OLD SAN JUAN WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THIS PENINSULA TO PROTECT THE SAFE BAY IN FRONT.A STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR THE SPANISH TO STASH THEIR ILLGOTTEN TREASURES BEFORE SCARPERING TO SPAIN.DRAKE WAS DEFEATED HERE .TWO MAJOR FORTS AROUND A WALLED CITY.
THIS SITE WOULD HAVE DETERRED THE MOST FEARSOME OF PIRATES!!
SENTRY POST EL MORROW FORT.
THE DUNGEON IN CASTILLE SAN CRISTOBEL IS ADORNED WITH DRAWINGS OF SHIPS BY A SPANISH SEA CAPTAIN AWAITING EXECUTION FOR MUTINY.TODAY HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE DONE SUKUDO!!
AS IN TRUE MEDIEAVAL FASHION OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF THE PRIVILEGED BECOME HOME OF THE DEAD
AND LA PERLA THE OLDEST GHETTO IN THE CARIBBEAN.
TYPICAL STREET.WE WERE LUCKY TO FIND A TIGHT PARK ALONG HERE EACH NIGHT WE HAD A CAR.ABOUT 6 MANOUVRES TO PARK AND OUT THE PASSENGER DOOR BECAUSE OF HIGH GUTTER!!
THIS IS THE WIDEST STREET IN OLD SJ .DRIVERS VERY PATIENT .THRESHOLD OF JAM ABOUT 3 MINS BEFORE THE HORNS START.TRUCKS,RUBBISH COLLECTION AND EVEN BUSES FREQUENT THIS ROUTE!!
UNCORRUPTED CIGAR CRAFTING.I STEPPED INSIDE AND INHALED ,INHALED AND SMELT DREAMS OF TIMES FOR ME PASSED BY.
7.00AM GOOD FRIDAY AND THE STAGE IS SET (IN THIS CASE OUTSIDE THE CATHEDRAL) BUT ALSO OUTSIDE EVERY RESPECTABLE CHURCH.PROCESSIONS LED BY PASSION PLAYS WEAVE UP AND DOWN THE NARROW STREETS TO END WITH REENACTMENTS OF THE CRUCIFIXION AROUND 5PM.
ONE OF THE AT LEAST 4 PROCESSIONS FROM OUR CASA EL CHEAPO
........ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE DE-DUM DEDUMDEDUMDEDUMMM....
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