Don Q Rum is the original rum of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. When you go down to Ponce go and visit the Serralles Family mansion. It sits on top of a hill overlooking the city. It's now a museum. The Serralles family are the owners of the Don Q rum distilleries.
my Parents were from Villalba PR from the campo, my father built my mother a 4 bedroom house in La sierra Villaba PR 1n 1979 the house is nice and still standing strong (made 100% concrete) they both passed away and they both never lived in it since my mom passed away in 1980 my dad 8 years ago ..im planning to retire there early cause it only cost me $40 a month to live there , there is no taxes, no water bill no gas bill just the electric
For me , the best places to be in PR is either Loiza or Away from San Juan in the small towns or near/in the mountains. Totally different vibe in those places, and muchh more true to the warmness of PR culture than SJ.
Yo Keenan I have watched a lot of travel videos from content creators this one here was one of the best the questions you bought up and your answers where on point you got your tour guide on this one salute and the young lady at the end was a beautiful queen who represented well she was well informed great content
I don't have nothing bad to say about Puerto Rico I have never been there however when I retire I will moving to the Dominican Republic I have been there I love it the people the Country they're amazing & the food is so deliclous.
I have livednin Puerto Rico for over 20 years. Overall, it is better than any US state. San Juan is superior to any US city of similar size. There is great diversity on this island, and I would oppose any attempt to add it as a state. Our biggest problem is not growing nearly enough food, though we can.
Well Calle Loiza got the name bc was the road that take you the town of Loiza before Expressway was built. Then, Loiza town got the name after the indian chief (Cacique).
That is sad but by design so Puerto Ricans can flee. The foreign cooperations want the island for themselves the same thing their doing in Haiti. They're pushing carribbean ppl to the mainland and keep the islands restricted for themselves.
@@teddydavis2339 they leave by choice for opportunity. There is no longer any opportunities for young people unless they want to work in the tourism service industry that makes 98% of Puerto Rico GDP. The island produces nothing exportable.
No its not. Its the US virgin islands we over look and they right next to eachother. They both free to travel to passport free and are still american citizens
All the times I passed that building with local art for sale...I was wondering.... can't wait to go. So gr8 to have a place that you can actually buy something from Puerto Rico as a gift or for yourself. Thank you for sharing❤
In DR the women are more hustlers and aggressive than women in Puerto Rico and that makes it more uncomfortable as well but for years now there has been a problem and you eluded to it earlier and that's the Dominicans there. They keep moving into Puerto Rico and have been destroying it, bring drugs and their ways. Since their invasion years ago, parts of Puerto Rico have gotten very dangerous. Outside of the Tourist spots, Old and new San Juan, and beach spots, you gotta keep your eyes open
lol bro wtf are you talking about you couldn't be more wrong. Puerto Rico was much more dangerous in the past and their always have been wars in the streets due to drugs
@@KeenanLambert198 Naww, not at all Keenan and you can find Puerto Ricans and they will tell you the same thing. I know this because of Puerto Ricans I work with and outside of my job. They told me how the Dominicans keep bringing the drugs there which have turned people into junkies.
@@KeenanLambert198 Matter of fact, in April if you look it up 62 gang members charged in a huge crack down with over 72 million dollars in drugs! That number is staggering
Keenan you are a deep dude man. By chance I ran into you and I am happy that I did. I am Boricua raised on Isla Verde and live in South Florida . I am impressed by your insight and complexity. Enjoy my rich sweet culture man God bless
Beautiful island, i was born in PR but my parents are from the DR i left the island in 1984 when i was a teenager to sunny Miami,then in 1998 i immigrated to California where i live now and maybe for the rest of my days.
Awesome content as usual, my brother. Maybe hitting Cuba next year but in San Miguel de Allende, and that's why just now seeing the video. Enjoy life, my brother
I think it depends on where you were. Condado is like their version of South Beach.... Expensive AF... Go up into the hills... Like maybe Rio Pierdas? CHEAP!!!
i also would like to add, if you look like a white guy or a person like a tourist, im pretty sure they hustle those people by raising prices far more than to the locals....
Puertorican woman here. Unfortunately a lot women in the island have NO RESPECT for themselves. I really love my island, the food and the people, but unfortunately the cost of living is too expensive.
I am Puerto Rican. The US made a messed up contract deal with PR, and it is the reason why PR hasn't been able to progress as it should have. but with AI, there seems to be hope. and this is just one town, that doesn't tell much about the whole island, you have also Viequez that is part of PR, and it is 35 min. on a boat. beautiful beaches there. PR has the Caserios that are like the projects and most of them are dangerous at night. But if you know how to navigate you will be just fine. See life in PR can be very nice and peaceful. Is all up to you. Is a beautiful island and the people are great, and careful, Good judges of characters, and just like any New Yorker, they can smell the BS a mile away. It has its good and bad like any other country, but less bad than back in the day. The food is excellent, delicious, and in a variety of flavors that will keep satisfied and looking for more, especially the seafood. Puerto Rico also has two fluorescent bays, one in Vieques and the other is in the main island. out of the three that exist. The best time to see them is after 9:00 pm when the moon is out and all you do is splash the water and you will see it light up in a bright green neon light, very nice, for lovers. There are naked beaches in the Vieques island. Well, gringo Moreno, thank you for the trip and your sharing, this is a great video. Men, I will be there soon God willing.
