Puerto Rico, day 4 cont - old San Juan
By the time we got to old San Juan and found a parking spot, we were all starving so we stopped at pretty much the first restaurant we saw - Genesis Restaurante. I tried chicken mofongo - a traditional dish of mashed plantains covered with chicken. I did not think it was anything special, however the pina coladas at that place are something to die for!
Peter and I dropped off Phil at the airport and then joined the rest of the group at Castillo de San Cristobal for a tour of the fortress that used to protect the old San Juan enclosed in its walls. After the fortress, we hung out and explored the old San Juan with its colorful collonial architecture, grabed some pastries, and checked out the cruise ship docked at the port.
At one point we made it to the Plaza de Baldorioty de Castro where Divashree saw a bunch of pigeons and decided to be a little kid and run through the flock. Well, it did not work out exactly as she planned:
The rest of my Puerto Rico posts:
- Puerto Rico, day 1 - getting there
- Puerto Rico, day 2 - scuba diving
- Puerto Rico, day 3 - sailing
- Puerto Rico, day 4 - the jungles
- Puerto Rico, day 5 - Arecibo telescope, Project 727, and kayaking in a bioluminescent bay
- Puerto Rico, day 6 - Ziplining
- Puerto Rico, day 8 - Flameno beach on Culebra
- Puerto Rico, day 9 - Bacardi tour
- Puerto Rico sights and signs