Travel San Juan, Puerto Rico: Graffitied walkway to La Perla

I started the morning off early with a walk through the extensive grounds of the Embassy Suites / Golden Sands resort in Dorado, and around mid-day we made our way into the Puerto Rican capital -- San Juan. Old San Juan is a beautifully restored colonial city and was founded in 1521. We parked our vehicle close to the Puerto Rican Capitol and started walking west towards Old San Juan past Plaza Colon which features a statue of Christopher Columbus. After my initial explorations of the popular shopping street Calle Fortaleza I discovered the Governor's Mansion (la Fortaleza) where two local policemen enlightened me about the significance of this building. Then I came across the Parque de las Palomas where hundreds of pigeons swarm the tourists who feed them. Walking north I explored the Atlantic waterfront, the Old San Juan Cemetery and one of San Juan's most imposing fortifications: Fort San Felipe del Morro, begun in 1539, which today is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I even hopped on the free open-air tourist trolley to get a more comprehensive view of Old San Juan and caught a nice sunset, looking south over the Bay of San Juan.

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[youjotr9876]

you were actually lucky and went in the a part that is not a hot spot cause if you would have gone in the main entrance you would have been done, and also would have the robbers put this video in youtube instead of you, two days ago i actually looked over the first garita, and they were dealing in broad daylight like people selling candy and with a bunch of money in hand!!, they even told me to get away, and the next people behind me went to look with no idea, and they threw bottles at them.

[qd43]

Hey come visit the South Bronx with me I have some nice alleys I can show you...man what a dumb (and lucky) turista.

[yahdude19]

pasto, pelico, pallid

[misszmorgan718]

I love how she said a "residential" place uh uh mama thats the barrio lmaooo she must be a real estate agent or something haha

[pinky4o4]

your all retarded...they dont kill you just for walking down there...la perla is just as bad as any part of the world..stereo types and thats why your all retarded. im a gringa and i chilled there and as i know i have all my hands and feet and my body is one piece. go to history class retards..

[josuerodriguez1981]

you are very crazy because im puertorican and u cant even record in there

[borichica33mar]

Crasy Gringa!

[PR1Elparton]

what do u know about pr stop talking crap if you dont know any there is crime every where.

[Estigia4]

you coward why you did not go down



[Jeyka1120]

Marditos envidiosos, vengan y pisen la Isla pa q vean se le van a kitar la mierda de hablar mal de nosotros y de puerto rico!!

[Jeyka1120]

@TheDamenroman stupid

[The1alanaberry]

I hate ppl say bad things about these ppl just because you feel there poor they ate apart of the USA believe it or not. People deal drugs in NYC too it's only here they try to secretly do it. I feel bad for the people in la perla from what i see but I respect them because even though they don't have much they make the best of things and still seem happy....I have a question how do you guys in la perla receive mail like if ppl wanted to send things out there that you guys needed?