Before I came down to Puerto Rico, I kicked around the idea of getting a Puerto Rican bank before I came. I didn’t do it mainly because I didn’t know how trustworthy they were. I also thought it would be difficult if I visited the States. How would I pull out money from a different country? I just wasn’t sure.

I decided I always have Continue reading

We aren’t supposed to have another lunar eclipse until 2010. Unfortunately I don’t have a great camera, just a little point and shoot. So forgive on the shots. I will try and post these as real time as I can. Conditions are great, not a cloud in the sky.

With out further waiting, here are the lunar eclipse pictures from San Juan, Puerto Rico starting with a full Continue reading

Units of measurement in Puerto Rico is a mix of the English system (imperial) and the Metric system. It is really pretty confusing when you get here figuring out what system they are using for what.

Distances are measured in kilometers and speed is measured in miles per hour. Strangely people always seem to know the width and length of the island in Continue reading

In Puerto Rico, gringo is not a negative word. It simply means a person from the States. Puerto Ricans know that us Gringos have heard it being used with a derogatory connotation. So if they see a tourist, they will most likely not call you Gringo to your face. You might hear it all around you though.

When I first Continue reading

I have come to learn by living here some of the reasons why the world hates the USA. One of the reasons is that you say that you are an American! What? How is that bad? Well people in Latin America, South America, hell even Canada are all Americans. Why do people from the United States believe that Continue reading

I honestly don’t know what I was expecting when I first moved to Puerto Rico but it wasn’t this. I was expecting more of a third world country. Before I moved to Puerto Rico, I kept reading how the average income was somewhere around $18,000. I was expecting the country to look run down. You know how Continue reading