Blogs from Puerto Rico, Central America Caribbean - page 33

Hello Hello! We we made it to Puerto Rico-barely! Even though I am on land now I am swaying back and forth like I'm still on the water. The ship is amazing, way more than I expected. Let's see where to begin... My room has a window which is very nice to have, it's not a dark cave like the ones that don't have windows. Everyone on the ship is really friendly, especially the workers. The first day we had orientation, we met the faculty and got the general run down. The days are divided into A and B days and you have different classes depending on that day. On A days I only have one class, so I can just do homework outside on the deck and on B days I have 4. I have ... read more

True touristy feel Touring Puerto Rico Ricky Martin’s Home. Our ship, the Explorer of the Seas pulled into San Juan Puerto Rico in the early afternoon and we were able to disembark around 2PM. So once again I had myself a lazy start of a morning with two sleepyheads as cabin mates. Mind you, I too was being lazy and was so lazy I only contemplated taking a trip outside of our cabin to check out the deck…I have the rest of the week to do that! Instead I did a bit more crafting, some reading and surfing of the net. I am a self admitted addict to the computer game Spider…just one more game… After a filling lunch up at the Windjammer we readied ourselves for an afternoon in San Juan. Pass the sunblock please! ... read more

Hi there folks. Sorry I haven't been updating, but the internet at Peter Island was expensive and slow, so I avoided it at all costs. We are now in Puerto Rico, which is lovely, and are getting ready to have lunch. I guess I should start from the beginning, however. First, I don't have malaria. My fever went down within 24 hours of arriving on Peter Island. On the way over to Puerto Rico I was lucky enough to get a first class upgrade. Once we got off the plane though, I started feeling really ill. When I was informed that we would be taking a nine-seater plane to Tortola, however, things went from bad to worse. We even had to give the airline our weights so they could properly balance the plane. It actually turned ... read more

Thinking fruit and vegetable stand here. Or grocery store. Nary a one in sight. Haven’t seen a single grocery store and I’ve been over 70% of the roads on this weird Island. Where the hell do people get their food? What the hell do they eat here? Oh, for just one Safeway deli. Where’s the food? The Chinese take out. There’s only these strange ramshackle roadside stands. They are built of an assortment of odd boards and sheets of tin. Not unlike a kids first tree house. A typical stand is hollowed out of the right-of-way brambles. Looks like a green cave. Trash is festooned in the bushes all around. Plastic bags and fast food wrappers waft languidly with each passing car. The wares are only an odd assortment of plastic milk jugs partially filled ... read more

Puerto Rico Capital City is San Juan Arrived at the dock early in the morning. Processed through customs and released to go ashore. Rounded up our luggage and proceeded to the disembarking process and the bus to take us to our hotel. Arrived at the Marriott Hotel and checked in to a very nice ground floor room overlooking the swimming pool and beach. Weather hot and muggy with nasty looking storm clouds. Being Sunday morning, we located a church about a 5-min walk from the hotel so Marci could attend Mass. The mass was in Spanish but she was able to follow it and enjoyed the experience. After Mass it was back to the hotel for some lunch. We were seated outside in a patio area. Within 10 min after we were seated, it began to ... read more