Puerto Rico has always had crime and anject poverty. Aince the U.S invaded in 1898, Puerto Rico went from prosperous Spanish colony, to controlled colony state. Our "government" is colonial. Our economy is crumbling (unless you have money) and the native Borikuas are left to improvise and struggle. The women in PR aren't as desperate as in DR, but many of us are very wary of foreigners, especially gringos. We are so much more than a colony. Our culture may be tainted, but we are still a vibrant people and very involved in our social structures. The U.S will never give us up.
i don't mean to correct you but , some of your facts are incorrect . we were never prosperous under the Spanish crown , we were all as close to being slaves as you can get . I was lucky to meet my great grandparents and heard our past history from eyewitnesses...
@pawshands9706 of course not. It's a lil cash cow for many. Especially the Jones Maritime Act. What a __king racket. That's what has their foot on Pueto Rico's neck.
Once, you leave the tourist areas it’s not that experience. You can get local food good price it’s only expensive in the tourist area. That’s how Puerto Ricans have an economy tourism keeps them alive
I came from California to Belgica Ponce Puerto Rico. And im in better shape mentally and physically. Beaches are beautiful snd the food is great. And I'm in the city where my number one singer and resting place is here. La Casa De Hector Lavoe 💯🎤⭐😎😇.
I can’t wait to go to Puerto Rico. I got army buddies from there and they’ve always invited me to go. I’m with you and I like to keep privacy. I don’t like people all up in my business either.
@@Abstract.Noir414 It's quite simple, through shared values. People from New York have different sets of values compared to those on the island. Even as children, they carry these values from their households. When they move back to Puerto Rico, these values are transferred to the locals through their interactions. This process, known as cultural transmission, is well-documented in anthropology and psychology. Acculturation and social learning theory support the idea that children, as primary agents of cultural transmission, bring their household values into their social circles, influencing the local cultural landscape. As a result, the local culture changes, evolving through these new interactions rather than solely through the values developed by the locals themselves. Do you see now how this isn't just a simple question?
9:27 Before 1898, Puerto Rico was on par with the standard of living in most modern, for the time, countries in the world. There was a honor system that recognized property boundaries without the need of a title. Then came the colonizer from the northwest, and took the land that had no titles, dedicated miles and miles of land to monoculture of sugar cane, tobacco, pineapple and coffee. Former owners of small and medium farms were displaced from their subsistance farms, some became arrimados (Sharecroppers) and other went to urban areas looking for work and built their homes in land that was no fit for agriculture, then the arrabales (shanty town) were born, many people went from poverty to misery. That was 50 years of abuse from absent owners like Dole and American fruit Co. 1898 to 1948.
Everything you reflected on in here is right on the money and uncommonly perceptive. Take it from a former local, bred in that same neighborhood you filmed the video in, back in the 80s, 90s, and 00s, before leaving for the States. Loiza St and that entire area used to be a Cuban exile hotspot 40 years ago and it was even more bustling that spots like Old San Juan or Condado. After the 9/11-era recession, it all went to the dogs, becoming a lawless ghost town for well over a decade. That's when it was truly grimey and not fun at all. We have the Dominicans to thank for bringing the ol' nabe back to life, if anything. It warms the heart to see it back on the up and up, although truthfully, it's but a shadow of how poppin' and lively it used to be back when I was a kid. I'm talkin' Calle Loíza overrun with people of all ages during the daytime, as it was a bustlin' market district where cars could barely make it through. So much closer in spirit to everyday life in some of the West Indies, like your native Jamaica. I miss those days like you have no idea.
@@oyemimelaza yes!!!!! I use to have this older Cuban friend and she told me after the Mariel boat lift they stayed in Santurce for a few years…. The Cubanos as you know we’re all about setting up businesses…. It feels so much like New Kingston to me.
@andredevine266 brother!!!!! Lmao….. So…. Like 2 years ago when I filmed the first La Perla video I landed in PR at like 2-3am and didn’t have a spot to stay in until 3PM…. It had been a year since I had been to Puerto Rico so I felt like I had lost a bit of touch with the streets…. I had about 2 days to film the piece and needed to get that real feel of the streets…. So I walked….. I covered at least 6 miles…. I needed to get that influence to come out of the gates hot while filming…. 10AM came and I was exhausted…. Sat on the bench in crack city and woke up to some old church ladies trying to feed me… I politely declined… and thanked them…. I really didn’t intend to sleep but I think carrying the bag wore me down. This is the sweaty, nasty dark side of RUclips…. Also, I have turned down soooooooo much tail so I could instead film for you guys…. I would do it the same way every time… I love y’all…. Do you want the link to that vid?
@@KeenanLambert198 🤣🤣🤣 Bruh,. that is so sad yet amusing lololol!!! and yeah, send that link. this I gotta see..... Doc that tail can be overwhelming ! Like booty overload on overdrive. When I hit the strip in Panama or Pedro Clisante in the DR it's crazy. I was out there in Sosua one night in December (supposed to be the SLOW season) and it was mad, I mean fine women EVERYWHERE. I was like bruh this is slow??? I can't imagine when it's really hitting! Anyway you stay safe, I hope to hit Cuba in the spring of next year, and know I appreciate your adventures. It keeps hope ALIVE !!! Bendiciones!
Gia, so cute and smart. Reminds me of my daughter the way she expresses with her hands. There are opportunities in PR to make a better living. A great majority of the population have degrees and studies. Yes the pay gaps aren't fair tho. Teachers, police, nurses and such are way underpaid. As an example, I'm an electrician. I left PR over 20 yrs ago. Every time I go back to visit I compare salaries and it's not even close to what an electrician gets paid in the US. I still have hopes to retire and go back
@@KeenanLambert198 oh yeah for sure 👍🏾I'm closer to Baltimore and Southwest has a fair number of direct flights to San Juan. That's what I took to the cruise. I definitely want to do at least a few days on the island.
