Travel Ponce, Puerto Rico: Main square and Parque de Bombas

Just south of Arecibo we started to drive south on Highway 10 to cross the islands main mountain range, the "Cordillera Central", in order to reach the island's south coast. Although the island is only 35 miles (about 50 km) wide, it can take hours to cross the island, especially after the main highway ends. We had to get onto narrow local roads that snake around the mountains and took us past local towns such as Utuado and Adjuntas. We could barely go faster than 25, 30 km/h and it was fascinating to see modest local houses patched up against the steep tropical mountain sides. It took us about 2.5 hours to reach the south coast and the second largest city of Puerto Rico: Ponce, also called "Ciudad de los leones" (City of Lions) or "La Perla del Sur" (Pearl of the South). Ponce has a beautiful main square, Plaza de las Delicias, which features the Ponce Cathedral and the Parque de Bombas, a red and black striped wooden building built in 1883 that used to house the city's main fire station. Several classical buildings frame the square, among others the Alcaldia (City Hall) and several bank buildings. To get back to Dorado we went on Highway 52 which took us right into the crazy traffic of San Juan again, so the trip from Ponce to Dorado took us almost three hours.

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[Chepperr]

pueblo boricua, te amo, un chileno con corazon boricua

[mcastillo3227]

Lo que es increible es el corazon de los boricuas! como cada vez que un huracan destruye la bella Isla los Puertorriqueños logran volver a renovar el pais una y otra vez! Eso es un orgullo puertorriqueño! Puerto Rico es tan hermoso y su gente tan calida y alegre! Que Dios bendiga esa Patria.

[geminiana1979]

Mi Ponce,Como recuerdo mi ninez, Te Amo Borinquen. Saludos a todos los poncenos

[lacangry87]

mi pueblo

[willwork4superpowazz]

o a paseos cafe :)

sandwich ;p

[willwork4superpowazz]

i know! they shot a cannon at my house arrg, those bastards

[Gheroe20]

You Know a lot about Puerto Rico, about this country, all that was you say its right. Puerto Rico its a beautiful place, right now the Pirates Of The Caribbean crew is here filming Pirates Of The Caribbean 4(On Stanger Tides)I saw the Black Pearl today! By the way,good spanish!

[joestar112890]

ve de noche pero un sabado ajaja te voi a llevar a ksyksy a perriarte toaaahh!! jajaja

[TheDahype]

Arriba PONCE!!!!

[RGInquisitor]

nunca falla el bankito lleno de viejitos en medio de la plaza XP

[Reithewickedone]

Ponce Es Ponce y lo demas es Parking