PUERTO RICO


Stats:
Area: 9100 sq km (3500 sq miles)
Population: 3,915,798
Capital city: San Juan (pop 1.6 million)
Language: Spanish, English
Religion: Roman Catholic (85%), Protestant
Government: Commonwealth of the United States
GDP: US$35 billion
Major industries: Textiles, pharmaceuticals, electronics, agriculture, rum, tourism
Major trading partners: USA, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago

SHOALS spent two months surveying the coastline of the island in June of 2001. During that time we stayed in Ceiba on Roosevelt Roads, just south of Fajardo.

Info courtesy of Lonely Planet

Photographs by C.Branson & M.Brady (lost my film, sorry!)


Fajardo Coast


Fajardo Coast


Isla de Vieques


Navy Lodge and BX


Aricebo Radio Observatory


San Juan Harbor


Navy C-130


The HUGE C-5 Galaxy

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