Ponce

2/17/12
Ponce
17 57.9 N 66 37.20 W

We left the following day for the town of Ponce (Pon Say) where there is a big shopping mall with Sears, Walmart, Kmart, McDonalds, Kentucky FC etc etc – and big box grocery stores to replenish White Rose's depleted supply of canned and dry goods. All within walking distance (3km) from the harbour.

The cars drive on the right hand side of the road, speed limits are in miles per hour but distances are in kilometers – go figure !!!!   Spanish is spoken widely and the young girl who served me in JC Penny's chastised me for not speaking Spanish – apparently my attempts didn't count – she confused me by saying “this is Pwertoh Reeeko and you should speak Spanish” - I thought this was a territory of United States !

Ponce was all it was reputed to be – noisy !!  We walked to the Mall and after a Subway lunch I had had enough – not used to the noise and close encounters with people – I was happy to leave.  Being a relatively safe and secure anchorage we had planned to rent a car and drive up to the caves at Camuy. After making all the arrangements the guy phoned the night before to tell us the car wouldn't be available till lunch time – so we had to abandon that plan. Instead we left for Caja de Muertos (case of the dead ie. Coffin Island).