![]() We ended up wandering towards Plaza de Armas first (where the Howard Johnson Inn is located), and had breakfast at a local favorite. The hotel bellboy, Ivan, suggested that we hit the two fortresses (Fuerte San Felipe and Fuerte San Cristobal) first, as it would make for an easier walking experience to explore the rest of OSJ afterwards. Lucky for us, as it was a hard morning to rise early to explore. To our surprise, we found that it was only 0930, (instead of 1030) as PR did not honor DST. After getting dressed for the day, we stopped by reception and got a city map to orient ourselves. When the alarm sounded at 0700, it was way too early, so we kept resetting the alarm and finally ended up getting up at 1000 (we blame it on the bed being soooooo comfy!). We ended up staying up late talking on magicjack to John Burns.ġ4 Mar: Since Puerto Rico is part of the US, we assumed that it honored daylight saving time and had changed our clocks one hour ahead. We got room 211 which was exactly what we needed…screaming (free) internet, a super comfy bed, and hot water. El Convento was an old nunnery, and it has been tastefully restored to its current day charm, resulting in its status as one of the world’s top heritage/boutique hotels. ![]() We were amongst some of the first people to get our luggage, and hopped in a taxi to old San Juan for $20 (plus $1 each per bag). Our Delta flight to PR was delayed by about twenty minutes, and luggage was slow to offload. ![]() It ended up being perfect as this was the original hotel we wanted but they hardly ever have deals on hotwire…lucky for us in retrospect that we were able to get our first choice hotel! To our pleasant surprise, we ended up scoring with two nights at the boutique hotel “El Convento” in Old San Juan. Finally we were able to get internet access just before boarding our flight to San Juan, and had mere minutes to book a last minute through Hotwire. Instead, we had to pay to get online in Atlanta and none of the browsers were working. We were a bit upset but what could we do? (we later found out that they had called and left a message on the answering machine at the house several times but since we were on the road we never got the voicemail). Foto gallery lightboxby v6.1ġ3 Mar: Called Howard Johnson Inn Plaza de Armas hotel while in Atlanta to advise them of our late arrival/check-in and found to our dismay that they had cancelled our reservation because our old credit card was invalid.
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