SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

San Juan is one of Americans Island with huge History on Atlantic coast and a lot of places to visit. You do not have to worry about internet because self service works perfectly even before you reach Island, if you are coming with a cruise ship like I did. Coming with cruise ship is the best because I saw old town from open sea and castle and beautiful shore. Some cruise ships actually have home port San Juan so you can fly there, stay few days and then board on the cruise ship and ship will take you from this stunning place to the other destination.

 There are plenty things to do in San Juan such us:

-excursions from the ship or outside next to the terminal

-walking through city and do sightseeing

-chilling or have a picnic at the Fortress (Castillo San Cristobal)

-do shopping

 Anyway, once I stepped out from the ship for the first time I was already prepared what I could see and where to go.Excursions are available on the street and they are very affordable and it depends what would you like to do and how many hours. Since I came here so many times I did four different excursions.

Puerto Rico favorites or hop on hop off tour is the first one I recommend. It was approximately two and half hours long. Small bus took me to the right side of the Island and we actually passed houses and buildings where people live. Moreover, when you pass the bridge you are on the other side of the Island where your first stop is government house. Next stop was the beach area and a lot of hotels and resorts. We stopped few minutes there to took some pictures and walk around and after that we went on old cemetery of San Juan where you have lighthouse and cemetery and huge picnic place to sit down and enjoy view and sounds of big waves . The name of the place is San Felipe del Morro Fortress.

Old San Juan historical tour is second excursion I did. Tour is approximately one and half of hour in a bus and you will enjoy the real view of history through the fascinating streets of Old San Juan. You will have opportunity to see cultural views such us : La Puerta de San Juan, El Paseo de La Princesa, La Fortaleza, Jardine’s del Morro and other.

Fortresses of old San Juan is third excursion I did and it is similar tour to second one but this tour is organized through three stops: Fort San Felipe Del Morro, Castillo de San Cristobal and Plaza Colon where is free time to buy souvenirs.

Rain-forest scenery and waterfalls is forth excursion I did and it is my favorite in San Juan. It is approximately five hours on the east side of the central Mountain range. It is only tropical rain-forest in the US. Name of this rain-forest is El Yunque National Rain-forest. We stopped briefly at the 100 feet waterfalls – Coca Waterfalls of volcanic rock, Yokahu Tower, the highest point 1575/ft where you can enjoy beautiful view of Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea unites and last stop in the Overlook Bridge where you can enjoy one of the eleven rivers located in rain-forest.

If you do not want to do some of the recommended excursion, you can always do walking through city and do sightseeing The road once took me on places with a lot of monuments and water fountains where I was so impressed because this town has too much to offer to see. Even though, they survived Harvey hurricane and still recovering from, city still look beautiful.

Sometimes is the best to listen your own intuitions and chose place you like to sit or walk on your own way because San Juan has so much to offer that would be a shame just not explore by yourself and have unique experience .

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I don’t have to mention there are a lot of restaurants and coffee shops where you can get rest from walking and enjoy good food and free internet Wi-Fi.

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SAN HUAN, PORTO RIKO

SAN HUAN, PORTO RIKO

San Huan je jedno od Američkih ostrva sa bogatom istorijom na obali atlantskog okeana i divnim mestima za videti. Ne trebate da brinete o internetu jer ako imate američku karticu serviz radi odlično i pre nego stignete na ostrvo , ako dolazite sa brodom kao što sam ja. Dolazak sa brodom je najbolji zato što sam imala priliku da vidim ostrvo sa obale i stari grad kao i tvrđavu i prelepu obalu. Neki od brodova u stvari imaju San Huan kao polaznu luku tako da možete recimo da dođete ovde avionom, ostanete par dana i onda sa brodom otplovite na druga divna mesta i druge destinacije.

Mnogo stvari možete da radite u San Huanu kao što su:

-ekskurzije organizovane sa broda ili izvana pored terminala

-šetnja gradom i razgledavanje

-opuštanje ili piknik pored tvrđave (Castillo San Cristobal)

-kupovina

Bilo kako bilo, kad sam prvi put izašla sa broda već sam bila spremna šta se može videti i gde otići. Ekskurzije su dostupne bukvalno na ulici i veoma su pristupačne i zavisi od toga šta biste hteli da radite i koliko sati. Pošto sam ja ovde dolazila više puta ja sam odradila četiri različite ekskurzije.

Porto Riko “hop on hop off“ tura je prva koju sam ja odradila. Trajala je oko dva i po sata. Mali autobus nas je odveo desno od pristaništa i ka desnoj strani ostrva i prošli smo u stvari kuće i zgrade gde ljudi žive. Čak šta više kad prođete most vi ste onda na drugoj strani ostrva i naša prva stanica na koju so stali je zgrada vlade. Posle toga sledeća destinacija je plaža sa dosta hotela okolo i privatnih uvalica. Stali smo ove par minuta da slikamo i prošetamo okolo a posle toga smo se uputili ka starom groblju San Huana gde se nalazi svetionik, groblje i ogromno mesto za piknik za sedenje i uživanje u pogledu i zvuku talasa. To mesto se zove San Felipe del Morro tvrđava.

Stari grad istorijska tura je druga ekskurzija koju sam ja uradila. Tura je trajala otprilike sat i po u busu i uživala sam u pogledu istorijskih delova fascinantnih ulica San Huana. Kroz ovu ekskurziju imaćete prilike da uživate u pogledu kulturnih mesta: La Puerta de San Juan, El Paseo de La Princesa, La Fortaleza, Jardines del Morro i drugi .

Tvrđava starog grada San Huan je treća ekskurzija koju sam odradila i slična je drugoj samo što je organizovana tako što se staje na mesta Fort San Felipe del Morro, Castillo de San Cristobal i onda Plaza Colon gde imate vremena da kupite suvenire.

Pejzaž kišnih šuma ili džungla i vodopadi je četvrta ekskurzija koju sam ja odradila i to je moja najdraža do sad u San Huanu. Trajala je otprilike pet sati na istočnoj strani centralnog planinskog venca. To je jedina džungla ili kišna šuma u celoj SAD. Ime ove kišne šume je El Yunque Nacionalna kišna šuma. Stali smo kratko na visini 100 ft ili otprilike 30 metara kod vodopada-Coca vodopadi sa vulkanskim kamenom, onda kod Yokahu Tornja gde je visina 1575 ft ili oko 480 metara gde možete uživati u divnom pogledu na Atlantski Okean i Karipsko more a zadnja stanica je most za pogled gde se može uživati u pogledu na jednu od jedanaest reka koje se nalaze na ovom mestu.

Ako ne želite da radite neke od predloženih ekskurzija , uvek možete da prošetate kroz grad i razgledati grad. Put me jednom odveo do mesta sa spomenicima, statuama i fontanama gde sam bila impresionirana jer ovaj grad zaista ima šta da ponudi za videti. Iako su preživeli uragan Harvi i još uvek se oporavljaju od njega, grad izgleda predivno.

Ponekad je najbolje slušati svoju intuiciju i izabrati mesto koje volite da sednete ili da prošetate gde vas put odvede jer San Huan ima tako mnogo da ponudi da bi prosto bila šteta ne istražiti ovaj grad i doživeti posebno iskustvo

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