Fajardo & Around
For the uninitiated observer, Fajardo is no oil painting.
For the uninitiated observer, Fajardo is no oil painting.
Covering some 28, 000 acres of land in the Sierra de Luquillo, this verdant tropical rainforest – recently rebranded El Yunque National Forest – is a shadow of what it was before axe-wielding Spanish conquerors arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The area surrounding Luquillo contains some of Puerto Rico's finest beaches including the gleaming sands of the imaginatively named Playa Luquillo, and the less busy Playa Azul to the east.
There are two parts to modern Naguabo; the so-called downtown – which you’ll curse for its nutty traffic and impossible-to-understand one-way system – and the unkempt Playa Húcares, where you might want to linger for views, a snooze, and lunch in...
Surrounded by hills on three sides and ocean on the other, Yabucoa sits on a tract of well-watered fertile land that once played host to Puerto Rico’s all-encompassing sugar industry.
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