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Tourism in the Time of Corona
A little bug with a big bite: the Corona Virus Over the years, I have had my share of tourism related "disasters." There was the BP Oil...
Robert E.L. Walters
Mar 13, 20202 min read
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Wednesday Fun: Birding and Nature Tours with Gabriel Lugo
A green throated carib hummingbird. We have them at Casa Clara Vista quite often. If last week's Fun Feature had my sister-in-law, Kaila...
Robert E.L. Walters
Mar 11, 20201 min read
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Shopping on $20,296 per Year (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Black Economy):
One of Puerto Rico's many shopping malls packed to the rafters on a typical weekend afternoon. "Households in Puerto Rico have a median...
Robert E.L. Walters
Mar 6, 20202 min read
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Wednesday's Fun Feature: Cave Tubing with Westside Adventures in San Germán, PR
Though it may appear that this is the river Styx, and someone put two pesetas on your eyes for Charon to guide you to Hades... it's...
Robert E.L. Walters
Mar 4, 20202 min read
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From Honolulu to Tuscon by way of Seattle: The drive from San Juan to Ponce:
Gone are the swaying palms and virulent vines of the coastal north, and the great pathos and bamboo jungles of the mountainous center;...
Robert E.L. Walters
Feb 28, 20202 min read
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This Week's Wednesday Fun Feature: Escape to Monkey Island!
The Puertorican mainland from the mysterious (and forbidden) Cayo Santiago or "Monkey Island" off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico....
Robert E.L. Walters
Feb 26, 20202 min read
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Why you rarely hear "Go East Young Man;" the challenges of visiting Puerto Rico's east coast.
San Juan traffic edging east out of the city toward the beauty and adventure of Puerto Rico's eastern coast. Travis loves the northern...
Robert E.L. Walters
Feb 21, 20202 min read
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This Week's Wednesday Fun: Something out of this world; a trip to the Arecibo Observatory
The observation deck at the Arecibo Radio Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico-- home of the SETI project among other research missions....
Robert E.L. Walters
Feb 19, 20202 min read
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Motels in Puerto Rico
Lights, mirrors, revolving pay windows, and slamming garage doors: Why Puertorican motels are not your typical roadside way-stations....
Robert E.L. Walters
Feb 14, 20203 min read
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Remembering a Dear Friend: Travis' Grandmother, Helen Geisler 1927 - 2020
Helen on the terrace of Finca de Los Arcos in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico: June 2018. A picture taken by my sister-in-law, Kaila Thorn. ...
Robert E.L. Walters
Feb 13, 20203 min read
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This Week's Wednesday Fun: Gliding through Glitter: Bioluminescent Bay Kayak Tours in Fajardo!!!
A line of adventurers head-out into the bay in Fajardo, Puerto Rico with guides from Bioluminescent Bay Kayak Tours. You know you want to...
Robert E.L. Walters
Feb 12, 20202 min read
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Lights, Bites and Bioluminescent Bays: What to know before you go!!!
Kayakers glide through one of Puerto Rico's bio bioluminescent bays after dusk. Perhaps its because I was in the navy. After countless...
Robert E.L. Walters
Feb 7, 20203 min read
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Wednesday's Fun: Team Building in the Condado!!!
The "Tag Your Target" Activity at "Team Buildings Puerto Rico." Back in another life, I had lots of employees. When we were a small...
Robert E.L. Walters
Feb 5, 20201 min read
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City of the Week: Caguas the Heart and Center of Puerto Rico
Paseo José Gautier BenÃtez in downtown Caguas, Puerto Rico The Turabo Valley is the largest in Puerto Rico. Closed in by the Cayey...
Robert E.L. Walters
Feb 3, 20202 min read
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To Market to Market... The exquisite joys of produce shopping in Puerto Rico.
The public market in the Rio Piedras barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Robert E.L. Walters
Jan 31, 20203 min read
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This Week's Fun of the Week: Gliding Across a Silvery Lagoon Beneath a Glittering Urbane Skyline...
Puerto Rico Night Kayak Tour, is located at the Serafina Beach Hotel, 1045 Ashford Ave, San Juan, 00907, Puerto Rico Before too much...
Robert E.L. Walters
Jan 29, 20202 min read
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City of the Week: Naguabo
Just a short drive from the town of Ceiba (where the ferries to Viequez and Culebra are located) the charming town of Naguabo will put...
Robert E.L. Walters
Jan 27, 20201 min read
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The Way Station of Adventure: The Joys of Cruise-in Visitors!!!
Occasionally people are inclined to ask the inevitable. "Doesn't it get lonely living on an island?" Never mind that the island in...
Robert E.L. Walters
Jan 24, 20203 min read
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My Kingdom for a Car: Why the POV is an essential part of your Puertorican Adventure
A typical morning commute in San Juan, Puerto Rico When people call-up or send inquires about visiting Puerto Rico, my second question...
Robert E.L. Walters
Jan 18, 20203 min read
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Why I am forever grateful for Coxsackie, New York
Puerto Rico from space after our most recent blackout January 7, 2020 Like the great Britney Spears classic (and a personal guilty...
Robert E.L. Walters
Jan 11, 20204 min read
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