Hey my man I lived in PR 2 years I have a hook up on a house there in the best place on the Island Orocovis PR I got Great peeps there that own a bar/restaurant ..Party all night the music starts at 6AM
Bro man KL very informative. I've been here a bit. Drive through Loiza almost every day to avoid the mess on 26. I do have some doubts on PR. Only positive constant for me so far is the food. As far as an extension to the US of A. Only extension is the currency and what surrounds it. The rest it is a country of it's own. Can't figure out why US keeps it as a territory. Usually it is military but don't see much of that.
Keaka how about tourism money? Over the past year, the island witnessed unprecedented numbers of incoming travelers, employment, and revenue within the local tourism industry, including welcoming over 6.1 million passengers at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport…and achieving an all-time high of $9.8 billion in tourism revenue, a 13% increase. Anything else you need figuring out?
I think you forgot that you've change you name to Mr Al Coholic once you start buying tu canequita a lo escondido and carring it like a spare tire you're hook😂
Hi buddy. You got the same package most tourists get, whory dirty drunk san juan. We've natural reserves camping grounds and beautiful beaches to the west side of the island, tour guides at 117 per day, there's boats and boat rides to other islands in Lajas Parguera. And it's cheaper too.
Tell me why on the tours en la Parguera, the tour guides have no shame taking you to small little islands with mad trash on them? I went on the bio bay tour and there were many people from other countries and I was absolutely embarrassed.
10:21 you’re still in area metro boss man, it’s significantly richer up there, come down to cabo rojo and you’ll see more of a similar vibe as la Havana
@KeenanLambert198 You should visit my part of the island!! The beaches are crystal clear!! You can be 30 ft deep or more and still see the sand! I live in Aguadilla, and I'd recommend Crash Boat beach!
Your ancestors? You’re not Puerto Rican. The woman from Puerto Rico. We Don’t need to look for outsiders for romance. We have our own handsome Puerto Rican man . Right here we will not change them for no outsiders even if they live here. I will never allow my daughters to date yet alone Marry an outsider. Sorry that’s how I feel about it. And it just not me I know plenty of Puerto Ricans that feel the same way as me.
@Aric_1 Petty tribalism lmao…. The same ships that trafficked African people to PR also went to Jamaica… The whole Caribbean basin is 1 family… Would you disown them for dating a Dominican? A Cuban? A Brit? A Jamaican-Nuyorican mix
@@caribbeantigress78culturally Puerto Ricans are not same as us Jamaicans. I live in Puerto Rico. Everything is very different. We have same tropical foods but prepare them differently.
@@KeenanLambert198 the majority of Puerto Ricans are of white ancestry and the small percentage of people of African descent in Puerto Rico don’t have your same culture you’re same language they are totally different . I know my culture and I know my people and you are not one of us lol sorry 😞
@@Aric_1 the majority of Puerto Ricans are a 3 race/origin blend with most having a higher percentage of European DNA. True…. However….. It doesn’t matter if you are 25% West and Central African or 80% W&C African… Our ancestors were stolen from the same families… Either way….. When I gave the toast in the video it was about respecting ALL of our fore parents as we stand on their shoulders…. We eat the same food and up until Reggaeton (This you took from our Panamanian cousins who went to go build the Canal) changed recently, we danced to the same riddims…..
@@maxhidalgo2766idk about that plenty prs dance to that and merengue. But one of my co workers at my old job said she couldn't stand dominican music. I just left it at that and walked away
If things keep going the way they are Puerto Rico is going to be a place with out Puerto Ricans like the young lady said those tax breaks are killing the Island and one of the biggest problem is if your born in the island you’re not in title to those tax break that’s like a slap in the face for the Puerto Rican People ñ
They don’t care about it half of them never been there. Half their grandparents have been in the United States for years and don’t see Puerto Rican as home.
That’s probably true today. When I came up in alphabet city (LES)when PR population was at its peak between 1970’s and 1990’s- like me many would spend weeks or entire summers every year in PR- our parents never wanted us to lose that connection to the homeland. Today the lower east side is a very different place. For the first time since I believe the 1950’s according to the last census it’s about 26% Puerto Rican. This generation is very different during my time me and all of my friends were first generation PR in the states. Our grandparents still lived in Puerto Rico as did the majority of our cousins, aunts, uncles. Today’s generation for the most part their parents not even their grandparents are from Puerto Rico many are now two generations away. I believe that’s why it’s the way it is although I can only speak for what I witnessed where I grew up.
@@KeenanLambert198 and it’s not to say there isn’t virtuous Dominican woman but.. just a general consensus. I dated 2 Dominican woman and both not loyal.
Don't sleep Puerto Rico has the highest standard of living in Latin America, the girls don't have to sell themselves like in DR or Columbia. Word!!
The prostitution in DR is excessive and disgusting.
Pro, i give you a plus. I have always agree with that.
Facts ❤
Don Q Rum is the original rum of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. When you go down to Ponce go and visit the Serralles Family mansion. It sits on top of a hill overlooking the city. It's now a museum. The Serralles family are the owners of the Don Q rum distilleries.
Yes!!!!! 🔥🔥🫡
That's all I drink when I'm back home Ponce/Jaime L Drew calle 7
I've been there and took the tour of the mansion/museum and it's beautiful!
Ponce smells of RAW SEWAGE all the time. Earthquakes have damaged the infrastructure and local corruption keeps it from being fixed.
@@LuisDiaz-oe1uh it is beautiful. Then just 80 yards away live 37 stray zombie dogs and raw sewage runs through the streets. Ponce is a cess pool.
