Day 3 - Tasting Tour of San Juan

Today we started the day at the pool and ocean again, and then headed to do a bit of sightseeing.

Only a few blocks from where we are staying is one of the forts of Old San Juan. We visited San Felipe del Morro Fortress.

A little of the history: The ancient stone walls rise majestically above the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean, simultaneously towering over the harbor entrance and casting their silhouette into the colonial city of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tunnels and staircases wind through the interior, leading back to the time when the fort provided the keystone to protection of the Spanish Empire that spread across the Caribbean.

These massive masonry defenses, which were begun in the 16th century, today exist as the oldest European­style fortifications within the territory of the United States. Now one of the most beautiful spots in Puerto Rico, the battlements illustrate the remarkable work of Spanish military engineers and recall more than 400 years of history in the Americas. The San Juan National Historic Site, as it is now called, represents the past so well that the United Nations has designated it as a World Heritage Site because of its "outstanding, universal" cultural value.

In the evening we took a tasting tour of Old San Juan. We walked around Old San Juan and stopped along the tour at local restaurants for some authentic Puerto Rican fare, and learned more about the history of Old San Juan.

Our tour guide took us into some of the shops as well, this is one of the things PR is known for - colorful masks made from natural materials, used to ward off sprits.

Tomorrow we plan to start the day with a coffee (a recomendation from our tour guide, of the best coffee on the island), and make the hour drive to the rain forests, and hopefully stop at a straw market on the way.

PR sure has a lot to offer, 5 days is definitely not enough time to do all that is on our list~