04/12/15, 05/21/20
2015 Cruise, Page B, March 31 and April 1, 2015

March 31st, we visited San Juan.  Here are the photos taken.  I spent most of the day visiting my Aunt,
Titi Mery, my Mother's only surviving sister.  The April 1st photos were taken in and around St. Maarten.
A ship at a distance headed for San Juan's harbor.  
Turned out to be Holland America Line's Westerdam.
Sunrise
Flags flown as we entered the harbor.
El Morro.
Full name is El Castillo de San Felipe del Morro.
A mouthful!!
La Perla.
Old San Juan
Define Your Puerto Rican Spirit.  As people passed by
they stopped to add their comments and/or signature.  
By the time we passed, there was no space left to write.
As you can see, the
Gem docked with
its back to the
street.
We will meet the Westerdam in St. Maarten the next day.
Leaving San Juan's harbor.
Celebrity Silhouette
La Fortaleza, blue building.
Old San Juan
Saba, as seen from ship as we entered
St. Maarten's harbor.
Pilot boat
St. Maarten
Philipsburg
Carnival Valor and  back of Westerdam
From the pier to the Philipsburg there is a
sidewalk that leads to a boardwalk.  
Elton taking a swim.
Elton taking a break.  We walked Front and Back Streets.  
We had great food in a kiosk on Back Street.
$15.00 gets you two chairs
with umbrella.  Make it
$25.00 and you get 5 beers.
St. Maarten's flag.
Beautiful frangipani
The Westerdam heading back to Florida.
Saba covered by a cloud.  
Photo taken as the Gem left St. Maarten.
The Carnival Valor on its way to the next port.
An elephant towel figure.
The Westerdam can carry 1,916 passengers,
the Valor 2,974 and the Gem 2,384.

"From:  The children of Old San Juan to Patricio Rijos "Toribio", the king of the guicharo 1972".  

Traditionally the Guicharo is made from a natural gourd.
Elton
San Juan's harbor.
Where we will eventually dock.
Calle O'Donnell