One thing that you will notice driving down the residential streets of Puerto Rico are the satellite dishes.  Everyone has them.  Let me take that back, I mean everyone has 2 to 3 of them.  For the longest time I had no idea why.  When I asked people most of them would tell me “because we get a bad signal”.

Then one day one… Continue reading

If you are visiting Puerto Rico from the States, this could be an important issue.  ATM machines are not in the spots that you are used to.

In the States we are used to having ATM machines anywhere and everywhere you go.  Gas station’s machine down?  No problem, go to the ATM machine in the corner of the store to get the money.  Court… Continue reading

I was driving home from work the other day, and while stopped at a stop light I heard this huge sound system.  I kept getting louder.  Finally a school bus with police lights flashing pulls up next to me.  At this point the base was so loud, I couldn’t see out of any mirror because the mirror was shaking to much.  I looked… Continue reading

In Puerto Rico there are what seems like a million cops driving around.  On very rare occasions you will see people pulled over.  I have often wondered what it takes to get pulled over because the driving here is so chaotic.

So far what I have learned, cops only seem to care about speeding if you are on a long stretch of road that has no stop lights.  What they… Continue reading

I have had a few emails come in asking me “Is it true that all houses in Puerto Rico have bars over the windows and doors?”

The answer is yes, and it is probably for the reason you would expect – crime.  But don’t take that wrong…  The crime isn’t all that bad; keep on reading.

Well it’s mainly… Continue reading

Well if all of the for sale signs wasn’t enough evidence for you, it looks like the whole credit mess is hitting Puerto Rico as well.  Banco Popular’s first quarter profit dropped 13 percent.  This made the stock go down to  $11.15.  The article goes on to say that the stock is a good value as Puerto Rico’s economy is expected to… Continue reading