I'm Italian my husband is Puerto Rican 🇵🇷we moved here 5 plus years now he was born here he came back for retirement ❤❤
my Parents were from Villalba PR from the campo, my father built my mother a 4 bedroom house in La sierra Villaba PR 1n 1979 the house is nice and still standing strong (made 100% concrete) they both passed away and they both never lived in it since my mom passed away in 1980 my dad 8 years ago ..im planning to retire there early cause it only cost me $40 a month to live there , there is no taxes, no water bill no gas bill just the electric
@@MaryDeVita-Marcano e Fantastico! I hope you're enjoying it.
For me , the best places to be in PR is either Loiza or Away from San Juan in the small towns or near/in the mountains. Totally different vibe in those places, and muchh more true to the warmness of PR culture than SJ.
I stay on my families land in Maricao , its very beautiful
Yo Keenan I have watched a lot of travel videos from content creators this one here was one of the best the questions you bought up and your answers where on point you got your tour guide on this one salute and the young lady at the end was a beautiful queen who represented well she was well informed great content
great exploration and mini documentary of the beautiful Puerto Rico and its beautiful people.
@@peacelight9640 thank you for picking up what I was trying to lay down!
You are lost abaut Puerto Rico culture
@@RamonluisAllendeam in what sense?
I don't have nothing bad to say about Puerto Rico I have never been there however when I retire I will moving to the Dominican Republic I have been there I love it the people the Country they're amazing & the food is so deliclous.
Cheaper
More prostitutes
Cheaper. And. You. Are. Black. Haitian. Very. Poor. Domican
And. Unglt. 😮😮
I have livednin Puerto Rico for over 20 years. Overall, it is better than any US state. San Juan is superior to any US city of similar size. There is great diversity on this island, and I would oppose any attempt to add it as a state. Our biggest problem is not growing nearly enough food, though we can.
Of course you would say that, you're puerto rican
Everyone with even a small piece ofand should grow something. Then food crisis will be solved
@@nesq4104Growing your own requires getting up early and working hard every day.
Bruh where's the beautiful Bori women??
Women out here are fat, lack personality, and feel entitled, have bad attitude, they dont spit checks, they would leave there purse home on purse.
Well Calle Loiza got the name bc was the road that take you the town of Loiza before Expressway was built. Then, Loiza town got the name after the indian chief (Cacique).
It saddens me that Puerto Ricans have to leave their island due to gentrification.
It’s a nasty game being played out in Puerto Rico
That is sad but by design so Puerto Ricans can flee. The foreign cooperations want the island for themselves the same thing their doing in Haiti. They're pushing carribbean ppl to the mainland and keep the islands restricted for themselves.
@@teddydavis2339 they leave by choice for opportunity. There is no longer any opportunities for young people unless they want to work in the tourism service industry that makes 98% of Puerto Rico GDP. The island produces nothing exportable.
@@KeenanLambert198 really ? Tell us about the nasty game in your next video.
@@lylefloyd236 The next video will be nightlife!
Don Q is the real rum of PR
Tell ittttt!!!
Ron del Barrilito is the best Ron on the Island.
@@williamd3141Barrilito!
@diosprotege9328 That shit made me almost pass out😂
.... and the best for making Coquito
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 is one the islands 🏝 that ppl overlooked
Its a damn shame!
No its not. Its the US virgin islands we over look and they right next to eachother. They both free to travel to passport free and are still american citizens
@@terrenceligon8977 should I do a USVI series!?
@@KeenanLambert198 what club did you attend @6:10
@6:06
I love Puerto Rico 🏝️🇵🇷 going in October for the second time! Love it. Im Dominican 🏝️🇩🇴
@luiscepeda4658 pasa por Santurce. They've dubbed it "El barrio de los dominicanos 🇩🇴 "
Which part do you like to be in?
@@KeenanLambert198 San Juan la placita. But this time I'll be in Isla 🏝️ verde!! 🇵🇷
@@luiscepeda4658 Friday nights Placitaaaaaaaa…. You have you go… 10 mins in an Uber
@@KeenanLambert198 yes that's the plan brother!!
Best content on the Tube!
@@les4lb Brother Les! You are too kind… We are all waiting for you to start your channel 🫡🙏🏾
All the times I passed that building with local art for sale...I was wondering.... can't wait to go. So gr8 to have a place that you can actually buy something from Puerto Rico as a gift or for yourself. Thank you for sharing❤
In DR the women are more hustlers and aggressive than women in Puerto Rico and that makes it more uncomfortable as well but for years now there has been a problem and you eluded to it earlier and that's the Dominicans there. They keep moving into Puerto Rico and have been destroying it, bring drugs and their ways. Since their invasion years ago, parts of Puerto Rico have gotten very dangerous. Outside of the Tourist spots, Old and new San Juan, and beach spots, you gotta keep your eyes open
@@curtflirt2 I actually think the Dominican migration has kept PR culturally vibrant…
lol bro wtf are you talking about you couldn't be more wrong. Puerto Rico was much more dangerous in the past and their always have been wars in the streets due to drugs
“ culturally vibrant “ = a whole lot of crime
@@KeenanLambert198 Naww, not at all Keenan and you can find Puerto Ricans and they will tell you the same thing. I know this because of Puerto Ricans I work with and outside of my job. They told me how the Dominicans keep bringing the drugs there which have turned people into junkies.
@@KeenanLambert198 Matter of fact, in April if you look it up 62 gang members charged in a huge crack down with over 72 million dollars in drugs! That number is staggering
Keenan you are a deep dude man. By chance I ran into you and I am happy that I did. I am Boricua raised on Isla Verde and live in South Florida . I am impressed by your insight and complexity. Enjoy my rich sweet culture man God bless
I'm Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 I'm from Brooklyn New York and now I'm living here Florida
Respect family!!!!!
