puis moi sommes affects par une diarrhe carabine Nous cherchons la cause nous croyons que crsquoest le petit djeuner pris dans un kiosque au bord de la rue dans La Vega. Une pochette de poul http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Ponce/blog-406649.html 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 I http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Ponce/blog-356622.html 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. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Ponce/blog-356191.html I made a pot of Squash and Zuchini with onions garlic and the PR people loved it was none left. This is for their benefit I am putting pictures on here of both. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Ponce/blog-338470.html Acerola Acerola Malpighia glabra or Acerolla also known as Barbados cherry or wild crapemyrtle is a tropical fruitbearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. It ranges from southern Texas south through Mexico and the Caribbean to Peru and Bahia in Brazil. It is also cultivated in India. It grows to 3 m tall with a dense thorny crown. The leaves are evergreen simple ovatelan http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Ponce/blog-324945.html Upon arriving in La Guancha May 3 of 2008 we were told of Tatin and Gretel they own 20 kioske on the boardwalk. They are originally from Cuba. They had a restaurant for many years in Ponce and then sold it. At that time they opened this Kioske. I am putting pictures of them on here.By the way she makes several good dishes including ropa vieja caldo de pescado fish soup and caldo Gallego. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Ponce/La-Guancha/blog-320963.html Cool Change is a 27 ft Catalina with a single hander Juan Cuartas. Juan's Father is Cuban and his Mom is Colombian. His home is in Augusta Georgia. Juan is getting ready to leave Ponce this week behind Ike. He needs to get back to the US. He has traveled to Margarita Island in Venezuela where he was boarded by bandits beat up robbed of clothes money and auto pilot.David Smedley is from Kem http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Ponce/La-Guancha/blog-320959.html As I described the event in the Labor weekend page I will not go into more details. Just posting pictures on this one. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Puerto-Rico/Ponce/blog-320951.html