Here's the ultimate travel guide to San Juan, Puerto Rico: where to eat, stay and play
“Puerto Rico, my heart’s devotion…” As a child, I was entranced by Rita Moreno singing these words as Anita in the Academy Award-winning film,. Of course, Anita goes on to diss her homeland and professes her love to another—the isle of Manhattan—but when I finally got the chance to visit Puerto Rico myself, I realized how wrong she was. I’m with Bernardo on this: “I like the city of San Juan!”, was my first technicolored onscreen impression of Anita’s—and my father’s—homeland.
The first time I visited Puerto Rico, it had been three years since Hurricane Maria. Driving through the countryside, there were still remnants of what was considered. I saw blue tarps fastened to roofs and bare trees steadily growing back to their former emerald glory. Visiting my family in Cayey, I heard stories of how loud the winds were. How, walking out the next morning to see the damage, it appeared the rainforest had been burned, robbed of all vegetation. No power for five months.
The capital city of San Juan had mended well. Along the coast, especially in the touristy parts of Condado, the area was largely rebuilt. Resident artist Blanca Marina Grant Rivera agreed. “The change in 'el Viejo San Juan' has been very drastic, nothing comparable to the rest of the island, but completely changed either way.
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