I survived the Luquillo kioskos and all I got was this… handful of biting ants
The kiosks? 50% more expensive than the food in Old San Juan* (edited/fixed), and I didn’t trust the cleanliness of the food prep very much. Half were closed on the Monday we were there; the other half sold mostly the same things.
The waves? Zero. Which is great if you want zero waves, but a little boring if not.
The sand was clean. The water too. No sargassum. Opportunities for jet skis, or having a guy tow people on his inflatable raft, etc were decent.
But I sat down for 32.4 seconds on a tiny patch of grass on the beach to remove my shoes and instantly my hand had some of the tiniest ants you ever saw and they were biting the hell out of me. After feeling like I’d dipped my hand in lava (and removing the ants) the pain went away in a few hours. It’s about 4 days later and the bites have developed into more significant looking welts, but no pain, so itchiness, so right now it’s fun to scare my fam with my nasty looking hand while feeling no ill effects of it.
Of all the things we did in PR for the last week, Luquillo was the ONLY ONE that failed to meet expectations and I won’t go back.
But damn, PR is a 11/10 for its beaches, water, things to do, friendliness, cheap transportation, flight options, food, nightlife, history, nature and more.
Hand pics:
https://imgur.com/gallery/luquillo-beach-pr-tiny-biting-ants-Z99gKmL
-end of world’s tiniest rant-
PR is awesome!!