Our next stop east, another 20 mile hop in the Puerto Rican Two Step, was Ponce. Ponce is the third largest city in Puerto Rico and we planned to stay at the marina here for a few days and rent a car to explore a bit as well as shop and re-provision. Puerto Rico is amazing and to sum it up we will quote a friend of ours, “It is like America without all the Americans”. And he is so true. All the infrastructure of America is here; the roads, utilities, schools, libraries, rec centers and parks, etc. And all of stores that we know and love are here too including Kmart, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Home Depot, Circuit City, and West Marine. Not only that, but we went to the Mall de Carribe and it is
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