# Going to Puerto Rico (Rincon) for New Years... tips and advice?

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**Created:** [December 19, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-puerto-rico-rincon-for-new-years-tips-and-advice/707707 "2014-12-19T23:47:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-puerto-rico-rincon-for-new-years-tips-and-advice/707707/1 "2014-12-19T23:47:36Z")

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Our first trip to PR. We’ll be staying in an AirBnB. We’re really excited. We like just about any activity, though snorkeling/diving is difficult (not impossible) because of my glasses (I have difficulty with contacts). We love food of all types. We’re flying into San Juan, and I wasn’t able to find decent-looking transportation online to Rincon, so I’m assuming we’ll have to rent a car.

Any advice? What’s it like to drive in PR? Anything to worry about? Anything we absolutely must do or eat?

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-puerto-rico-rincon-for-new-years-tips-and-advice/707707/2 "2014-12-20T01:43:25Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> …Any advice? What’s it like to drive in PR? Anything to worry about?..

Driving in San Juan is insane. Many roads are narrow and/or one way, and people drive like maniacs. Turn signals are for gringos and foreigners.

There are [públicos](http://www.roughguides.com/destinations/central-america-and-the-caribbean/puerto-rico/getting-around/), long distance buses, but it may take forever to travel that way.

It might be worth it to see if you can take a small plane to Mayagüez and drive from there to avoid the San Juan mess, unless you want to see Old San Juan.