Tu eres gringo
Puerto Rican born in Bronx raised in PALM BEACH 💪🏾🇵🇷
@@fernandohernandezjr5696 shout out to the 561!!!
Ped, so?😊
I was born and raised on PR my mother is dominican so im half and half 🇵🇷&🇩🇴 proudly.
Beautiful island, i was born in PR but my parents are from the DR i left the island in 1984 when i was a teenager to sunny Miami,then in 1998 i immigrated to California where i live now and maybe for the rest of my days.
Come back East Rafa! I know you miss the fresh mangoes and comida criolla!
@@KeenanLambert198 you absolutely right, one day i will retire there.
Awesome content as usual, my brother. Maybe hitting Cuba next year but in San Miguel de Allende, and that's why just now seeing the video. Enjoy life, my brother
I spent 5 days in PR . I stay in San Juan area.Puerto Rico is super expensive. Probably more expensive than Miami where i come from.
I think it depends on where you were. Condado is like their version of South Beach.... Expensive AF... Go up into the hills... Like maybe Rio Pierdas? CHEAP!!!
@KeenanLambert198 I was in condado , Santurce, old San Juan , and Carolina. Top dollar for everything.
Price of a beer in spot?
i also would like to add, if you look like a white guy or a person like a tourist, im pretty sure they hustle those people by raising prices far more than to the locals....
@@KeenanLambert198my mom just bought a house in rio piedra 💯💯
Batacha is actually started in Puerto Rico
Dang Keenan.... just happened across your channel. Totally loving your content
Welcome to the family! Plenty more where this one came from!
I respect your hustle 💪! Thank you very kindly for sharing the moments.
@GeraldRogerjr thank you so much for supporting me 🫡
I wouldn’t have a channel without you and the crew!
Love your content awesome info.!
Puertorican woman here. Unfortunately a lot women in the island have NO RESPECT for themselves. I really love my island, the food and the people, but unfortunately the cost of living is too expensive.
diosproteje women everywhere have no shame anymore. Look around you most walk the streets practically naked. Not just in Puerto Rico.
expound on that. the women in Puerto Rico not respecting themselves
Good video Brother stay safe 👍🏼 RICAN 4-EVER..🇵🇷
Puerto RIcooooo Siempre!!! Blessings brother Edwin!
My brother, this is a great video. Thanks for bringing it.
No visit to PR is complete without a night time dip or swim in the bioluminescent bays of La Parguera in Lajas, southwest PR. Incredible experience.
Facts!
Mi isla encanto, luv this gotta go back,
Ven Ven Ven
Great video. I been coming to PR for 10 years, 3 to 4 times a year. Walked that strip a lot. 4 years ago things were a lot cheaper. Js
I am Puerto Rican. The US made a messed up contract deal with PR, and it is the reason why PR hasn't been able to progress as it should have. but with AI, there seems to be hope. and this is just one town, that doesn't tell much about the whole island, you have also Viequez that is part of PR, and it is 35 min. on a boat. beautiful beaches there. PR has the Caserios that are like the projects and most of them are dangerous at night. But if you know how to navigate you will be just fine. See life in PR can be very nice and peaceful. Is all up to you. Is a beautiful island and the people are great, and careful, Good judges of characters, and just like any New Yorker, they can smell the BS a mile away. It has its good and bad like any other country, but less bad than back in the day. The food is excellent, delicious, and in a variety of flavors that will keep satisfied and looking for more, especially the seafood. Puerto Rico also has two fluorescent bays, one in Vieques and the other is in the main island. out of the three that exist. The best time to see them is after 9:00 pm when the moon is out and all you do is splash the water and you will see it light up in a bright green neon light, very nice, for lovers. There are naked beaches in the Vieques island. Well, gringo Moreno, thank you for the trip and your sharing, this is a great video. Men, I will be there soon God willing.
Hi Mr Lambert ive lived here , more than 35 years, there’s another side of Puerto Rico, but you have to venture out! 🙏🏼😇
Puerto Rico has always had crime and anject poverty. Aince the U.S invaded in 1898, Puerto Rico went from prosperous Spanish colony, to controlled colony state. Our "government" is colonial. Our economy is crumbling (unless you have money) and the native Borikuas are left to improvise and struggle. The women in PR aren't as desperate as in DR, but many of us are very wary of foreigners, especially gringos. We are so much more than a colony. Our culture may be tainted, but we are still a vibrant people and very involved in our social structures. The U.S will never give us up.
i don't mean to correct you but , some of your facts are incorrect . we were never prosperous under the Spanish crown , we were all as close to being slaves as you can get . I was lucky to meet my great grandparents and heard our past history from eyewitnesses...
@@LcWash No "correction" needed. You have your spin on things, but my history hasn't lied.
@pawshands9706 of course not. It's a lil cash cow for many. Especially the Jones Maritime Act. What a __king racket. That's what has their foot on Pueto Rico's neck.
Little of these comments are true. PR is no where near as bad as this person opines. I live here!
@@puertocool guessing it's different for us all. Some feel it while others aren't affected as much
Fun fact: ask Siri or Google what is the perfect human and it will say a Puerto Rican 🇵🇷🤙
@@1puffpuffpass493 🤣🤣🫡🇵🇷
Ahhhhh what da what da what da,looked it up and 💥 it’s true lol, wtf I’m special yes,I’m going to sport my culture flag again
Once, you leave the tourist areas it’s not that experience. You can get local food good price it’s only expensive in the tourist area. That’s how Puerto Ricans have an economy tourism keeps them alive
That true! Even Rio Pierdas is a lot cheaper
That's what the outsider said. Lol. @jerseyboyantbrooks2824
I came from California to Belgica Ponce Puerto Rico. And im in better shape mentally and physically. Beaches are beautiful snd the food is great. And I'm in the city where my number one singer and resting place is here. La Casa De Hector Lavoe 💯🎤⭐😎😇.
