January 3, 2024 – San Juan Puerto Rico
San Juan is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico (“City of Puerto Rico”, Spanish for rich port city).
Today’s tour is called “City and Countryside” – we visited the San Cristobal Fort and then the guide pointed out points of interest and then we went to a location called Hacienda Campo Rico. The hacienda is on the grounds of a former sugar plantation which is now a tourist visiting location and locals also book the property for weddings and events.
Arriving at the fort 
Sign showing the forts 
Adam and Susan at the fort 
The courtyard inside the fort 
David and Cindy and Adam exploring the fort 
Adam enjoying the shade! 
A small chapel area inside the fort 
View of several cruise ships in the harbor 
Adam reading about the canons 
Crew quarters at the fort 
the view of the courtyard from the top of the fort 
Adam inside one of the look-out areas 
The view from the fort showed us these pretty waves 
Some items for sale in the gift shop 
Adam and Susan at the Fort
Entrance to the Hacienda area 
They had a nice yard for the animals to roam around and for folks to visit with them 
Some of the productions that were filmed at the location 
David found a turtle friend 
David and Cindy approaching an emu 
Emus! 
Cindy got to pet the emu 
Cindy and her emu! 
The building where weddings and events are held 
Pretty photograph ready scenes! 
Plants and rocks sculpture 
Adam on the stairway 
Adam and Susan upstairs 
The guide explaining the history of the property 
Then it was time to head back to the ship to leave San Juan…
Ahh back to relaxing on our balcony 
A pretty rainbow appeared!
Next up was a day at sea.