The car horn is used a little differently in Puerto Rico than in the States. We would most likely use the horn if someone where to pull out in front of us, cut us off, or almost hit us. Makes sense right? Not to a Puerto Rican. This type of driving is fine and acceptable… Continue reading

In the States if you have a lights out on your vehicle you get a ticket. I guess not here, because lots of people have burnt out headlights, taillights, and blinkers. There has been a few times while I was driving at night and almost hit a car that was driving right in front of me because… Continue reading

The very first day I was in Puerto Rico, I was in a taxi driving down the highway on the way to get a rent a car. I asked the driver if he knew how to get to the hotel I was going to be staying at. He slams on his breaks (in the middle… Continue reading

So if you live in Puerto Rico you already know, but for those of you who are not…

Puerto Rico has some sort of crazy Canadian cold front to our north.   The temperature has been really cool and overcast / rainy these past few days (cool for Puerto Rico that is).  For the next few days we are having some of the highest… Continue reading

I just read a strange piece of news.  It looks like Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila is going to try and sell the Puerto Rico lottery.  He of course is doing this so he can even out the Puerto Rican books and have a greater chance of getting re-elected.

I don’t really have an issue with letting things go commercial here in Puerto Rico.  Too many things that could… Continue reading

If you are tired of waiting in the nonstop traffic, you better get a motorcycle. Motorcycles tend to use the white lines that divide the lanes on the road as their lane, well - if you are lucky enough to have the white lines. They do this to skip all traffic.

You will see when traffic is crawling… Continue reading