San Juan, Puerto Rico is our favorite cruise ship destination, and for many reasons. We love walking around Old San Juan and have discovered a number of interesting nooks and crannies, some fun shops with local wares, as well as a few restaurants to get some local cuisine.
But the highlight of any visit to San Juan is sailing past Castillo San Felipe del Morro. Also referred to simply as El Morro (The Promontory), it is a citadel (or fortress) built between 16th and 18th centuries at the entrance of San Juan harbor.
Most sailings from Florida arrive in San Juan in the late morning or early afternoon, as it is often the first port and it takes a couple of days to sail there. As it happened on this most recent visit, our 7am arrival coincided with sunrise, and I just happened to be up early enough to hit the outside decks in time. I was rewarded with a fabulous sunrise and wonderful early light on the buildings of the city.
We spent some time off the ship and walking around, and I’ll highlight those photos in another post or two.
I’ll say you did get in some good images. Glad you were up early!!
I don’t do it often enough, but when I do I’m frequently rewarded. Might be a message there…. 😉
The photos aren’t as sharp as I’d like them to be, but they look OK at web size. Shooting in the dark from a moving ship isn’t the best recipe. Thank goodness for high ISO and image stabilization!
Man, I really don’t like getting up early, but when I do… I almost always say “I should get up early all the time.”
Super clouds…
I hear you! It was easy on this particular day because I knew what I was likely to see. Sunrises at sea tend to be hit or (mostly) miss because there are no guarantees of interesting skies, and also limited opportunities for interesting foregrounds.