Fort San Felipe del Morro

talking on the phone. The mixture of heat and expensive perfume was asphyxiating. “We’re going to miss the trip tia !” I failed to understand why I was the only person who was ready. We had all been aware of our reservations for the party boat in Old San Juan for almost a week. “We’re almost ready Val, go start the car.” Her response was almost humorous because I knew she was nowhere near being ready. On her head, rested her shower cap and in the closet, hung her dress. Respectfully, I continued to

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States, acquired from the U.S federal government a piece of land at the entrance of the San Juan Islet. This land was located in the Golden Triangle of San Juan, the island s capital, the Condado, and the Old San Juan. The government of Puerto Rico developed a Special Land Use Plan and regulation for the entrance of the San Juan Islet in 1993. The Plan also known as Regulation 23, coincided with Commonwealth of Puerto Rico s economic development plans and

Imports include chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, and petroleum products. In 1493, Christopher Columbus arrived at Puerto Rico. He originally called the island San Juan, but because of the gold in the rivers but it was soon known as Puerto Rico, or “Rich Port” and the capital city took the name San Juan. Over the years there were many unsuccessful attempts made by the French, Dutch, and English to conquer the island. To protect themselves, the Spanish

safe. The flight attendant announced on the speaker “You have now arrived at your final destination, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is 13:30 local time and the temperature is 28 degrees Celsius. Thank you for flying with us, and we hope to see you again”. We got up from our seats, took our luggage from the overhead compartment and exited the airport. A taxi brought us to our hotel in the center of San Juan where we were going to stay for three nights. We visited a little bit this charming city, and at

Juan de Tejada and Juan Bautista Antonelli built El Morro back in the 16th century, when Puerto Rico was under Spanish rule. This has become one of Puerto Rico's iconic structures. El Morro was built at the entrance of the bay of San Juan, “the fortification’s location was crucial to protecting this premier Spanish colony and protect Puerto Rico” (). El Morro was under attack multiple times by a variety of opponents, the most notable Sir Francis Drake