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Pretty house
Pretty house with bouganvillia in the fanciest part of Old San Juan
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Outside the Hotel Convento
Plaza outside the Hotel Convento, the most expensive hotel in Old San...
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Rogativo
A statue in Old San Juan commemorating an attack and blockade by (British)...
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Family Walking
A typical street in the industrial city of Mayaguez.
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Corner Bar
This local bar in Mayaguez doesn't appear in the tour guidebook. I...
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Coffee Shop
A coffee shop in Old San Juan. I don't think they've changed the...
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Coffee dispenser from outer space
The urn in the center contains hot watery coffee. The urns on the...
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Catamaran cruise ship
I had never seen a catamaran cruise ship before. It looks big until...
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Big cruise ship
The Star Princess is as tall and wide as a large hotel. It's much longer...
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Entering the rainforest
View from the highway leading into the rainforest.
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Giant bamboo
Giant bamboo grows side-by-side with palms and ferns in the Yunque rainforest.
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Starting to hike in the rainforest
The signs warn not to hike with sandals or heels in the rainforest....
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Paved paths
The paths through the forest are paved for miles.
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Hiking barefoot
A section of path got washed out. Boots would have been helpful here.
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Dry stream
We heard plenty of bird calls, but couldn't see where they were coming from.
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Deep shade
It gets dark and spooky in the deep shade.
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Tree parasite
An otherworldly parasite.
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Wild impatiens
Impatiens grows like weeds.
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Natural garden
Some parts of the rainforest look like a fancy garden.
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Ferns on a rock wall
These ferns are growing out of the vertical face of a rock.
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Tree ferns
Twenty-foot tall tree ferns growing in the shade of taller palms.
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Big snail
This snail is about two and a half inches wide.
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Interior of the island
Crumbling concrete blocks and rusty steel or chain link are common.
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Rusty gate
A modest house in the vacation village of Boqueron.
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Another Boqueron house
This house is within walking distance of beautiful Boqueron beach.
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Boqueron beach
The guidebooks say that Boqueron is the prettiest beach in Puerto Rico. I...
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Boqueron palms
You don't need an umbrella on Boqueron beach. There are plenty of palms.
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Sunset on Boqueron bay
While I was taking this photo from the beach at sunset, I got about a hundred...
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Spring Break in Boqueron
College students descend like locusts on Boqueron every night during Easter...
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Victorian house in San German
An unusually pretty house in the historic district of San German.
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Christ with a cross
This statue in the church in San German has real clothes and hair.
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Virgin with a dagger
Notice the dagger in her heart.
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Goats and old cars
Junk cars, animals, and trash can be found along all the rural roads.
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Behind bars
Iron bars over windows, doors, and balconies are very common. This is...
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Rincon
The west coast town of Rincon has sandy beaches and a few expensive...
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Ponce City Hall
The southern town of Ponce has many pretty buildings, mostly banks....
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Ponce firehouse
Surprisingly, this fire house is made of wood.
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Ponce eucalyptus tree
A beautiful display of yellow flowers in downtown Ponce.
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Statue with pigeons
The statues and pigeons in Ponce where the only ones who didn't...
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Columbus
A statue of Columbus at dusk. You can see the moon behind him.
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North America
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