Tell me about Puerto Rico

Bump. Getting ready to take a walk to old San Juan to see the fort and the cannons and such. Not really sure what else is in store but after reading this I feel like it could be quite awesome. If anyone sees this and has suggestions that are more up to date than 6-7 years ago, lemme hear them.

Whatever you do, don't wear nylon stockings underneath your jeans.

It's too hot for that anyway.

Update: Mesa Verde in old San Juan has fanfuckingtastic vegetarian and pescatarian food.

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Bumping 'cause I'm back home now. PR is amazing and slightly mad, but completely worth visiting. I have many suggestions if you do go.

The Normandie (Avenida Munoz Rivera Oeste 499; 787-729-2929; www.normandiepr.com) has survived multiple renovations and still retains its original over-the-top charm. Rooms start at $137.

^^^this place is boarded up and for sale now, we walked past it

i'm going there in a week, to spend two weeks there.

It's pretty sweet.

ok, i had to push the vacation back a week but it's definitely on beginning next Friday till Labor Day.

any recommendations, dan? i vaguely remember from one of the WDYLL's that you went to Arecibo (which is also on my itinerary).

Yeah, definitely go to Arecibo if you're at all a science/tech fan.

We stayed at these places:

http://villaherencia.com/ - Villa Herrencia in Old San Juan (This place was fucking fantastic but slightly pricy, worth it though.)
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review ... _Rico.html - San Juan Park Hotel (This was probably the best value for the money.)
http://www.copamarina.com/ - Resort outside of Guanica.
http://www.rainforestinn.com/ - Bed & breakfast outside of El Yunque. Really, really cool, friendly owners, beautiful views, loud as fuck tree frogs all night long.

Bear in mind it was my wife and I on honeymoon so ymmv as far as some of these places. There are lots and lots of options, of course.

I'd leave a day or two for San Juan itself, though you could easily do more. We wanted to get out and see the rest of the island so we rented a car and did the circuit all the way around. El Yunque is worth visiting, for sure, as is the dry forest near Guanica. I found the east coast of the island the most inviting, though we didn't make it to Vieques or the bioluminescent bays. If you go near Fajardo my suggestion is get some food and drinks here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-estacion-fajardo, it was fantastic. The pinxtos stands in some of the beach communities are amazing as well.

If you make it to Ponce the tour of the Serralles family home is worth taking, they're the originators of Don Q and Captain Morgan rum. A lot of Ponce was pretty depressing when I was there, though.

Also, if you're renting a car, be sure to get a really good map, because if you venture off the main roads shit gets confusing really fast.

That's all that springs to mind at the moment, I've been traveling the past few days and my mind is frazzled.

Follow up: be sure to get to some of the small towns and poke around a bit. This is probably obvious but you can stay in the places-that-cater-to-English-speaking-tourists and be fine, but the real fun is elsewhere imho.

going here in a few wks but only for like 2.5 days

you're missing the hoops

non hoop travel

this was nice cept the rainforest was kinda garb or idk we did it rong poss

Can anyone tell me about the island of Culebra? Really want to go sometime early next year.

here on business this week. the word "beautiful" doesn't even begin to do it justice.

sadly will be indoors for majority of trip (it *is* business) but got to enjoy the beach today.

Still resilient as fuck. Even despite a President who decided to take a shit on them.

Going to Old San Juan tonight hopefully.

https://www.businessinsider.com/former-dhs-trump-floated-trading-puerto-rico-for-greenland-2020-8

like baseball cards? wtf