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LelandJane,
I went to old San Juan on buissness about a lifetime ago. Well 20 + years ago. If I remember correctly Old San Jaun was paved with blue bricks at that time. History was ships would unload the bricks used as ballast and load up Rum as a new ballast before heading back out to sea. This is the only island in the Caribbean that I have been too that used blue bricks as roadway material in a city. Most others have been asphault, dirt or concrete. I do not know if it still remains that way or not.
There was also a tropical rain forest and a couple of forts on each end of the island. Very pretty veiws and sunsets. The people was very nice. Back then the road signs was in Spanish and I would also guess 98% of the people I worked/associated with did not speak english. I could not speak spanish either so the company hired a translater for most of the two weeks I was there. I very clearly remember having a few drinks at a outside bar beside my motel costing me about $6.00 each the first few nights. After that my translater started hanging out with me after hours for the remainder of my trip. The drinks at the same outside bar only cost .25 each after the third night and for the remainder of my trip. When I first questioned my bill the bartender laughed and said something in Spanish. My translater said that the bartender said I did not need to pay the tourist prices any more because he considered me a local now. I guess that is when I really started enjoying my time and the history of the island while working over there. I am sure things have changed and somebody will give you a more up to date list of things to see.
I hope you enjoy your trip as much as I did.