Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce, Puerto Rico

On May 11, Stan and Elizabeth Walker of Dream Walker and Dave and I rented a car to provision and do some sight-seeing.  We first went to San Juan to go to West Marine to pick up, what else, parts.  We then drove to Ponce, Puerto Rico’s second largest city.  We drove to the center of town and looked for a place to eat lunch.  We peeked into a place – a buffet-type place – filled with locals, so we decided to try.  I had fish salad and Dave had shrimp salad.  Though it wasn’t inexpensive, the food was tasty and it was a fun place to people watch. 

We visited the unique red and black firemen's museum, Museo de Bombas, built in the late 1800s.

We saw some nice architecture.

Tight pants seem to be in vogue amongst the women here.

And even the police women don tight pants.

This gazebo was a particularly beautiful work of iron.

We also visited the Art Museum where we saw this painting, Flaming June, the museum's prize acquisition.