I don't know about you but all I ever associated with Puerto Rico were Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, and Marc Anthony. The thought of it did fleetingly enter my mind as a possible and very accessible alternative to Cuba. After all, both Cubans and Puerto Ricans claim Salsa as their own, both islands have a somewhat similar geography and history(if you forget about all that Communist stuff...), even if Cuba is much bigger and closer to the United States.
I don't know a whole lot about US-Puerto Rican relations, but they seem a little strained to me, what with many Americans of Anglo/Germanic origin annoyed with the large Puerto Rican communities in their midst despite PR being practically another state, and with Puerto Ricans themselves not exactly sure what kind of relationship they'd like to have with the States.
So it came as a bit of a surprise to me to be totally charmed off my feet by this little island even after I believed the Caribbean could no longer surprise me.
Take a look...
So why don't we hear more about this place? Is it because Cuba sounds so much more alluring what with it's "forbidden" status? (which always cracks me up... its only "forbidden" to one group of people on the face of the entire planet folks. To they rest of us, it's, well... a place where they make great mojitos and everyone gets free health care).I'll be telling you much more about it in the coming months seeing as lil'sis is moving there.
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I haven't had the chance to go to Puerto Rico yet, but was just talking about it the other day, and then I happened across your post.
I thought the newbie novelist thing was funny, since that's what I style myself as, though adding "published" to that will make a huge difference in my life.
For now, I keep at the travel writing, and it's always nice to read the work of others who go places with an open mind.
Enjoy the traveling and writing. It seems like a crime to be paid for it, doesn't it?
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