Going back to Puerto Rico in October…just went this last February…looking forward to going back to la Placita
I can’t wait to go to Puerto Rico. I got army buddies from there and they’ve always invited me to go. I’m with you and I like to keep privacy. I don’t like people all up in my business either.
Fam.... Book for September the price plummets in Sept... Lets go!
Love PR! My wife and I moving there in 3 years
Get ready for the vibes!
Keenan you know that I look forward to these Man! Blessing from Da Lou and be Safe My Brother!
Shout out to the #1 lunatic!!!! Have a cold one for me🫡🫡
3:00 That type of container is called a caneca, or pata plana (flat foot).
LMBFAO your deep narration voice cracks me the F up! 😂
@@pilot8220 lmao the problem is that my action camera doesn’t really pick up base well… Meanwhile, the voiceover mic gets everything 🤣🤣🤣
Mi Isla bella y hermosa,la extraño.
Me gustatia conocer tu Bella Isla- de un gringo.
My home town..
Love it there
Some of the girls are nuyoricans taken back to the island at a very young age
Can you provide more context? I'm trying to learn how the culture is down there now. Are Nuyoricans changing the values of the island? Thanks.
@@andrew.kusumahow when their kids 😳
@@Abstract.Noir414 It's quite simple, through shared values. People from New York have different sets of values compared to those on the island. Even as children, they carry these values from their households. When they move back to Puerto Rico, these values are transferred to the locals through their interactions. This process, known as cultural transmission, is well-documented in anthropology and psychology. Acculturation and social learning theory support the idea that children, as primary agents of cultural transmission, bring their household values into their social circles, influencing the local cultural landscape. As a result, the local culture changes, evolving through these new interactions rather than solely through the values developed by the locals themselves.
Do you see now how this isn't just a simple question?
9:27 Before 1898, Puerto Rico was on par with the standard of living in most modern, for the time, countries in the world. There was a honor system that recognized property boundaries without the need of a title. Then came the colonizer from the northwest, and took the land that had no titles, dedicated miles and miles of land to monoculture of sugar cane, tobacco, pineapple and coffee. Former owners of small and medium farms were displaced from their subsistance farms, some became arrimados (Sharecroppers) and other went to urban areas looking for work and built their homes in land that was no fit for agriculture, then the arrabales (shanty town) were born, many people went from poverty to misery. That was 50 years of abuse from absent owners like Dole and American fruit Co. 1898 to 1948.
Thank you for video that I never been in, and agree with you 100%!! Now I’m too old and see it looks like the old days 😢
Everything you reflected on in here is right on the money and uncommonly perceptive. Take it from a former local, bred in that same neighborhood you filmed the video in, back in the 80s, 90s, and 00s, before leaving for the States. Loiza St and that entire area used to be a Cuban exile hotspot 40 years ago and it was even more bustling that spots like Old San Juan or Condado. After the 9/11-era recession, it all went to the dogs, becoming a lawless ghost town for well over a decade. That's when it was truly grimey and not fun at all. We have the Dominicans to thank for bringing the ol' nabe back to life, if anything. It warms the heart to see it back on the up and up, although truthfully, it's but a shadow of how poppin' and lively it used to be back when I was a kid. I'm talkin' Calle Loíza overrun with people of all ages during the daytime, as it was a bustlin' market district where cars could barely make it through. So much closer in spirit to everyday life in some of the West Indies, like your native Jamaica. I miss those days like you have no idea.
@@oyemimelaza yes!!!!! I use to have this older Cuban friend and she told me after the Mariel boat lift they stayed in Santurce for a few years….
The Cubanos as you know we’re all about setting up businesses…. It feels so much like New Kingston to me.
Question man... How in the H311 did you fall asleep on a bench in crack town Puerto Rico???? I gotta hear this one bud......
@andredevine266 brother!!!!! Lmao….. So…. Like 2 years ago when I filmed the first La Perla video I landed in PR at like 2-3am and didn’t have a spot to stay in until 3PM….
It had been a year since I had been to Puerto Rico so I felt like I had lost a bit of touch with the streets…. I had about 2 days to film the piece and needed to get that real feel of the streets…. So I walked….. I covered at least 6 miles…. I needed to get that influence to come out of the gates hot while filming…. 10AM came and I was exhausted…. Sat on the bench in crack city and woke up to some old church ladies trying to feed me… I politely declined… and thanked them…. I really didn’t intend to sleep but I think carrying the bag wore me down. This is the sweaty, nasty dark side of RUclips….
Also, I have turned down soooooooo much tail so I could instead film for you guys…. I would do it the same way every time… I love y’all….
Do you want the link to that vid?
@@KeenanLambert198 🤣🤣🤣 Bruh,. that is so sad yet amusing lololol!!! and yeah, send that link. this I gotta see..... Doc that tail can be overwhelming ! Like booty overload on overdrive. When I hit the strip in Panama or Pedro Clisante in the DR it's crazy. I was out there in Sosua one night in December (supposed to be the SLOW season) and it was mad, I mean fine women EVERYWHERE. I was like bruh this is slow??? I can't imagine when it's really hitting! Anyway you stay safe, I hope to hit Cuba in the spring of next year, and know I appreciate your adventures. It keeps hope ALIVE !!! Bendiciones!
