Third day in PR sat Jan 8 2011.
Today I went on a nice adventure, took the bus to sagardo Corazon, then hopped on the tren urbano to rio piedras. Now this is the nitty gritty of San juan. The market at rio piedras was dirt cheap, and I was tempted to buy some chortes for 4 dollars. There was also a food market with great prices and a part of the city that didn’t thrive on tourism. Less people spoke English and I felt like the only gringo. Yes! This is my territory. At the Universidad de rio piedras campus I saw the police and the protesters camped out outside the university gates, and decided not to get closer.
After I went to condado beach and the concha casino and resort. I just kind of walked in and enjoyed the pool and lawn chairs, a situation fit for a king. There were lots of Americans, but hey I’m American, and it doesn’t matter when your in paradise. On the way back to the bus station I ran into a nice lady named cindy that took action pics with me and a coconut we found on the beach. We had some great conversation and talked about traveling. It was pleasant to have a random person come up to me and say hi, because usually I’m the person to do that to others. I stopped at the end of condado and decided to walk to el Viejo san juan, which lasted about 35 minutes. I saw a wedding, live music, the quinciñero trucks race by with their sirens and men on horseback, and a nice locals beach.
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this one´s for J |
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from the side of the fort looking towards the crucero
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Son las crack of dawn and still they dancesalsa. These Ricans really know how to party in san Juan, and I had a lot more fun tonight. I danced with some girls, drank a mojito, and saw some live musica. Reggae, salsa y rumba were the spice of the night, as I decided against the discoteca. I can find that anywhere in the US no thank you for now. They told me that Boricua tiene the calor humano, or the human touch. It is true people are friendly , but you find friendly people anywhere on the globe, as well as the opposite. The seond night in San juan brought much more success, as I knew some people and could act with confidence who I was and where I was going. I flirted with the la nena at starbuicks with beautiful curly brown hair and the door lady at the salsa club. This night I did things right. I just can’t believe that there are so many fine looking people here, and how well they can dance salsa. For now, I’m going to have to deal with my make shift breakdance line dance salsa.
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crucero leaving q lindo |
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church in san juan |
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bar next to the newyorican cheap beers |
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the newyorican live bands! AAmazing |
Tomorrow hopefully I can rent a car cheap, get picked up and head to luquillo beach. I plan on staying either on the beach or in el yunque in my hamaca.
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