Puerto Rico

[random3434]

Who has been there and what can you tell me about P.R.?


Good place to vacation or not?

 

[Ravi]

Who has been there and what can you tell me about P.R.?


Good place to vacation or not?

It helps to speak Spanish and it depends on where you stay.

I like the food and the beaches, but it is a poor "country" and there are other places I would go for a vacation.

 

[hjmick]

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[xotoxi]

It's sort of like central Indiana, except closer to the ocean, warmer, more Spanish.

We have friends that live there, so we can visit anytime we want (twice).

 

[elvis]

Who has been there and what can you tell me about P.R.?


Good place to vacation or not?

I haven't been there, but don't call the people that live there PR's.

 

[JW Frogen]

I lived there for awhile; it is a fascinating place with an exciting culture.

Good food, sexy women, great beaches and night life; Old San Juan is beautiful and if you ever walk El Morro on a moonlit night you will never forget it.

 

[sitarro]

Who has been there and what can you tell me about P.R.?


Good place to vacation or not?

I worked on a golf course here........... Puerto Rico Hotels & Beachfront Resorts - El Conquistador Resort & Golden Door Spa , I was there for 13 days because of the rain, made it hard to photograph and draw the course. The El Conquistador picks you up at the airport, they recommended that I didn't leave the fenced in grounds, very dangerous third world place(worst drivers I have ever seen). There were plenty of restaurants on the grounds and there really isn't any reason to leave. The rain forest would probably be worth the visit though.

 

[JW Frogen]

Sweet mother of merda, if Puerto Rican drivers scare you Italian drivers would make you pass some Pasta Fastool.

 

[JW Frogen]

I loved Puerto Rico so much I married one.

After a few years of marriage her term of endearment for me was Mierda Blanco. (Acutally Mohone Blanco, not speaking spanish I wondered if she was dyslexico.)

I demanded she call me Daddy Mohone Blanco every time I slapped her ripe Puerto Rican ass.

We married for the love but we stayed for the sex.

 

[JW Frogen]

One other reason I love Puerto Rico, my mother in law of the time was a Headstart teacher, some of her kids lived in one of the roughest public housing areas in San Juan.

She told me her kids were saying they had a farm, horses, pigs, chickens, goats, right in the middle of the city! She did not believe it but had to make some home visits, and sure enough the residents had went out to the country and stolen all these farm animals and set up a farm right there in the public common!

Who would not love that pirate spirit?

It is the Caribbean.

 

[JW Frogen]

By the way, that mother in law was caliente!!!!!

Some times when I was making love to my wife I was thinking of her.

I swear the Madonna in the church of San Jose' melted once when I did this.

Not knowing the cause the Catholic Church declared it a miracle.

 

[Douger]

If you want to visit an Island go to the Dominican Republic. Casa de Campo has some great deals now and then. I like Puerto Rico 20 years ago but the last time I was there, in 2001, the place was covered up in greasy headed crackheads.

 

[JW Frogen]

Dougers, the last time I was there was 1990, so you may be on to something.

And all those greasy haired ice addicts might just be Hugo Chaves' cracked babies.

 

[xotoxi]

Haiti is nice this time of year.

 

[waltky]

Aftershock from Haiti earthquake?...

Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes off Puerto Rico: USGS
WASHINGTON Sun Jan 12, 2014 - A strong quake of magnitude 6.5 struck north off Puerto Rico on Monday and could trigger a local tsunami, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

It said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.4, was very shallow, at a depth of 17.7 miles below the seabed. It struck at 12:01 a.m. (0401 GMT), 35 miles north of the town of Hatillo.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake could trigger a local tsunami. "There is the small possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a hundred kilometers (63 miles) from the earthquake epicenter," the tsunami center said in its advisory.

There were no immediate reports of damage. Sunday marked the fourth anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake in nearby Haiti that killed more than 200,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless.

Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes off Puerto Rico: USGS | Reuters

 

[g5000]

Who has been there and what can you tell me about P.R.?


Good place to vacation or not?

I was stationed there 30 years ago. Those who say it is primitive now have no idea what they are talking about. It was fairly backward in the 80s, but they have all the modern amenities there, now.

The citizens of Puerto Rico are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. When I was there, one of the biggest insults one Puerto Rican could call another was "New York Rican". They consider the Puerto Ricans who live in New York to be an entirely different breed. I think there may actually be more Puerto Ricans in New York than on the entire island of Puerto Rico.

But I digress.

As I said, great people. And they know how to party.

I used to joke about how most Americans who visit Puerto Rico stayed in the tourist part of San Juan. They stayed in a Hilton that was just like any in the US, and their entire experience of Puerto Rico was the casinos and the beach just outside their hotel. Perhaps a guided tour of El Yunque (the local tropical forest).

You may as well save airline money and rent a hotel room in the nearest large city to where you are if that is your plan. They probably have brown-skinned maids there, too.

The island is 100 miles long. There is a highway that circles the entire island (PR 3). Drive around the whole thing. Stay in hotels/motels/inns that are off the tourist guide. Experience the real Puerto Rico and the people. They are lovely.

Let me tell you, Puerto Ricans know how to party. Holy shit, they know how to party. I don't know if it is still the case, but Old San Juan was one gigantic block party after dark. You could go into just about any doorway and get an adult beverage and then take it out to the street and mingle with thousands of people.

I hope they still do that. It was awesome.

If you like cigars, you can get some good Dominicans there, too.

 

[g5000]

Sweet mother of merda, if Puerto Rican drivers scare you Italian drivers would make you pass some Pasta Fastool.

Yeah, no shit.

The Puerto Rican drivers are pretty bad, but I agree that driving in Naples was ten times more exciting.

I did get rear-ended on PR 3 once. At a red light. Guy hit me going about 50 miles an hour. I don't know what he was doing, but he wasn't watching the road. It was a miracle we all survived.

 

[Sallow]

Who has been there and what can you tell me about P.R.?


Good place to vacation or not?

Great vacation spot.

Make sure to go to Old San Juan and El Yunque.

 

[g5000]

There are some dangerous parts of San Juan just as there are dangerous parts of any city. But for people to paint the entire island as some third world shoot 'em up place is grossly abusive.

 

[g5000]

One very important thing to bear in mind: Puerto Rico is much closer to the equator. If you are a pasty visitor from the States, you will burn your skin right off in less than an hour if you don't wear sunscreen.


I just remembered they have really awesome snorkeling trips you can take. Catamaran takes you out for a swim and a lunch. Those are worth it.