Sosua and Casco Viejo are wild places!!!! The was the video I made from that wild trip through coke-ville ruclips.net/video/dfi8803LxuQ/видео.html
Yauco, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 ❤️
You must do more videos but from different cities in 🇵🇷 like Mayagüez, Vieques, Ponce, Caguas, Arecibo or Fajardo. 🇵🇷 isn't only SJ area
@@ziggy43 I have Caguas up there… Some Luquillo action…. Dropping Ponce soon…
Gia, so cute and smart. Reminds me of my daughter the way she expresses with her hands. There are opportunities in PR to make a better living. A great majority of the population have degrees and studies. Yes the pay gaps aren't fair tho. Teachers, police, nurses and such are way underpaid. As an example, I'm an electrician. I left PR over 20 yrs ago. Every time I go back to visit I compare salaries and it's not even close to what an electrician gets paid in the US. I still have hopes to retire and go back
Mi ketch ya twang couple a times yardmon..mi american Queen wan tek mi dung deh inna pr so dis video help .Nuff Respect Bro
Nice vibes bro,gotta drink rum and coconut in the Caribbean😂😁I just subscribed👍
The island breeze is nice in el caribe! It hits nicer with the rum buss'n
Omg you're a funny guy, love it 😮❤
I can’t wait to go to Puerto Rico. I got army buddies from there and they’ve always invited me to go.
If you have Army buddies you should go without hesitation they got your 6 you are safe in there
@@DarrenMoore-le6pg you must go!
Those are the worst type of people you can find in PR.
Bro you motivate me to travel
More and live life 😎
I only was able to stay on the island one night while transferring to a cruise but may check it out down the line. I did enjoy the Medalla beer.
Catch a cheapy in and out of PR... Sometimes its like 120 RT from the east coast.... PR is fun... Do it again!
@@KeenanLambert198 for sure.👍🏾.we have a lot of direct flights from the DMV
I’m not sure if you are on the upper East side of Maryland but you can get in there for cheap through PHL and BWI
@@KeenanLambert198 oh yeah for sure 👍🏾I'm closer to Baltimore and Southwest has a fair number of direct flights to San Juan. That's what I took to the cruise. I definitely want to do at least a few days on the island.
How you can drink in that heat is amazing.
@@murk2002 the coconut gave me life
Hey my man I lived in PR 2 years I have a hook up on a house there in the best place on the Island Orocovis PR I got Great peeps there that own a bar/restaurant ..Party all night the music starts
at 6AM
Si?? SIII!!
Everybody thinks their place on the island is the best place, its part of the culture
Love Orocovis PR. Buddy got a house built there and invited me down. Food and beer cheap! Would build there in a heartbeat!
Love the vids also the PR jersey
Thank you Viti!!!!!! 🙏🏾🇵🇷🇵🇷
Bro man KL very informative. I've been here a bit. Drive through Loiza almost every day to avoid the mess on 26. I do have some doubts on PR. Only positive constant for me so far is the food. As far as an extension to the US of A. Only extension is the currency and what surrounds it. The rest it is a country of it's own. Can't figure out why US keeps it as a territory. Usually it is military but don't see much of that.
Keaka how about tourism money?
Over the past year, the island witnessed unprecedented numbers of incoming travelers, employment, and revenue within the local tourism industry, including welcoming over 6.1 million passengers at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport…and achieving an all-time high of $9.8 billion in tourism revenue, a 13% increase. Anything else you need figuring out?
Going there at the end of August.
I stayed in Santurce last year this time.
Did you enjoy it?!
@@KeenanLambert198 absolutely
Love ❤ my island and people…We are very welcoming regardless of color…After all we are made up of three groups of people.
Awesome video
@@bangswift big up yourselffff
The Muriel's on the walls are🔥 and did they have the Malibu breeze Puerto Rican style?
Good video bro
Respect!!!!
Do you think it’s possible to retire in PR and invest in a duplex.. live in one and rent the other home??? I seen fixer uppers for 250k😅
@@ezingles698 Yes I do! But it comes with challenges
I think you forgot that you've change you name to Mr Al Coholic once you start buying tu canequita a lo escondido and carring it like a spare tire you're hook😂
You have a video on wynwood, Miami ?
@@bibistvlife8732 of course I do.
The Gentrification of Miami's Wynwood and Little Puerto Rico
ruclips.net/video/_IIMFcBy-YY/видео.html
Glad you like la preña my wife is a manager there.
Please thank her for me! It's an amazing spot and the bartender/server was a great kid!
Hate to break it to you but not only Dominicans listen to Batchata. But yes there many Dominicans out there. They are our cousins.
Dominican food spots + Bachata.....
Puerto Rico is part of the United States. We have the liberty of living and visiting anytime we want.
Luv Calle Loiza ❤❤
Thanks for the video.
Hi buddy.
You got the same package most tourists get, whory dirty drunk san juan. We've natural reserves camping grounds and beautiful beaches to the west side of the island, tour guides at 117 per day, there's boats and boat rides to other islands in Lajas Parguera. And it's cheaper too.
I will surely mess around on that end in the future! Cheers to Whory San Juan!!
I can tour you around much cheaper than that
Tell me why on the tours en la Parguera, the tour guides have no shame taking you to small little islands with mad trash on them? I went on the bio bay tour and there were many people from other countries and I was absolutely embarrassed.
10:21 you’re still in area metro boss man, it’s significantly richer up there, come down to cabo rojo and you’ll see more of a similar vibe as la Havana
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 useds to be a real nice place years ago an they were independent but as soon as they became apart of the states things changed.
They’ve been attached to the US since 1898
We're you around? I'm sure others would beg to differ
@@Abstract.Noir414 yes I was .
@@CornellAllan old wise one..
