week 2:

Ok, lots of stuff happened...well not too much really. I went to the Bacardi Rum Distillery. It was ok. Watched a movie and learned about the Bacardi family. Got 2 free drink coupons. Not bad for no admission. The bad thing about it though is that the tour doesn't actually go into the plant to show you the process. It would have been great if we were able to make it into the actual distillery to see the process. Oh well. They did have scent barrels. They allow you to smell all the different types of Rums they make.

The other thing that happened this weekend was when I got the rental car. Around 8 or so, I decided to drive out to the mall (its supposed to be the biggest one in the Carribian). I found it easily enough, its about 5-10 minutes from the hotel, but I decided to tour around the business district of San Juan on the way back. I went in circles for bit, but then somehow got back on the highway. However, being the smart guy that I am, I never brought a map with me. I started down the highway and tried to follow the signs back to San Juan, but ended up lost. I stopped at a gas station and the attendant gave me some directions, but I went the wrong way anyway and ended up in a rough neighborhood. I probably wouldn't have minded it too much, but I was nervous after being warned about car-jackings by the auditees. Anyway, made it back to the correct road, followed it, and ended up in Old San Juan. At least I knew where I was! Eventually made it back and decided to take a map with me wherever I go :)

Just put up a few more pics.

...and I'll be getting around to telling you how the second week in Puerto Rico has been. High lights include seeing how Barcardi got started and getting lost in a bad area outside San Juan. Don't worry though, this is nothing as bad as the Turkey situation. :) I'll update soon.

here's the consultant I'm working with. We were at a restaurant called Dragonfly. It was a nice mix of asian and latin fusion. 

In Old San Juan, people don't have garbage cans...so they use lamp posts. 

Here's the view from my room. The weather was pretty nice the first week, but lately its been a bit rainy. Its Sunday morning, but its looking pretty good now, so I hope its nice and sunny. 

This is a street in Old San Juan. I think its near SoFo (Southern Forteleza).  

another fort. 

These two pics are of a fort that I visited. I went to two of them, but I'm not sure if the pics are from the same one or not...they all look the same. 

OK, so its not from Puerto Rico. But I wanted to stick this one in there too. This was taken a week before I left for PR. Mark was leaving for LA in a couple weeks so we went out for dinner before he and Marie moved. Anyway, we decided to try to smoke Rajan's hooka. We had a problem trying to light it :) 

Ok, I promised pics…and you’ll get them! I was trying
to upload some from my camera last night when I ran
into a problem. I never installed the drivers on this
particular laptop so it wouldn’t recognize my camera!
I searched the net looking the correct drivers, but I
couldn’t find ‘em. I did find one that lets me use
the camera as a web cam L so until I get the right
drivers, or until I can find an SD card reader to
borrow, I can’t get any of the pictures up on the
blog. I’ll look again and see if I can’t find
something that’ll work.

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well, looks like I should update this

Can't access the blogging site directly so I'm forced
to go through yahoo..ah well. such is life. I'll
update you all with some pics as soon as I get the
chance to copy them from the camera. So far I haven't
taken too many. I've been working mostly, so had
little time.

Work is going well, although the commute is a bummer.
Its about 65-70 miuntes each way. 1/2 of it is
highway, the other 1/2 are winding roads through the
mountain. Its extreme auditing :)

We've been leaving anywhere from 5:30-6:30 at night.
But here's something you may not have known, it gets
dark here around 7pm! I'm not sure if thats the same
all year round though.

Top 5 things I learned about Puerto Rico:
5. It gets dark EARLY!
4. Winding roads and a full stomach do not make for a
good passenger.
3. people like to jog along the beach- alot of people.
2. Mofongo is not a disease.
1. Mofongo is not very tasty.

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damn ink

I'm trying to print out some notes I typed up for an exam I have tomorrow, and first my computer won't recognize the printer (no driver). Then the computer that is hooked up doesn't have MS word. I reformat it for wordpad. Then the printer runs out of ink in the middle of the job. I already have enough problems.