i just i can't believe this has happened you know
good morning good morning everyone we are in beautiful san juan puerto rico this morning
one of my favorite ports to visit on a cruise look at what a stunning morning it is beautiful
blue skies just a few clouds and it looks like the folks here in puerto rico are
happy to see us one of the first cruise ships to return here since the shutdown
it's going to be a great day so my plan today is simple i don't have any excursion anything
like that no tours booked i am going to do what i always do in san juan which is walk around and
just take in some of the sites san juan is an extremely walkable city you actually port in
old san juan and there's all sorts of history to see here there's shops there's entertainment
there's food so i want to walk around and show you some of the things that i like to see
when i visit san juan puerto rico so if you're into that then buckle in and get you walking shoes
on because we're about to get to walking up a hill there's a lot of hills here so it's not going to
be an easy walk then i promise it's going to be worth it first let's go check out the breakfast
situation here on carnival mardi gras we got to build up our strength for all that walking the 9
15 right now i'm getting a late start this morning we've actually been here since 7am i think but
i was in the bed so we had a little issue this morning uh i am a warm sleeper and so i always
sleep of course with the air on as high as it'll go and then this little turbo boost thing is
not doing it because it'll cut on for like three seconds and then it cuts right off so it's not a
continuous fan as it was advertised by certain people who work for carnival but you see if it
was just like this i would assume okay it's going to keep me cool all night blah blah blah that'll
cut off but this morning i woke up it was here in the middle so it's basically off it was hot
in here i woke up hot and sweating i want it to be here carnival i set my thermostat to be here
why do i wake up and it's here why did it cut itself off no no no i am not getting
comfortable sleep on the ship because it's too warm i think for breakfast this morning
i'm feeling like a breakfast burrito from blue iguana i think that'd be a great way to start
the morning they also have huevos rancheros and our airpos but i'm getting the breakfast burrito
hey good morning good morning how are you i'm good thanks i want to get a burrito they've got
all sorts of toppings you just pick what you want in it they got eggs they got hash browns
there they got tomatoes cheese lettuce onions all sorts of salsa down here so many ways to
make your breakfast burrito here at blue iguana and they do a great job each time thank you sir
have a good day all right we got our burrito and now i'm gonna get some orange juice over here
i wish they had the milk they don't have the chocolate milk um also they have the salsa
bar here so they have all sorts of different salsas that you can get to put on your burrito
but i think i'm good with what i got on mine already but that is an option for you i'll
take one of those we'll take two of those okay thanks so they actually have these new touchless
dispensers here on board mardi gras you're supposed to put your hand here and oh there you go
it only works half the time but look at that it's like magic and if i move my hand it cuts off
if i put my hand back it'll never cut off oh there we go it's on it's off it's on
all right enough of that so here's a solo cruiser tip for you i need to throw more
of those out here i know a lot of you folks or solo cruisers or you think about solo cruising
anytime you set your food down of course you're by yourself and you want to go get
a drink like you see i had this sitting here and i went and got the orange juice i always tell
you see one of the waiters the carnival waiters in green i always tell one of them hey i'm leaving
my food and i will be right back because i have left full plate of food here unopened drink or new
drink went to get this drink come back with this drink and this all be gone because they take it
because they work very quickly here they're very good at what they do but they'll take your food so
i always try to tell i'm like hey i'm coming back because there's no one here to watch it for you
but i always make it really expedient each time i do that get into this let's unwrap this
beautiful beautiful thing here look at that that's gonna be so good let me
cross-section it for you guys so you can see what we're dealing with this morning
look at that yum you got your eggs you got your sausage and then the crunchiness of the
hash browns in here oh this is uh this is one of the best breakfast options in my opinion
on carnival ships so this finished breakfast was about to get off the ship but
it's raining well it's raining over there it's headed this way let me go down and get some
coffee or something and wait this out it's only 9 55 so still plenty of time to get off and explore
here's the line this morning for java blue apparently it's someone's birthday
uh not as much as it was on sea day you noticed just looking around the ship
not that many people on board because most people now are over on uh on the shore just looking at
radar here uh there is a cell that's sort of right over us right now but it's moving off to the north
