{"id":23922,"date":"2015-04-24T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=23922"},"modified":"2015-04-24T01:00:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T08:00:25","slug":"23922","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=23922","title":{"rendered":"Friday file: The 'Rich Port' Of San Juan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of all the ports in the Caribbean, and there are hundreds it seems, one that keeps attracting more attention is San Juan<\/a>, Puerto Rico (translation: “rich port”). Strategically positioned just east of the Dominican Republic<\/a>, it can be either a port to visit on the way to the Southern Caribbean or a place to embark on a Panama Canal<\/a> cruise. We have done both and today’s photos reflected our visits to Old San Juan…<\/p>\n

\"Pina<\/a><\/p>\n

Shouldn’t we all know the who-when-where of the whole pina colada thing?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Fort-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

From inside San Cristobal, and what it must have felt like a few centuries ago.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Fort-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Also inside the fort, another era’s “weapons of mass destruction” remain.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Seahorse<\/a><\/p>\n

The first statue of a seahorse that we’ve seen in the Caribbean (or anywhere).<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Starbucks\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In Old San Juan, seats in Starbucks are rare, and everybody’s on a device.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Free<\/a><\/p>\n

Free trolley the best way to get around Old San Juan, where you need a day.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Horse-carriage\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If bus is too crowded, there’s always the (not free) horse and buggy option.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Arturo<\/a><\/p>\n

Conducting an orchestra in perpetuity: Arturo Somohano Portela. <\/i><\/b>Google<\/i><\/b><\/a> him.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Today at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: <\/strong><\/em><\/span>Another 'Port' (Canaveral), one that's getting more options for passengers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Norwegian Dawn<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tOctober 16, 2015<\/span>
\n\tBoston<\/a> (return): <\/span>King’s Wharf<\/a> 
\n\tInside: $629<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $89<\/strong>
\n\twww.ncl.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of all the ports in the Caribbean, and there are hundreds it seems, one that keeps attracting more attention is San Juan, Puerto Rico (translation: “rich port”). Strategically positioned just east of the Dominican Republic, it can be either a port to visit on the way to the Southern Caribbean or a place to embark… Continue reading Friday file: The 'Rich Port' Of San Juan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1893,31],"tags":[267,912,72,51,35,284,126,225,79,26,27,74,1944,76,381],"class_list":["post-23922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deals","category-photos","category-ports","tag-bermuda","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ports","tag-cruises","tag-dominican-republic","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-dawn","tag-panama-canal","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-puerto-rico","tag-san-cristobal","tag-san-juan","tag-starbucks","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}