I just discovered a video tour of different areas of Puerto Rico done by Mens Journal.  The player defaults to play the last segment and the interface can be a little confusing on how to get the other videos to play.  The trick is to click on “Close” then at the bottom click “View Videos”…

The first video is of Old San Juan and Pinones.

The second is of Ponce and… Continue reading

While I can’t verify this, I have been told that the 18 wheelers and big trucks don’t have any weight limits. I have definitely have never seen a truck weighing station. I have seen trucks sagging lower than they should on almost a daily occurrence. So if there are rules on weight limits, they are never enforced.

So as the hefty… Continue reading

The gutter system here is unlike anything I have seen before. In the article “Puerto Rico could be ‘isolated for days’ after a storm” it states

“Our draining system was designed for 1940s development, and little has been done since to upgrade it,”

Instead of having holes in the curbs for water to drain, they have a metal grate that takes the… Continue reading

~ photo by churl

The Puerto Rican Government either has no idea on how to fix the roads, don’t care, or they don’t have the money. It can’t be the latter because they are definitely taxing the hell out of me but this is to be discussed in anther article :-).

As you read in my previous article the potholes

The most talked about news today at work is Fortuno won the Puerto Rican Primary to run for Governor (In Puerto Rico the highest office that can be held is Governor). It has been stated that Fortuno had a 60% majority vote for the New Progressive Party (NPP).

NPP is basically the Puerto Rican version of the Republican Party. NPP is… Continue reading

~ photo by TheGringo

Potholes are every where in Puerto Rico. The only place that you can drive with out too many problems is on a toll road, but that isn’t a guarantee either. Driving on the roads is like a game of dodge ball. People would rather swerve over to your lane and… Continue reading