Old San Juan, Puerto Rico -
history, culture
and atmosphere is packed into its seven
square block area. Colonial Spain is alive
and well in this charming city found in year
1510.
San Juan, Puerto Rico -
picturesque view
the area where all the ships come into San
Juan.
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West Indies
Year(s)
Visited: 2003
West Indies, an archipelago, or group of islands, that extends
in an arch from near southern Florida to the coast of Venezuela.
The West Indies archipelago, which includes thousands of tiny
islands, forms a breakwater 3,200 km long against the Atlantic
Ocean, separating it form the Caribbean Sea.
Full Country Name: West Indies/Caribbean/Antilles
Area: 236,000 sq km
Capital City: N/A
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Old San Juan, Puerto Rico -
Santa Maria,
Magdalena cemetary along the shores of
Atlantic ocean.
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Old San Juan, Puerto Rico -
main gate of the city walls built by the Spanish explorers.
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El Yunque, Puerto Rico -
La Coca falls in the forest.
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El Yunque, Puerto Rico -
preserved under
the Caribbean forest system, this is one of
the remaining rainforests of the world.
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Ponce, Puerto Rico -
firehouse.
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Ponce, Puerto Rico -
this city is located in
the southern part of Puerto Rico on the
shores of the Caribbean sea.
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Camuy, Puerto Rico -
Rio Camuy is where
the world's third largest underground river
cave system is located beneath green
tropical vegetation.
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Arecibo, Puerto Rico -
world's largest radio telescope is nestled in a huge crater in
the karst-country hills of northwest Puerto Rico.
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