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Article: Legendary San Juan. (Puerto Rico)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- November 1, 1988
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Legendary San Juan
Puerto Rico is being called "the success story of the Caribbean." And behind every successful island there are a few good legends.
San Juan is much more than casinos and high-rises, just as Puerto Rico as a whole is more than poverty and hopelessness (see opposite page). Old San Juan in particular is a treasure house of history and lore, a meeting place of cultures, a living museum a century older than Jamestown and Plymouth Rock.
San Juan is a visual treat. Anyone who has never seen the sun bid farewell to San Juan has missed one of God's gifts to the 20th century, or any century, for that matter. Reddish gold rays reflecting ...