San Juan, Puerto Rico

So yesterday we ported into San Juan, Puerto Rico. We were two hours late and couldn't leave the ship until about 6pm due to a medical emergency where we had to helivac a guest out because they were terribly sick. We're on a higher alert and are being told repeatedly to wash our hands more regularly to prevent the spread of any other illnesses, as this is flu season of course! I get off the ship with some friends and we grab a cab to the Mall. (I know, not the best thing to do in a foreign country, but I'm with friends and checking things out anyway!) So we share a cab for about twenty minutes and arrive at this huge mall! We wander around, have some Taco Bell (me and this Boston kid were feinding!) and wander the mall some more. We branch off and see other ship people wandering the mall shopping for things and then head back after we hit Borders. We get back to the port and were'nt allowed in. So we had a few freak outs, then realize its for safety purposes, because the ship next to us was sailing away and they dint want the huge ropes that were tying it to the port, to wack us in the head as we walked by! haha I wander around, have a pina colada at this little stand, then a beer at a sidewalk restaurant where other ship friends were sitting. So the gates open up and I get back on board just in time to a show we call "Love and Marriage."