My first full day in Puerto Rico, and you get two pictures--what a deal!
I detest the sanitized shopping malls and strip malls which abound in Puerto
Rico, and I stay away from the fast-food chains which also abound here. The
influence from the mainland is not always benign. But yesterday afternoon my
brother-in-law took me and my son to a roadside restaurant in San Lorenzo, a
small town inland where most of my wife's family lives. We had a local snack
called alcapurrias:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1142376378_Fa7vP-O-LB
This is my kind of place, for sure. And this impression was further confirmed
when we were treated to a couple of shots of the local moonshine, cañita, at
the end:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1142376461_u5EAr-O-LB
These are the kind of places and experiences I seek when I travel, rather than
the sterile beachside resorts which dominate the coast around the capital San
Juan and are no different than similar horrible places elsewhere in the world.
For more on the food, see here:
http://www.ricanrecipes.com/recipes/detail.php?id=56
and the moonshine is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine_by_country#Puerto_Rico
Cheers and happy 2011 to all!
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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