Puerto Rico

Well…Puerto Rico was so much more fun than I had anticipated.

Day 1: We pulled into the city early morning on Saturday, walked outside, watched us port and felt the warm humid air. There was a long long line to get out of the ship, but I finally did at about 10 am. We then stepped off the ship and explored San Juan, taking pictures along the way. Our first stop was the Castillo San Cristobal, which is an old fort and the largest Spanish fortification in the New World. We went into one of the dungeons that still had markings on the walls where a captain was imprisoned. It was really cool to see and had an amazing view of all of San Juan from the top of the hill. After making a long walk to the fort, we then were hungry for some food. Trying to use the little Spanish we knew we found this amazing restaurant called el Jibareta. It was authentic Puerto Rican food and sooo good! I ordered the oven chicken with rice and beans. It was fantastic and such a cute little place. After lunch we walked around some more and found a small beach where we hung out and put our feet in the Atlantic. The water was crystal clear and beautiful! On our way back to the ship we saw this MASSIVE iguana, and took some pics, as it was just walking next to the sidewalk, then up a tree. Kinda random, but cool. After dinner on the ship we then cleaned up and went out to a cock fight. It was an experience, watching Puerto Rican locals betting on there vicious trained chickens. They were throwing down some big bucks too! Ryan and Paige betted a few dollars on one, the Rocky Balboa of the chickens, but Azul (blue) ended up dieing, even though he put up a good fight…haha.

Day 2: The second day was quite an interesting day as nothing went right for us, it is a long story but we ended up just walking the cobblestone streets, observing the colorful homes and shopping. After shopping, we eat at the “Taco Maker”, if you thought Taco Bell is bad, the Taco Maker beats it. Haha…but hey it was cheap and a funny story! After that we then walked back to the boat, and grabbed dinner on the ship. So really, it was kind of a pointless day but we did see a lot of the beautiful city!

Day 3: The last day we swam in the carribean for the rest of the day and tanned on the beach. Ryan, Paige and I then went and grabbed some shrimp at the local snack bar, which was again yummy. After that we headed back to the ship early to make sure we got back in time. Then later that night, we blew the horn and are now headed for Salvador, Brazil! So exciting!