Welcome to Puerto Rico
We went to Puerto Rico in 2001 as one of our very first ventures outside the U.S. I was there for a business conference and Joy joined me. We got to see a lot of the coastline and went up into the rain forest. I also went deep sea fishing, although we didn’t catch a thing.
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- Officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- Capital is San Juan
- US Citizens, but they do not vote
- Population 3.2 Million
- Founded 1493 by Spain and Columbus
- Cession from Spain in 1899
- Current Constitution 1952
- Official Languages Spanish and English
- Has a governor
- Island archipelago in greater Antilles
- More Populous than 20 US states
- Larger than Delaware and Rhode Island.
Deep Sea Fishing
The Rain Forest