bja72774:Hey guys, Gonna be in PR from Sat to Tues...if any of you guys are around hit me up by email....be nice to meet you guys!! Also any place to rent bikes on the island. Will be staying at the Rio Mar...take care and ride safe!!! Binu
Hey Welcome to the Island.
You will be staying right in front the the "Yunque" National Forest... It's the largest mountain in the Island and makes for a good day trip, but you better like hiking, it's got some trails to walk (some are really long) and it also has one trail leading down to a small waterfall where people tend to gather and swim. It's a quick trip if you don't take in any trails... but I would at least suggest driving to the very top, and taking the topmost trail that will be about a 45min walk to the top lookout tower where if you go early enough (because later in the day you will have cloud cover) you can see across most of the island.
If you have transportation you also need to visit the "Old San Juan" area including the Fort "El Morro" and walk the old town and do the tourist thing...
When you are driving around don't be afraid to stop at those little stands you will see on the sides of the road selling food... most are fried foods or Flame Roasted Pig "Lechon asado". While these will be very fatty foods you need to ingest then to go local..
BTW: Don't get scared when you see a HUGE black cloud when you are landing... We just had an Oil refinery BLOW UP.
All I can see when looking out my house it's a huge cloud. It just happened last night at 12am and it's been burning since.. and will stay burning for a few days I think..But it's far enough from you to not be a problem.