and the west so it looks like uh it won't be too long before the rain will be moved off and by the
time i get through this coffee line i mean we'll be leaving so i don't have to worry about the rain
at all but yeah i think probably just going to get a small coffee and drink some of that and then
head out because it looks like the rain is not going to last very long neither is my focus wow my
camera is really struggling this morning now let me show you guys what's up here at java blue this
is the white chocolate frappuccino it is like five bucks 550 something like that it's so good though
i had one last night getting it today probably gonna be getting more throughout the cruise
so now we have the carnival mardi gras not only her first time in puerto rico but her first time
at any port of hall today the first port of call for the carnival mardi gras here in san juan
puerto rico and it's great to be back in puerto rico again of course you do have to wear masks
here all day no matter where you're at outside it's hot it's muggy but we got to wear the mask
we got to be respectful of these places that we're visiting you know they still have people that live
here and they're trying to be safe they're really battling this pandemic like the rest of us so
when you come to these ports and they ask you to wear your mask be respectful
and wear your mask because you're visiting their home and they're still fighting a pandemic so we
all have to do our part to stay safe and to keep these communities that we're visiting safe when we
come on our vacation how gorgeous this ship is and her natural habitat i guess a port of call
the beautiful carnival mardi gras what a great addition to the carnival fleet
how beautiful this place is i love coming to puerto rico it's such a beautiful
place it's so old and just historic feeling you get off the ship right here in old san juan
you have these stunning views all around you there's also the walls
of the old fort which will walk up the hill god help us to the old fort
but they have these walls all around the city you can see of the old fortress that they had here
well i found me a shade tree to get up monitoring i think i'm just going to hang out here all day
because it feels really nice there there's a light breeze blowing but when you're in the sun and of
course wearing the mask not complaining about that totally understand it's really hot it's
really like smothering hot so probably going to take lots of breaks today on this walking tour
um i sort of feel like doing this walking tour it's sort of like one of my in a day series
so i'm going to plug here a new series that i'm doing i know i've got a lot of cruisers
captive right now in this vlog i do a series on my channel where i visit a city usually a u.s city
in just a day usually eight hours show you what all you can see in the city and the downtown area
that exactly what we're doing in san juan today so if you like stuff like that go check out my end of
day series on the channel there's a playlist on my channel all the ones i've released so far and
have plans to release so many more as we go into the fall months that's my shameless plug for the
day
my walking tour has been closed for construction we're supposed to continue up around this way
now i guess i'm going to have to backtrack some to get to where i want us to be
sad to see places like this they were probably once a very thriving
restaurant and a very popular place for folks to visit now boarded up and closed as you see the
local effects of tourism being empty from these places for over a year it's really it's really sad
so we are right here and we walk down here and we're trying to go here because here
there's some cats savagado which is where i'm going to the cat sanctuary to see some cats but
now i guess i need to go here here here here all that way so going to try to figure out
the best way to get up there i guess if i take callier san jose or caye cristo that'll get me
back in this general vicinity of where i want to be and then we'll finish up here at the castillos
uh
so yeah we'll check all this out mainly here on the western side of san juan today
um
okay so this is called san jose so we're about where we wanted to be
but now i see something else up here i want to show you all it's pretty famous probably
one of the most um visited photo areas in san juan so we're gonna check this out
so it's closed off now but uh this used to be the umbrella street where folks would
come and get their pictures made when they had all the umbrellas up of varying colors
of course that all originated over europe but it came here to
san juan and folks who came here on cruises would frequently get their photos made here and i got
a photo made here the last time i came i think in 2019 but they got the street closed off now
they do have a banner hanging down there at the end i think that's their capitol building here
in san juan puerto rico and the 2020 olympics which are happening right now in tokyo japan
so
and now it's really raining so just hanging out at church
church was okay but they didn't have wi-fi so 4 out of 5 stars
and we're gonna continue to make our way toward the cats
oh there's a cat hey kitty they're all wet now
he cannot be bothered
you got to be careful walking on these streets see these uh now that they're wet these
brick stones are very very slippery