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Marysia Gonzalez
Megan Green
General English
20 July 2017
WEEPA! My Love of the Island! My job as a travel consultant for Pfizer gave me lots of opportunities but the best was the opportunity to travel to wonderful places. I have been able to see and enjoy many exotic and not so exotic places. However, in 1997 I got the wonderful gift and greatest pleasure of my life and that was the chance to travel to Puerto Rico for a business trip. As soon as I landed in San Juan and we got into our Jeep Wrangler and headed out of the city I knew I had fallen in love with this Island. As we left the airport, the humidity and the temperature was steamy. I found that the sites and the sounds of the island was captivating. We were traveling towards the …show more content…

Parque de Bombas was originally built in 1882 for an exposition and from 1883 to 1989 it served as headquarters of the Ponce Fire Corps On Guancha Paseo Tablado, the boardwalk, was another fun stop where we stroll with lively local Ponceños-the teen scene, elders and family. The pier here is the departure point for a regularly scheduled weekend ferry to Caja de Muertos(Coffin Island or Dead Box Island), a small island of pristine beaches, with an old lighthouse (built in 1887) and a marked snorkel trail. For an incredible view of how the mountains meet the sea in Ponce, drive to the summit of El Vigia Hill, where lookouts once scanned for attacking ships. We also to the time to ascend the "Virgin 's Cross" (La Cruz del Vigia), a 100-foot observation tower, and view of Ponce and Caja de Muertos. Built in 1984, the cross is a memorial to the Spanish garrison established atop of the hill to watch for smugglers ' ships attempting to unload contraband on the southern coastline of Puerto Rico back in 1801. Nearby is the Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center this was discovered in 1975 after hurricane rains had uncovered pottery. At this time only a small portion so far has been excavated, it is site of the oldest cemetery uncovered up to date in the Antilles Islands. Some 200 skeletons have been unearthed, their bodies dating as far back as from AD300. This is one of the largest as well as the most important archaeological finds in the West Indies. These ancient sites

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