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The Puerto Rico International Boat Show is considered to be the biggest and most successful boat show in Puerto Rico, as well as the Caribbean. Taking place from 22 to 24 February 2008 at the new Puerto Rico Convention Center and the San Juan Bay Marina area, the Puerto Rico International Boat Show 2008 promises to be an exciting event representing everything related to the nautical industry. The doors will open at 10:00 am each day with the venue closing at 10:00 pm on Friday and Saturday and at 7:00 pm on Sunday, allowing visitors a full day to enjoy the show.
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From Monday to Saturday all the tables at Carli Café Concierto are full of patrons, and locals know that if they want to enjoy the magnificent atmosphere, spellbinding live music and mouthwatering good food of Carli Café Concierto, they need to make reservations way in advance. It is these rare and unique qualities that make this restaurant one of the best in Old San Juan, and renowned in Puerto Rico.
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The Ateneo Puertorriqueno, or Puerto Rican Athenaeum, has been a significant role player in the intellectual and artistic side of Puerto Rico. It has seen many struggles, celebrated triumphs and felt the sorrow of the Puerto Rican public through every loss and disappointment. The “Decolonization Torch” of the Ateneo Puertorriqueno, which was designed and created by Jose Buscaglia Guillermety, was lit on 25 July 2008. The torch is said to be a reminder of the colonial problems still suffered in Puerto Rico, and the torch will remain lit until these issues have been addressed.
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Humpback Whales are migratory giants of the ocean. Puerto Rico falls within their migratory route to the North Atlantic, where they are more comfortable during the summer months. With the adults being known to grow to more than fifty feet in length and weigh in at an incredible fifty tons, these gentle beasts feed only on small fish, crustaceans and plankton. Their magnificent ability to dive down to approximately seven hundred meters to feed is a unique ability, and it is their gentle natures and large bodies that have made Humpback Whales attractive to the whaling and poaching industries.
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The annual Casals Festival is a very popular event on the music-lover’s calendar in Puerto Rico. The 52nd festival will take place from 21 February through to 15 March 2008 and, after 27 years, the event will be returning to the University of Puerto Rico – the place where Pablo Casals started the festival in 1957. The maestro Pablo Casals died in 1973, but his legacy of music lives on.
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Francisco Pancho Coimbre was one of the best baseball players of his time, long before the legendary Roberto Clemente became the local hero of Puerto Rico. Clemente has always shown respect and admiration for Coimbre, and both players will always be remembered for natural talent, their ability to dominate the field with speed and strength and for bringing confidence and pride home to other Puerto Ricans and aspiring baseball players.
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Puerto Rico is a beautiful country situated in a temperate tropical climatic zone with diverse terrain and abundant natural beauty, all factors that make it a popular choice for tourists who enjoy getting close to nature. Canyoning and rock climbing are activities that often go hand-in-hand and are becoming increasingly popular, offering tourists a unique perspective of some of the most beautiful areas in Puerto Rico.
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On a normal day at the Xtreme Divers base, while the sun warms the earth and the exotic culture and traditions of Puerto Rico lure tourists into taking risks and setting off on adventures they never thought they would, a team of professional skydivers stand ready to take visitors on a thrill of a lifetime. For many, becoming a flying human object for a day is a major leap of faith and a onetime experience only, but for others it is a lifestyle. And at no other event in Puerto Rico is this lifestyle celebrated better than at the Puerto Rico Freefall Festival.
