My visit to Puerto Rico.
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This was a visit I made to Puerto Rico, a few years ago in October. What a beautiful country considered as an associate state to the United States. Although the original language of this Caribbean island is Spanish for those who only speak English no problem, English is the second language and it is spoken practically everywhere.
I stayed in the Old San Juan district and for those of you not aware of it San Juan is the capital. The old Spanish architecture is so beautiful that I spent a whole morning photographing it. Houses with beautiful, brilliant colors that called my attention. It is perfectly safe to roam around at night in Old San Juan, I could see the police presence there since it is a touristic area. The people are very friendly and always willing to help, some of them stopped me and thank me for visiting Puerto Rico and that was really nice. Plenty of places to stay and plenty of excellent restaurants and food.
I was using for many of the images my Nikon D610 and the 28-105 f3.5-4.5 AF-D lens. The first image was shot with an old Nikon 50mm f1.4. For some of the images but specially at night, I used a tripod. As I said, I visited in October when it begins to get cold there. Prices are still reasonable in October but they get really expensive during December-February. In summer it is hot and humid as expected in the Caribbean islands.
No.1 is a typical street in Old San Juan.
No.2 is the San Felipe del Morro Castle that was built in 1539.
No.3 is the Rogativa, a prayer when British troops occupied San Juan. The troops left peacefully when Puerto Rican women went to the streets with torches. The statue is located in Plaza de la Rogativa.
No.4 is a sunset by the bay.
No. 5 is a typical Old San Juan street at night.
I stayed in the Old San Juan district and for those of you not aware of it San Juan is the capital. The old Spanish architecture is so beautiful that I spent a whole morning photographing it. Houses with beautiful, brilliant colors that called my attention. It is perfectly safe to roam around at night in Old San Juan, I could see the police presence there since it is a touristic area. The people are very friendly and always willing to help, some of them stopped me and thank me for visiting Puerto Rico and that was really nice. Plenty of places to stay and plenty of excellent restaurants and food.
I was using for many of the images my Nikon D610 and the 28-105 f3.5-4.5 AF-D lens. The first image was shot with an old Nikon 50mm f1.4. For some of the images but specially at night, I used a tripod. As I said, I visited in October when it begins to get cold there. Prices are still reasonable in October but they get really expensive during December-February. In summer it is hot and humid as expected in the Caribbean islands.
No.1 is a typical street in Old San Juan.
No.2 is the San Felipe del Morro Castle that was built in 1539.
No.3 is the Rogativa, a prayer when British troops occupied San Juan. The troops left peacefully when Puerto Rican women went to the streets with torches. The statue is located in Plaza de la Rogativa.
No.4 is a sunset by the bay.
No. 5 is a typical Old San Juan street at night.
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Thank you for your comments. I am hoping to be back in Puerto Rico soon and this time I will tour the island visiting the countryside which I know is also beautiful...and less expensive than in the tourist Old San Juan area.
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