Bienvenidos a Puerto Rico!

Old San Juan, PR




Around Old San Juan

The first thing we did when we got to San Juan was to try to get onto one of those segway tours around old San Juan (Is going on segway tours too dorky? mwehehe! I just really wanted to use a segway!) Unfortunately, no one was picking up when we called, so, we just went to their office in old San Juan and of course, no one was there. So we ended up just taking a walking gps tour... Which was also pretty neat, since it was giving us directions and giving a narrative about what we are seeing at different areas! If you walk back, it's able to determine your position, and start the corresponding narrative for that place! It was a Dell, the gps thingy, unfortunately, I don't have a photo of the device... hehehe!



     

It's a big ship isn't it? And no, we were not taking a cruise... We just wanted to see Puerto Rico! =) Maybe next time. One thing I remember when we were walking around old San Juan, it was really hot!!! I think it was the humidity, my friend said I looked like I was dying from the heat (in December) and we had to make a bunch of stops wherever there's shade!




     

Here's a view of Fort San Felipe del Morro... We were cheapskates and didn't want to pay to see the inside of the fort so, we just took photos on the outside. Hee-hee! =)
Here's a description of Fort San Felipe del Morro(lifted from wikipedia):
"Fort San Felipe del Morro —or El Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Spanish— is a sixteenth-century citadel which lies on the northwestern-most point of the islet of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Named in honor of King Philip II of Spain, the fort, also referred to as "El Morro" or "promontory", was designed to guard the entrance to San Juan bay, and defend the city of San Juan from seaborne enemies."




     

Here's a few more photos around old San Juan. It's a charming place, isn't it? The photo on the right is the city hall all decked out for Christmas! They had tons of lights on the trees around the area and my friend mentioned how weird it is to see a palm tree decked out with Christmas lights! It was pretty festive!