Rincon, Puerto Rico

Happy Burgers

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Rincon is called the Surfing Capitol of the Caribbean. In the winter, during the day, the beaches surrounding Rincon come alive with waves. I've seen them up to 30 ft. Night, comes...

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Mayaguez Farmers Market

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:33:00 +0000

I spent a few hours in the Farmer's market. It's a neat place. If you want the flavor of Puerto Rico you must visit the Farmer's Market. The produce and fruits are fresh and local. The folks...

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Cheap Flights to Puerto Rico

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:49:00 +0000

I just ran into a website that has cheap flights, car rentals and hotels listed. DoHop.com searches over 600 sources to find flight prices. It took about 5 seconds to list these...

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Puerto Rico Beachfront Villa

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:57:00 +0000

Puerto Rico Villa for your beachfront vacation in the Caribbean. New walk through video for Villa Orleans. I'm still experimenting with Final Cut Express and my Lumix GH1. Villa Orleans is...

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Rincon Surfing Monument

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:35:00 +0000

I was in town yesterday and I noticed this statue. It says on the bronze plaque: "Welcome to Rincon, Capitol of Surfing." Surfing brings life to Rincon. Surfers are a myriad of persons...

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Surfrider FundRaiser

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:58:00 +0000

Live at Rum Shack in the Lazy Parrot! Friday night, December 4, 2009 The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of...

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Coqui of Rincon

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:27:00 +0000

If you're vacationing in Rincon, Puerto Rico and you need to find out what is going on in town or to find out things to do, then you need to pick up El Coqui of Rincon. It's a small...

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Caribbean Surf Vacation

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:35:00 +0000

This is the second part of Surfing Maria's Beach. In Rincon there are plenty of things to do. Surfing is just one of them. Surfing used to be a boy's activity, but on this day there...

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Marias Beach Rincon PR

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:30:00 +0000

We are learning how to use our new Panasonic GH1. At times the footage is amazing. Sometimes it's just ok. Everytime I shoot with this camera I learn something. I don't like...

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Puerto Rico Villa Orleans: New Photographs

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Taking good pictures is difficult. We've recently modified the inside of Villa Orleans after adding our swimming pool. A beach house is continual work. The salt from the ocean gets...

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Rain Rincon PR

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:26:00 +0000

I love rain. It brings me peace and tranquility. At times rain in Puerto Rico falls torrentially, in large drops. Everyone hides in their home and few bother watching. I continually hear parents...

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Puerto Rico Brown Pelicans

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:26:00 +0000

"Interior Department officials Wednesday announced that they were taking the prehistoric-looking bird off the endangered species list..." These pelicans live along the west coast of Puerto Rico...

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Surfing Domes Beach

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:59:00 +0000

Surf on November 10th. It was pretty windy. Only 3 surfers at Domes. This footage was shot on a Lumix GH1. We're in an El Niño year and a few surfers had mentioned surf will be great this...

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Swimming Pool

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:22:00 +0000

Villa Orleans now has a swimming pool! Now we can swim/soak at night under the Caribbean stars. It's not a very deep or very large pool, but it's a pool never the less. When I lived at...

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Hermit Crabs

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:55:00 +0000

From Beach Life We found this little guy while redoing the gardens. It's the smallest hermit crab I've ever seen. Something this small often goes...

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Mayagüez 2010 Games

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:45:00 +0000

In summer of 2010 from July 17 to August 1, 2010 the Central American and Caribbean Games (or CACs) will be celebrated in Mayaguez. An estimated 250,000 visitors from about 40 countries are...

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Puerto Rico Villa

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:22:00 +0000

This is a promo from a friend who offers video production services in Texas. Video Uno Studio creates a variety of video presentations. So what do you think?

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Beach Dog finds Home

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:26:00 +0000

"I wanted to thank the wonderful volunteers who rescued and fostered Rusty from Steps Beach. He is now living happily with me and my family in Connecticut. We adopted him in February. He was...

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Tropical Gardens

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:24:00 +0000

My neighbors cut their Screw Pines and I picked up 2 truck loads. It's in a bad place to load my truck, and they have more. I'm hoping they don't get rid of the rest of their plants so I can cart...

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Tropical Storm Ana

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:52:00 +0000

This image is distressing. We live on the west coast of Puerto Rico and this image places us between an invisible path between Monday and Tuesday. All summer I've been planting and attending the...

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Bamboo Plants

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:42:00 +0000

This is Black Bamboo. Bambusa Lako, or rather Timor Black Bamboo. It was brought to us by Robert Soporito, the owner of Tropical Bamboo, a bamboo nursery in Loxahatchee, Florida. The villa has...

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Villa Orleans Review

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:50:00 +0000

"What an amazing view! Our stay was so wonderful....walking the beach in the morning, laying on the porch listening to the waves has been a perfect way to spend 6 days..." The...

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Tropical Rainforest in Rincon PR

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:11:00 +0000

I love plants. I love green vegetation. I love being surrounded by so much vegetation you can feel the plants breathe. This summer we've been nurturing the gardens with compost and ground up...

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International Robotics Competition at Mayaguez UPR

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:57:00 +0000

About a dozen teams from all over the world are competing this year at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. These competitions are called Missions and this is the 5th Mission. Essentially, a...

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Ginger

villaorleanspr@gmail.com (Villa Orleans) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:12:00 +0000

This is Rosita Sanchez next to her ginger flower samples. Rosita farms ornamental ginger and at the farmer's market in Rincon she brought a bunch. I met her last week at the farmer's market in San...

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