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1: The sun was setting as we stepped off the ferry in Isabella Segunda |
3: The next day, Elly and I went for a short horse tour of the area |
4: Elly naturally fell into the standard gunslinger pose |
Elly and I took a trip to the island of Vieques, which lies off the coast of Puerto Rico
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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1: The sun was setting as we stepped off the ferry in Isabella Segunda |
3: The next day, Elly and I went for a short horse tour of the area |
4: Elly naturally fell into the standard gunslinger pose |
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6: The horses took us to the top of one the local peaks. This panorama is a series of stitched images shot from the back of my horse. |
7: A kitty rests in the front yard of one of the neighboring houses. |
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11: A (poor) panoramic shot of the view from our balcony |
12: Elly relaxes with a mocha in a cafe just around the corner from our hotel in Old San Juan |
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13: Brightly coloured buildings were everywhere in San Juan |
15: Street signs (note the holiday decorations—despite the tropical weather, it was Christmastime!) |
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19: Fronds in a potted plant at the intersection of Fortaleza and San Jose |
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21: Puerto Rican kitties, like most kitties, enjoy sleeping |
23: While walking towards the Fort, we stumbled into an area full of cats |
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25: Walking towards the Castillo San Felipe del Morro site |
27: The city tried to keep the tourists and the Insane Clown Posse as far apart as possible |
28: Me outside of the San Juan fort |
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29: Panoramic shot taken from a cannon cut-through in the gift shop |
30: This is where the previous panorama was taken |
31: The door into the theatre showing the obligatory History of the Fort video |
32: Panoramic shot of the grounds in front of the fort, taken from one of the outer battlements |
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35: Looking back towards Old San Juan. Note the graveyard in the foreground, and the Castillo San Cristobal in the far left background |
36: Elly tries to help me illuminate a triangular stairwell |
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45: I pose by the same window, wearing my Puerto-Rican shirt! |
46: One more shot of me by the window |
47: Grayscale panoramic shot of the main seaward battlements |
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50: Holiday decorations seemed very out-of-place in all the heat |
51: Ornate doorway in Old San Juan (on the way to the Castillo San Cristobal) |
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58: The reptiles got bigger and bigger as we went further into the fort grounds |
59: View back towards the Castillo San Felipe del Morro |
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61: A small lizard on one of the crumbling fortifications |
62: Two bright green guanas climbing a vertical wall |
63: This guy let me get really close before he skittered away |
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66: Waves breaking against the base of the fort |
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69: Elly looks out on Old San Juan as the sun sets |
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