Episode 69 - Return to Puerto Rico: Exploring the Caribbean's Most Underrated Destination

July 23, 2024

We believe we may have found one of the most underrated travel destinations in the Caribbean. We have just recently returned from Puerto Rico, and this time we discovered so much more that Puerto Rico has to offer. In this episode, we’ll share with you what we learned and why we think you should put this on your travel destination list. Some links are affiliate links. See our disclosure.

You will also love Episode 8: 4 Days in Puerto Rico about our first trip

Tours we did and recommend on this trip:

Don't miss the best Food Tour we've ever been on with The Spoon Experience. See more about our experience here.

Book with Roberto with West Side Destinations for a trip to places like La Jungla Beach, Buye Beach and the town of Boqueron

Additional Tour Operators we met with and will use when we return for our next trip:

Sofrito Tours - Laura offers a variety of tours around the island She is a doctoral student for a PhD in History in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean and talking to the people who were able to join her on one of her tours, had nothing but the highest of accolades about her tour and wealth of knowledge.

Isla Caribe tours are dedicated to tours of the town of Ponce in the south. You can join a tour or hire them for a private tour that can be catered to your interests.

East Island Excursions - If you’re looking for a water activity, snorkeling, and visiting one of the beautiful island or beaches of Puerto Rico by boat then you are going to want to book with East Island Excursions - they offer a variety of tours so if Culebra, Vieques, Icacos Island are on your list then we recommend that you check them out.

Other Recommendations:

You must go to Los Pinos Cafe Miramar for the Kan Kan Pork Chop and lots of other local favorites.
Don't miss a visit to Ole Puerto Rico for a customized hand made Panama hat. The shop has been in old San Juan since 1977.
So far we have stayed at the Adult's Only Condado Ocean Club, with its gorgeous Ocean View and Infinity Pool and the Aloft San Juan near the Convention Center. For our next stay in Old San Juan we have our eyes on the Hotel El Convento.
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Episode Transcript

so palmer wanted to have a podcast about disney and so she's going to tell us this evening what her favorite thing about going to disney is welcome to the show

palmer thank you i will be honored you are so honored

to be on here well palmer when you go to Disney, what is your favorite thing to do at Disney?

My favorite thing is the Slinky Dog one.

Oh, the Slinky Dog. That's like a roller coaster. Yeah.

But more fun. It's more fun than a roller

fun than a roller coaster? Because don't you know it does the

you know it does the bumps?

Oh, it has the little hills that you go over? Yeah.

Yeah.

And does that make it go faster?

Yeah. Does it make

it make your stomach like jump up out of your mouth?

Hey, no, it doesn't.

Well, do you like it better when you go over those little hills or when it pulls you back slowly and then shoots you out?

That's my favorite. Like when the ending goes, you like slow down and you start going faster and faster and faster through those little caves. Yeah.

Oh, through the ribs. Ribs. Yeah, the ribs in the dinosaur. No. Yeah, through Oh, the ribs. Ribs. Yeah, the ribs and the dinosaur.

No.

Yeah, that's what it is.

The ending part, not the starting part.

Oh, okay. What else do you like to do when you go to Disney?

Well, I think I like to also do Tower and Terror. I think that's my most favorite ride. Slinky Dog and Tower of Terror.

Oh my goodness, you like rides that make your stomach jump up out of your mouth, don't you?

Pop-pop! You're so funny.

Well, it's true. When you drop down, your stomach goes up. I guess that's really

really true. I guess your hair kind of flows up, too.

Yeah, that's true. Of course, I don't have a lot of hair, so mine doesn't flow up very much.

You think I'd look kind of silly with hair as long as yours?

yours? Yeah.

I think too.

I think too. Yeah, so, But Will is also silly.

but he's something Yeah, I tell Will, I'm going to tell you silly, his chair is you. going to blow in the like the golf cart and Tower of breeze, Terror.

It gets up in his eyes. Yeah. While he's trying to ride the ride.

Yeah, like me. And so what else do you like Yeah. to do when you go to Disney?

I think Well, sometimes I like to get popsicles and treats. Oh, you're there for the snacks.

Yeah, I am.

They've got really good snacks at don't they? Disney,

Yep, they do. How about the People Mover? Do you like that ride?

Kind of.

That's one of my favorite rides at Disney. I like that and Carousel of Progress.

It's a great big beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of every day.

every day.

It's a great big beautiful tomorrow and tomorrow is just a dream

away yeah good job

job man has a dream and that's the start he follows his dream his mind and heart and when it becomes a reality it It's a dream come true for you and me. So it's a great big beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of every day. It's a great big beautiful tomorrow and tomorrow is just a dream away.

a dream

Good job. You like that song? Yeah. Yeah, now it's going to be stuck in your head and you're going to sing it all night long. No, I'm not.

I guess I'm going to sleep it over.

You're going to sleep it over. You're going to dream about it all night long.

I don't think I am. Oh, look, it's Rooster.

look, it's Rooster.

Rooster Rhodes. Rooster Rhodes.

Rooster Rhodes has just gotten out of the bath. You want to come be on the podcast? You don't want to be on Palmer's podcast?

Me and Pawpaw. All right, Palmer, let's start to wrap it up here.

let's start to wrap it up here. If you had to tell people the one thing that they can't miss when they go to Disney, what would you say that it would be?

Like the Tower of Terror and Slinky Dog out there. Ew.

Well, that's two things.

I mean, I guess like every single ride.

Every single ride. And there you go, folks, is don't miss it. Every single ride is worth going on at Disney. Well, Palmer, thank you for letting me come on your show and to interview you. And you know, I can't wait till we get to go to Disney together again.

Episode 69 - Return to Puerto Rico: Exploring the Caribbean's Most Underrated Destination

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