I want to go to Puerto Rico

It looks so beautiful!

:hi: MissMillie!

I've spent a lot of time in San Juan and driving around the eastern part of the island. Beautiful, and lots of nice people.

Have you ever flew in there? :hi:
As pilot

On the 757, 767, and the 737-800.

:hi:

or early winter...

Looks like one can find some reasonable airfare/hotel combos. I wonder if you can rent a scooter instead of a car....

You can find GREAT deals..I got a great package deal 4 years ago --if you get one of the nice resorts they have all sorts of trips to places on the island for reasonable prices and you don't have to rent a car...Its also great because since its off season, there aren't many people. I got a ocean front cabana and we almost had the beach to ourselves...

Narrow streets always in a jam. You can walk faster than the traffic moves but as far as traveling to different parts of the island I'd recommend a car as it rains frequently. My mom used to live there before she came to live with us and most of her relatives still do. I haven't been there for eight years but mom goes every two years to visit.

I was stationed there (Navy) for two years. If you're planning on staying in San Juan, you won't need a car; however, due to rain and road conditions, I would definitely opt for a car vs. scooter for travel around the island. Be sure to go to the rain forest. Also, it's just a short trip by seaplane to the Virgin Islands for duty-free shopping. Have fun!!!

there is also a little known dry forest on the other side of the island from the rain forest with some beaches that looked under-visited

lovely blue water and no rain there!

As well as the crime level. We stayed at the El Conquistador which is on the far side of the island. Absolutely gorgeous, but the poverty got to me.

Not sure I'll go back.

i had a different impression, i found it to be v. cosmopolitan w. obvious strong links to new york in some of the restaurants and clubs, fancy food, fancy casinos, seemed a v. wealthy island to me, skyscrapers everywhere in san juan sure but even in the countryside people riding these fancy horses and obviously just loaded? -- there was a big new autopista, road building/repairs going on everywhere, well maintained national park system etc

of course being from new orleans maybe the poverty has to be africa bad before it makes an impression on me but i wouldn't have thought of puerto rico as poor

they do have a slum, la perla, hell, even the slum was scenic and right there on the ocean and painted so many pretty colors that they had to put a sign warning idiot tourists not to wander on down -- but as slums go it didn't look third world poor, everyone had a satellite dish!

Everyone loved it.
Go!

mark

Stayed at the Holiday Inn Condado which was ok, gambled at the El San Juan Hotel (I think it was), had dinner in the old town and some other nice places I don't recall the names, flew over to St Thomas for a day, went out to Frenchman's Reef and had dinner at the Hotel 1829. It was fun and the booze I got in St Thomas actually made it all the way back to Tampa.
Only scary part was the approach to Miami with an EAL L-1011 and faulty landing gear. Least we didn't all turn into ghosts.

Go, and have fun!!