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Puerto Rico, Clockwise

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August 29th 2014
I spent a few days in Old San Juan and decided to rent a car and drive around the big island of Puerto Rico. I drove east along the Caribbean Sea towards El Yunque rainforest. The rainforest was closed due to a day of rain from a tropical depression that later formed into Hurricane Earl. I noticed a road just outside the entrance to the rainforest that headed further up the mountain, so we drov ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » Yabucoa

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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