Tagged With "parque bicentenario"

I love it, too...the world needs more fun sculpture!

We have a few fun sculptures around Liverpool, England. This is Superlambanana. Painted in different colours by sponsors. Don't tell me that the original artist must have been a bit weird - even for a Brit. The Artist is a New York resident !

Love it!

Sounds like the unplanned cultural excursion that I prefer. I hate being shoulder to shoulder when its peak time. So like you I go the opposite way to the rush. Good pix too ....

It's been long enough since my residence in PR that I seem to be craving a trip back. Having lived in Isla Verde & Santurce, I've wanted to return for a stay in Old San Juan. You've just added fuel to that desire, JL.

Garry and PM You are right, I hate being caught in crowds - it's why I have spent 1.5 weeks in Florence and I have never been to the Uffizi. I look for the smaller museums and out of the way towns. That is my favorite way to travel.

Hello Jonathan L, What a day! Sounds like a case where changing horses midstream is a good thing. I guess that's what traveling is all about. Taking the good with the bad and expect the unexpected. Cruise ships can be a nuisance especially when they unload all their passengers on unsuspecting adventurers like yourself. Glad to hear it worked okay in the end. Love the pics too.

Old San Juan is my February destination for next year, so thanks for the preview! I hope you'll be writing more about it in coming months...

On our second-to-last day in Puerto Rico, we headed to the south shore of the island, to the city of Ponce. It's smaller than San Juan, has less tourist traffic—all that, and yet it considers itself the cultural equal of the capital or of...

PortMoresby finds figs and goat cheese at a weekly market in the heart of her favorite Mexican city.

Jonathan L takes us on a tour of Cienfuegos, Cuba

Some days consist of changing plans and crowd avoidance. One day The Amazing Ms. D and I had planned to go to Museo de las Americas in Old San Juan. This is a new museum in the building of the Instituto Cultura puertoriqueno near El Morro....

One of the unique sights of Old San Juan is Parque de las Palomas. Most cities consider pigeon to be pests, but in San Juan they built a park to be home to them.

On a beach in Guatemala, Lestertheinvestor and his wife watch turtles lay eggs and then help collect them for hatching at a conservation site.

Santiago de Cuba's Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption is a well-polished gem with a long history of disaster and plunder behind it.

That's a great adventure, Lester! And yes, I can picture you strolling down the beach with a treasure of turtle eggs.

Jonathan L visits the famous Parque de Bombas in Ponce, Puerto Rico

DrFumblefinger enjoyed the Vasco Da Gama mall in Lisbon, especially its fine food court.