i just went to PR a few weeks ago. not gonna write a whole TR cuz it was a short trip and we didn't really do much
landed Thursday afternoon. our hotel was 5 minutes from the airport. we stayed at the San Juan Water and Beach Club. it's a cute clean hotel. we were 5 girls so we got 2 rooms. when we booked, we were told we can have a third bed in a room but they gave us some issues when we checked in. after 2 of us had a sleepless night bunking together we made a stink and spoke to the GM. we told him that if we would have known that a third bed wouldn't be possible we would have booked another room. he gave in and we got the third bed. no biggie
thursday night we went to La Placita and had a blast. drinks are cheap and atmosphere is friendly and fun
friday we mostly sat at the beach all day. did some shopping for souveniers and smoothies.
friday night we went to chabad ($50 for night meal, no charge for kiddush by day). food was delicious. typical chabad welcome. they had the most INCREDIBLE mangos. seriously best fruit i've had in my life. the guy that served us told me they're specially grown. he even brought me a couple after shabbos!
friday night we went up to the roof of our hotel. officially it's a cool place but it was more like a restaurant with a live DJ. was ok for a friday night place (shabbos didnt give us too many options) but nothing major.
shabbos morning we went back to chabad for the meal. kiddush is a full spread buffet style. food was excellent.
we spent the rest of the day chilling at the beach glad that there was no pressure to take good pics
we ate suedos shlishit in the hotel. they have a small balcony on the 2nd floor with tables and chairs overlooking the beach. was very nice.
we went back to chabad for havdala and ideas for motzei shabbos fun. we were told to go back to La Placita cuz now was when the real fun was happening.
we decided to first check out old san juan. it was boooooring. ye there was a party in the street and cars couldn't go cuz there were so many people and dancing right in the middle of the road but meh...
we uber'd it back to La Placita and drank till we were completely plastered.
sunday we woke up early to catch some more sun. about an hour before we were gonna leave the skies opened up and it looked like it was midnight. it started pouring like crazy so we went to the airport early.
USDA had no problem letting us through with our massive avocados we had picked up at a market. good thing we ate all our mangos cuz those we would not have been able to take along.
all in all we were 5 people and not a single regret (ok the burn i got was bad but that's on me). excellent short trip!
Sorry I don't have too many pics but most of what I took were selfies or drunk videos
Dead old San Juan