So I decided to go to San Juan, Puerto Rico with my friend as she only had a few days available for PTO in 2022.

This was a completely difference experience in terms of getting a PCR test. Longer lines and a bit more troublesome than for TCI, but we made it there! It was def fun to travel with a friend! We had a rough idea of what we wanted to do each day. The first day we explored the colorful buildings in San Juan, which were breath taking! Visited Barrachina –the birthplace of the Pina Colada! The pina coladas were bomb! Walked around all the stores nearby and took a lot of photos that day. Then we had thee most delicious fish tacos I’ve ever had. Our hotel was conveniently right by the beach so we just hung out by the beach, relaxed and took more pictures.

The next day we came back for some chocolate grilled cheese — a very interesting combo, for some reason I felt like the chocolate flavor was over-empowering than the cheese. We shopped around (for whatever reason I also decided to go buy random stuff from Marshalls & CVS), took pictures, i bought a random $1 guava ice from a nice abuela, made some tik toks on the beach, went to Jardin del Paseo la Princesa ( a very cute park), San Juan Gate, then freshened up and had dinner at Condal right before she left to go home.

I was solo the next day and a half and got some hotel breakfast (pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage and coffee) while watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians, then went to Fort San Felipe del Morro, there were so many beautiful sights here and so much history involved. I was super engaged. I needed some coffee and some a/c so I went over to Cafe Don Ruiz (the iced coffee here was sooo good!). I also went to Museo de Las Americas which was empty af so empty when I went I got my own personal tour guide for every exhibit in the museum. I learned a ton on PR’s history, politics and peoples. I went back to the beach and got me another pina colada this time in a pineapple it was so refreshing and just chilled out by the beach.

Wanted to relax this evening more than anything, headed back in to pack and to sleep a bit earlier so I could have more time to do stuff in the morning. Used Uber Eats to get more fish tacos!

The next morning I ventured out to get the best iced coffee on or around Ashford Ave. I decided on Barista Squared and I was very happy that I did! Amazing iced coffee! Walked over to where the people were paddle-boating and jumping into the water. City-scape in the back made it look so cool. Went back by the beachfront near my hotel and got some waffles nearby for breakfast before heading back to the airport! I bought some delicious rum cake at the duty-free shop and then came home.