Entries from My Place in the Sun tagged with 'Puerto Rico'
Puerto Rico: El Yunque Tropical Rain Forest
The Taíno indians were the original inhabitants of Puerto Rico and considered the forest a holy place where the gods lived in the peaks of the mountains. This lush rain forest got its name from a Taíno spirit, Yuquiye, which...
Puerto Rico: El Morro
Castillo San Felipe del Morro, named in honor of King Phillip II, is located on a high promontory overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It was built to act as sentinel to the entrance of the Bay of San Juan, protecting it...
Old San Juan: Ciudad Amurallada (The Walled City)
The city of San Juan was a military stronghold and a point of departure of Spanish expeditions to unknown parts of the New World. It was also a stop over of ships going to Spain transporting treasures to the Spanish...
Puerto Rico: El Viejo San Juan (Old San Juan)
While looking at Girasoli's wonderful photographs of Hawaii I spotted a tree that looked like a flamboyán (aka Royal Poinciana), a common tree in the Puerto Rican landscape. I knew I had a picture of a flamboyán and while searching...
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