Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States, which was gained US citizenship in 1917. A relatively small island with just over 3000 sq miles but containing over 3 million people ! After a very long travel day, we arrived in the capital of San Juan. We had some time and a rental car and drove all around the city and it's outer regions. The main city of San Juan was very clean, upscale, and loaded with hotels and tourist attractions along the beach.
However, the farther we traveled away from here, the more it changed. Shackled houses, many dogs lounging in the streets, stray cats, garbage everywhere (old cars would be dumped and growing into the forest, couches, etc). Which made us think, exactly how do they remove all the large garbage items from an island? Has to be super expensive to transport away and then get shipped to....where?
We stayed near the El Yunque National Forest, which is the only tropical rainforest within the US Forest System. Large green plants, stunning flowers, birds, and jungle like atmosphere greeted us and we had a relaxing day to catch up on our sleep.
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| OH ! so that is how pineapples grow ! neat ! |
Video of birds and nightlife sounds in the forest by Mike:
The roads are crazy island roads and Puerto Rico has more cars per capita than Los Angles ! Roads were very narrow, no middle line, curvy, and giant giant potholes. We once saw a wild horse bolt out right in front of us and continue up the road towards us! Not to mention, dodging the stray cats and dogs. Below is a video my boyfriend, Mike took! Check it out:
After some rest and fresh sushi, more beach time, we drove East towards the coast (well everywhere seems like the "coast" on an island, ha ha), we stopped to have lunch in Luquillo.
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