Tourist For a Day!


Today is May 3, and I set out on the mission to see if I pass as a tourist in my own city of San Juan. I planned the day and decided to wear shorts, a printed t-shirt, and a baseball cap. I set my mind to go walk Old San Juan with American cousin. It was channeling to set my mind to only talk English once I arrived. My cousin luckily has a rented car, so it was a plus on the tourist experience. We decided to walk to get to the Morro:


 and for there we continued south of old San Juan to the restaurants. We stopped and ask for directions constantly because I was set out to see Old San Juan as viewing it new, with no previous knowledge. While walking we stopped to ask for recommendations for a restaurant, to my surprise some of the people didn’t know English or just plain ignored us. Luckily we found a couple that recommended us to the restaurant Raices and gave us directions to arrive. Upon arriving at the restaurant, I met up with some family friends and as a test, they sat in a separate table to us and they were going to order normally in Spanish and me and my cousin I in English. We ordered the same food with some minor change in compliments and I noticed our food arrived very fast and my family friends arrived like 20 to 30 minutes later. I noticed also they give more attention to the people that appear like tourists than the local. After finishing I went to the “Paseo of Princesa”:


It was very interesting trying to experience the known places through the eye of a tourist. Although I spend the whole day as a tourist, I knew I didn’t get to see it all, but as always Puerto Rico is very beautiful and is a universal island that brings happiness to all that visit. 
Location: Old San Juan, San Juan, 00901, Puerto Rico

Comments

  1. Alondra PadillaMay 8, 2018 at 9:09 AM

    Hi Sergio. My reaction to reading your blog was that I was very surprised. The fact that your family in the other table and you ordered the same food yet your food arrived way faster seems very suspicious. Loved the post!

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  2. UnknownMay 8, 2018 at 9:49 AM

    Hi!!! Very good post. So are you saying that us locals will treat tourists better than puertorricans? If so, I got the same experience when I visited Isabela and honestly, I don't even know why, it really surprise me.

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  3. Isabel BravoMay 14, 2018 at 5:19 PM

    Hi Sergio! I liked your post! Also, just out of curiosity, did you enjoy the food at Raíces, or do you prefer genuine Puerto Rican cuisine (such as your family members' meals?)

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    1. Sergio CepedaMay 14, 2018 at 11:12 PM

      The food in Raíces was very good, but hands down I will prefer my family's meals, specially in Christmas :D , Genuine Homemade Puerto Rican food is very good and special.

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  4. UnknownMay 22, 2018 at 5:45 PM

    I am hungry right now thanks to you. Nothing beats the homemade stuff. Raices can never compare to grandmas cooking. Entertaining stuff dude! Keep on writing!

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