After spending the afternoon in El Yunque National Forest, we made our way to Puerto Nuevo. We had anticipated the journey taking only a couple of hours but made the mistake of heading west through the outskirts of San Juan around rush hour.
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Puerto Rico :: El Yunque (North)
Day #5 started on the island of Vieques and ended in a friend’s townhouse in Vega Baja, northwest of San Juan. On our way back west on Highway 3 from Fajardo, we took the northern segment of Highway 191 to the North Slope of El Yunque National Forest.
Puerto Rico :: Vieques
After leaving Nelson’s Country Home on the South Slope of El Yunque National Forest, we made our way to Fajardo, Puerto Rico’s main port city on the eastern coast. We left behind the car and boarded the 1pm ferry bound for Vieques, one of two Spanish Virgin Islands (the other being Culebra) off [...]
Puerto Rico :: Old San Juan
Brilliant sunshine awoke us around 7:30am on a Sunday morning, beginning our first full day in Puerto Rico. Isla Verde and Coqui Inn were quiet and sleepy and Old Town beckoned. We packed up our things, checked out of Coqui, and took a nice leisurely drive deeper into the heart of the Puerto Rican capital.
Puerto Rico :: Arrival & Isla Verde
After landing in San Juan, we followed the signs for Rental Car Shuttles. Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is actually a good size airport, much larger than Las Américas in Santo Domingo. Save for a 20 minute wait at Enterprise, getting the car went pretty smoothly. I had reserved online [...] Enterprise’s
