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San Juan

Puerto Rico · March 2025

Where the voyage began and ended — old walls, pastel streets, and the widest lawn in the Caribbean. (Replace this with your own words.)

Arms outstretched on the lawn facing Castillo San Felipe del Morro
The Lawn Before El Morro
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San Juan · 2025
Four hundred years of fortress, and the wind coming straight off the Atlantic.
The Fortress on the Green
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San Juan · 2025
El Morro at full length, guarding a harbor no one attacks anymore.
Wide view of El Morro fortress across the lawn
A lone walker on a vast green lawn under a single cloud
One Walker, One Cloud
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San Juan · 2025
Green, blue, and one of each.
The Garita
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San Juan · 2025
Sentry boxes that watched three empires sail past.
Stone sentry box on fortress walls above the sea
Red-domed chapel behind the fortress wall against the sea
The Red Dome
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San Juan · 2025
Beyond the wall, the cemetery chapel and the open Atlantic.
Streets of Old San Juan
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San Juan · 2025
Pastel walls, cobblestones, and the sea at the end of every street.
Narrow old-town street with pastel buildings sloping down to the sea
Sitting on the old brick wall holding a colorful umbrella, facing the sea
The Umbrella
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San Juan · 2025
On the old brick wall, holding a small sun.
Lamps by the Sea Road
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San Juan · 2025
Street lamps queue along the wall; a school bus climbs the hill.
Street lamps along the sea road with a yellow bus
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