Omg part of the State Puerto Rico can't Vote from the President stop giving false information we are a COMMON Wealth
Are you still in puerto Rico
No my brother! I peaced out of there....
@KeenanLambert198 OK I had a big RUclipsr who wanted to possibly link there
@@KeenanLambert198 today
Thanks for letting me know what's up. To be honest family, I generally avoid other RUclipsrs when I'm filming......
You should meet up with timmy Karter and Kurt kaz! 😆
I left Puerto Rico in 2006 and I haven't been back since then
Loiza isnt just a little bit hood its a lot hood😂 But there is a lot of culture there!
I am in my element in the hood!
@KeenanLambert198 I feel u bro!
@KeenanLambert198 You should visit my part of the island!! The beaches are crystal clear!! You can be 30 ft deep or more and still see the sand! I live in Aguadilla, and I'd recommend Crash Boat beach!
hmmmmmmmmm....... I like this idea
Yeah, gotta travel alone for the best experiences.
What's the laws she mentioned?
She didn’t say all of these Act 20, Act22, Act 27 Act 73
You got some heavy hittin spirits walkin with you. Bendicion. Maferefun Yemaya.🧜🏿♀️🌊 🐚🪼🪸
Thats definitely 1 of the places me and my wife wanna experience
Absolutely give it a try my brother!
Aguadilla is my spot!!
I’d love to visit PR!
SALUTE. ALWAYS GREAT CONTENT, DO YOU DO CONSULTATIONS IF SO HOW MUCH?
@@MASCULINE_MELANIN89 I can never charge my brothers and sisters for my advice…. One family!
Your ancestors? You’re not Puerto Rican. The woman from Puerto Rico. We Don’t need to look for outsiders for romance. We have our own handsome Puerto Rican man .
Right here we will not change them for no outsiders even if they live here. I will never allow my daughters to date yet alone Marry an outsider. Sorry that’s how I feel about it. And it just not me I know plenty of Puerto Ricans that feel the same way as me.
@Aric_1 Petty tribalism lmao…. The same ships that trafficked African people to PR also went to Jamaica…
The whole Caribbean basin is 1 family…
Would you disown them for dating a Dominican? A Cuban? A Brit? A Jamaican-Nuyorican mix
@@KeenanLambert198The same ships… but not culturally. So we are not your ancestors
@@caribbeantigress78culturally Puerto Ricans are not same as us Jamaicans. I live in Puerto Rico. Everything is very different. We have same tropical foods but prepare them differently.
@@KeenanLambert198 the majority of Puerto Ricans are of white ancestry and the small percentage of people of African descent in Puerto Rico don’t have your same culture you’re same language they are totally different . I know my culture and I know my people and you are not one of us lol sorry 😞
@@Aric_1 the majority of Puerto Ricans are a 3 race/origin blend with most having a higher percentage of European DNA. True…. However….. It doesn’t matter if you are 25% West and Central African or 80% W&C African… Our ancestors were stolen from the same families… Either way….. When I gave the toast in the video it was about respecting ALL of our fore parents as we stand on their shoulders….
We eat the same food and up until Reggaeton (This you took from our Panamanian cousins who went to go build the Canal) changed recently, we danced to the same riddims…..
Don Q is lit miss PR❤
I was told that bachata is originally from Puerto Rico. But DR just enhanced it.
I heard that too but I could find any evidence of that... Researched it....
Bachata is Dominican. Puerto Ricans hate that garbage music
It is true, the old Dominicans say it themselves.
@@maxhidalgo2766Cuerno music, that's what Dominicans have.
@@maxhidalgo2766idk about that plenty prs dance to that and merengue. But one of my co workers at my old job said she couldn't stand dominican music. I just left it at that and walked away
Can we fly into PR for a visit with our current valid US visit Visa B1/B2
If things keep going the way they are Puerto Rico is going to be a place with out Puerto Ricans like the young lady said those tax breaks are killing the Island and one of the biggest problem is if your born in the island you’re not in title to those tax break that’s like a slap in the face for the Puerto Rican People ñ
All the Puerto Rican living in NYC this place should be looking rich . No excuse !
They don’t care about it half of them never been there. Half their grandparents have been in the United States for years and don’t see Puerto Rican as home.
That’s probably true today. When I came up in alphabet city (LES)when PR population was at its peak between 1970’s and 1990’s- like me many would spend weeks or entire summers every year in PR- our parents never wanted us to lose that connection to the homeland. Today the lower east side is a very different place. For the first time since I believe the 1950’s according to the last census it’s about 26% Puerto Rican. This generation is very different during my time me and all of my friends were first generation PR in the states. Our grandparents still lived in Puerto Rico as did the majority of our cousins, aunts, uncles. Today’s generation for the most part their parents not even their grandparents are from Puerto Rico many are now two generations away. I believe that’s why it’s the way it is although I can only speak for what I witnessed where I grew up.
@@kenny5942 I know older Puerto Ricans who was born there but haven’t been there sense a child.
@kenny5942 facts. I'm from the LES too. The generations have changed. However, I try to go every moment I get.
@@LuisDiaz-oe1uh Without a doubt they have. I don’t even recognize the lower anymore- at least not the one I grew up in.
Looks better than the South Bronx.
Not anymore... South Bronx has money now!
I agree that Puerto Rican woman don’t have anything to gain… Dominican woman have money to gain.. and it shows… too loose ..
.... Dominican women get a bad rep.... I spoke about my experience w. a chapi chapi years ago..
@@KeenanLambert198 and it’s not to say there isn’t virtuous Dominican woman but.. just a general consensus. I dated 2 Dominican woman and both not loyal.
Read the book (The Other Puerto Rico , )if you still like to party the town Rincon might interest you.