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Colors of Old San Juan

// April 18th, 2011 // 19 Comments » // Food, Travel DSC_1031

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Viejo San Juan truly vibrates with the pulse of the Caribbean. Pedestrians and traffic fill the streets and sidewalks at almost all hours. Music and the smells of food waft through the air. Spanish Colonial homes painted in vibrant colors, narrow cobblestone streets, shops, cafés, bars, restaurants, people, traffic — …read more…

Touring Casa Bacardi — World’s Largest Rum Distillery

// April 16th, 2011 // 19 Comments » // Food, Travel Bacardi

San Juan, Puerto Rico – When you’re talking 100,000 gallons of rum distilled every day, 365 days a year, you’re talking a LOT of rum.  20 million cases a year worth. That’s a lot of Mojitos. From its humble beginnings in 1862 in Santiago de Cuba, Bacardi is now the largest distiller of premium rum in the world. …read more…