Puerto Rico Country Overview
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Country Overview
The different aspects of Puerto Rico present a bright patchwork of diverse cultures, changing architecture, and the past trying to catch up with the present. Brash modern convenience and towering skyscrapers show the finger to centuries of Spanish Caribbean ethnicity in the cities, but in the mountainous interior and coastline life continues at a pace more suited to colonial days.
Daily Budget
If you are prepared to risk eating your own cooking, or buying from local vendors, camping under the stars, and using public transport instead of hiring your own vehicle, then you could get by on US$50 a day here, obviously US$100 a day will give a much more comfortable visit.
When to Go!
December and April is when the tourists come flooding into Puerto Rico and prices jump for joy. If hordes of camera-clickers really don’t do it for you, take a chance on the hurricane season, May to November, when the crowds disappear. They have disappeared for an excellent reason of-course… hurricanes are not people-friendly, actually they not really much anything-friendly so if you do decide to visit over this time, do take care and check the weather reports.
Ponce Carnival is held in February with parades, parties and devil dancers bringing celebrations and festivities to the streets in the week before Ash Wednesday. In August/September, the oldest blue marlin fishing competition in the world is held at the San Juan International Billfish Tournament.
Daily Budget
If you are prepared to risk eating your own cooking, or buying from local vendors, camping under the stars, and using public transport instead of hiring your own vehicle, then you could get by on US$50 a day here, obviously US$100 a day will give a much more comfortable visit.
When to Go!
December and April is when the tourists come flooding into Puerto Rico and prices jump for joy. If hordes of camera-clickers really don’t do it for you, take a chance on the hurricane season, May to November, when the crowds disappear. They have disappeared for an excellent reason of-course… hurricanes are not people-friendly, actually they not really much anything-friendly so if you do decide to visit over this time, do take care and check the weather reports.
Ponce Carnival is held in February with parades, parties and devil dancers bringing celebrations and festivities to the streets in the week before Ash Wednesday. In August/September, the oldest blue marlin fishing competition in the world is held at the San Juan International Billfish Tournament.
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