Tourism Tuesday: Paseo de la Princesa, San Juan

On today's post we'll visit the "Paseo de la Princesa", at Viejo San Juan, Pueto Rico's capital.  Since it's far away from here, I invite you to go in my very own airplane: The Furry-plane =^..^=

The Furry-plane

Paseo de la Princesa

There are soooooo many interesting places at San Juan, a town built since the Spanish occupation in Puerto Rico, centuries ago.  The Paseo de la Princesa, go around the big walls that protect part of the city. 

The walls are very wide and strong.

There's a corner with some benches and a great view.

This is The Other One's favorite bench under the tree.

And here's the tree.  Isn't it magnificent?

And this is the view when you're sitting in the bench.

Here's the "Puerta de San Juan" (San Juan's Door), where you can read an inscription in latin giving the welcome to visitors.

From the Paseo you can see the bahía (bay) the main entrance of many ships to Puerto Rico.

You can see some birds, too, fishing with their loooong beak.

And, if you stay long enough, you can also see personal sailboats...

... and the sunset.  Beautiful, isn't it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tourism Tuesdays: Lares, Puerto Rico

My second Tourism Tuesday: yay!
Today, we're going to visit Lares, one of Puerto Rico's municipalities. Lares is the pink area in the map.


Lares is a historic city known as "La Ciudad del Grito" (The City of the Shout), because in 1868 it was the place where pro-independece rebels wanted PR to gain its freedom from Spain. It was soon extinguished though. They even had their own flag which many Puerto Ricans now consider a symbol of their wish for independence. This event in PR's history will be celebrated next September 23, with a holiday.

The landscape on the way to Lares is beautiful. You can see a lot of different animals and trees.

The geography is very irregular with a lot of mountains.

There were a lot of cows eating grass.

There's a cattle farming.

A small man-made lake for the cattle.

The welcome sign.

A house with the Lares' flag.

Lares' famous ice-cream parlor.

The Heladeria Lares is famous around the world because they are very creative and make ice cream of whatever you can think of. For example, rice and beans ice cream, avocado ice cream and many more. Mmmm, all of them delicious!

People love to go there. There were a lot of people at the ice-cream parlor.

There were a lot of people, too, at the town center square in front of the ice cream parlor.

They had a sculpture of Ramón Emeterio Betances with the flag of Lares.

At the center of the square was a mosaic with the map of Puerto Rico. Here's the west area.

And here's the east area, including Vieques and Culebra.

Mom had to come back home because it was going to rain a lot.

So, if you come to Puerto Rico, don't forget to visit Lares.

More information about Lares and the history of "El Grito de Lares":
http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=06101303
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/246447/Grito-de-Lares
http://www.topuertorico.org/city/lares.shtml
http://www.topuertorico.org/history4.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lares,_Puerto_Rico
http://gopuertorico.about.com/od/ancienthistory/a/jibarohistory.htm

Ola kala!

Tourism Tuesdays: Puerto Rico

I know many of you haven't come to Puerto Rico, yet. So, I decided to share with you some interesting information and places you can go whenever you decide to visit my island.

Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean.

First a really brief history of Puerto Rico:
God created the Earth with it's animals and humans, that included Puerto Rico. Then, I was born... at least that's how I thought it was.
But Mom told me that there's a lot more information. The native group of people living in PR at the arrival of Christopher Columbus, on November 19, 1493, were the Tainos. Some years later, people from Africa, France, England and other parts of Europe, came to PR, too. After looooooooots of years as a colony of Spain, PR came to be part of the USA, since 1898. Although, PR has it's own culture, there's a lot of influence from the USA culture, too.

The US quarter with a Puerto Rico motif.

In short, Puerto Ricans are like this unique mix of cultures; it makes us a very interesting group of people... and pets, of course.

There are many world famous people from PR. Ricky Martin, Benicio Del Toro, Joseph Acabá (the astronaut) and a lot more, including me, of course.

So, do you fancy come visit us?

Next week: Lares, Puerto Rico

Ola kala!