You cannot go wrong with choosing Puerto Rico as your next destination for vacation or residence! This is an amazing island with something for everyone. This article resulted from our recent seven day visit.

- Sidenote – if you plan to visit during COVID times, consider these:
- Protocols: https://travelsafe.pr.gov/
- Testing: Click here (within 48 hours)
- https://www.discoverpuertorico.com/info/travel-advisory
COVID definitely impacted the trips, so you’ll have to be flexible and enjoy great alternatives in the meantime when the island is on lockdown – under any condition, you are guaranteed to have fun! Here is a map of our activities going into the island: Map of Planned Activities. Some activities, such as seeing the adjacent islands, where closed, so we had more beach days.
Below is a rough sketch of our overall plan, with the numbers representing the days of September 2020.

Our sparsely developed itinerary includes more details.

Now for some picture!
Beaches










Nature





Facades





Food




Kayaking 2 miles through a canal to a Bioluminescent Bay at night!



This trip happened during COVID and it was 754% more enjoyable than many things. Do yourself a favor and visit.
Please share your questions or comments!
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