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I nstead of looking both ways
as I crossed the road, I was
gazing up at a cloudless,
baby-blue sky, watching the
amazing ability of a pelican
to just hang in “no” motion,
suspended in the air above the
Palmas Del Mar Yacht Club & Marina
like some sort of weird, hovering peace
sign.
I stepped down off the sidewalk onto the
street and walked directly into the path
of a four-person golf cart — the main
mode of transportation at the Palmas re-
sort in this southeastern beach town of
Humacao in Puerto Rico.
“Oh, I’m sorry,” I said to the young, dark-
haired guy behind the wheel. “Don’t be
sorry,” he replied as he swerved around
to avoid hitting me. “Be happy.”
That’s the kind of attitude to which I
grew accustomed while I was visiting this
island, known as the Caribbean’s gate-
way. Although the pace here is relaxed,
the one-week trip with friends was a tad
more accelerated: around two days each
for San Juan (north), Ponce (south) and
Humacao (southeast).
Top: Papier-mâché carnival mask. Opposite: Pine
Grove Beach, San Juan
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