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San Juan, first twelve hours
January 2013, flew from New York to San Juan, very smooth flight. Jetblue took over a new terminal that had been built for American Airlines at San Juan's Airport (SJU). Very nice terminal. 15 minute wait for luggage at the baggage carrousel, walked outside and got the car rental shuttle bus for Hertz. The shuttle bus driver gives you the number of the parking space where your car is located (if you are a gold member and reserved online. Free to get a gold membership with Hertz). No need to stop at the car rental counter, (the rental car has some paperwork hanging from the rear view mirror).
I was given a Ford Fusion with 700 miles on the odometer, nice car, good stereo to play the CDs I brought with me. Easy 15 minute drive to Condado and the Conrad Hotel. Checked in around 1:30pm and was given a room. Nice room, good A / C, strong water pressure in the shower, plenty of hot water.
Lots of college age students from the United States at this hotel and also out and about in san juan. Some cuties at the hotel's pools and beach. A few Roslyn Sanchez looking puerto Rican chicas work at this hotel (dark hair, light skin, thick lips).
Vanderbilt Hotel is an old classic hotel that has been refurbished, beautiful lobby with bars and restaurant (rooms are not ready yet). La Concha Hotel has a beautiful lobby, lots of white marble.
Walked to Old San Juan from the Conrad Hotel at around 9pm, long walk, but nice. Old San Juan is very nice, bars, restaurants, park with lots of lights. People in san juan very friendly. The taxis all seem to be vans. Drank a few mojitos in old san juan, visited Newyorican cafe, live reggae band, $5 cover charge. Took a taxi back to the hotel, cost was $14. From the Conrad hotel walked to the Vanderbilt Hotel, got a taxi there to La Plazita for $7.
La Plazita is an area with over 10 bars, not fancy, young and old crowd. I saw some 30-40 year old Puerto Rican women who were nicely dressed (non-pros) , stopping there for a drink. They looked friendly (it was a Thursday night). La India bartender in Fat Tuesdays is pleasant and she has a Culon (fat ass). Fat Tuesdays has about 10 smoothie type machines with different flavored alcoholic beverages. Cost about $6US for a small drink.
Ten ounce small cans of beer seem to be popular here, I guess Medalla is the popular beer here.
From Fat Tuesdays in San Turce (5 minutes from Condado) , I started to walk to Frenchy's, a taxi driving by offered to drive me there for free, I accepted. $20 cover to enter Frenchy's, and $6 for a ten ounce can of beer (I ordered a Coors). About 7 chicas in Frenchy's when I was there. Lighting is good, chicas will come over and sit on your lap, groping no problem. All the chicas I saw were light skin. I did not see any really big chicas, a few flacas, at last one india and a few with some nice asses (they walk around in panties and bras and some do a semi nude show. $30 for a lap dance and $165.
From Frenchy's I walked along Mirador, past a restaurant called something like Pepinos (good smell and it was crowded, I have to go back to that place) , it was after 11pm. Took the newly refurbished Hermanos bridge and arrived back at the Conrad after 11pm. Changed my shirt and then went back out, I visited the hotel bars and casinos near the Conrad. The Conrad has a Japanese noodle place (and fried rice) next to the casino, that is open till 3am on Thursday.
Good number of people out jogging and bicycling in the evening.