puerto rico: i'm 16 and i will be with another friend who is 16, and another who is also 16 and we will be with her parents half of the time. what should we know when we want to go explore puerto rico by ourselves?|||Most people have answered about staying around San Juan. But if you really want to explore Puerto Rico, I am guessing that you want to go to the other places beside San Juan. So one of the things that I'll warn you about is the way that people drive around here, they sometimes drive like maniacs, and don't have much respect for road signs or road rules. So after telling you that, I'll tell you that the most beautiful beaches in the island in my understanding are the ones in the northwest and southwest all the way to Ponce. There is famous beaches in the east coast, and Culebra, but I have never been in that side of the island. I am from the westcoast. In the towns outside the metropolitan area, things are a little bit more calm and laid back. There are great surfing beaches in Isabela, Aguadilla and Rincon. Rincon is a town that have a lot of americans that live there permanently or have a vacationing house of their own in the town. Hope I was of any help, and you can ask me for anything that you want to know. Merry Christmas.|||well, first of all you need a older person at least 18 of age to go inside clubbing, unless you just want to walk the san juan streets and get drinks in small pubs or bar counters, but it will be hard to get inside a club with just 16 of age and specially in tourists areas. If you dont know much about PR, stay within tourist area Old san juan and condado. Take a debit or credit card with you instead of lots of cash or no purses, maybe a small that still has a hand handle. Avoid walking in dark lonely streets, keep safe were the crowd is at. since you girls are young, guys will try to get you drunk, so dont fall for it. buy your own drinks. also dont talk to homeless druggies in the streest asking for money and dont give rides to strangers. otherwise you will be safe and fine, no worry, crime in PR is not based on tourists issues, is more internal and drug related than radom attacks are very rare. oh, and dont leave stuff visible to the eye in your car, such as purses, cameras and stuff that people love to steal.|||My wife and I stayed in the Condado area and we loved it. It seemed quite safe and there are these lovely sidewalk cafe's and restaurants. A meal including a drink may cost you about US$18 plus tips and taxes and we found the food tasty. There are also fast foods like Wendy's and Burger King in this area which are much cheaper. There are 2 lovely forts in Old San Juan San Cristobal and Morro. the views from them are lovely. For shopping go to Plaza Las Americas. Its huge and will take you more than a day to cover. There is a free shuttle bus that takes you around Old San Juan. Its clean and comfortable but due to traffic it may not be as punctual as you would like, but hey you are on vacation. Overall the San Juan area is lovely, the people even loveilier, but of course like anywhere in the world you should avoid dark lonely places. When we travel we ask for directions only from hotel staff, registered taxis, police, tour guides or other officials.|||First, Have Fun...haha. I grew up in PR and its fun to go to different places. Some fun cities/attractions would be Rincon, lots of history in Ponce, El Morro, El Yunque, and i would HIGHLY advise you to take a ferry from Fajardo to Culebra and go to playa flamenco, because its one of the best beaches in the world. Real calm and nice. You might want to go with family for that though. Umm lots of shopping and good places in San Juan. As far as restaurants, one of my favorites is Marios Pizza in Caguas....i think its some of the best pizza ive ever had. And while you are in Caguas, go get some homemade ice cream at the shopping plaza downtown area (i forget the name of the place). And try a lot of the local foods....they are good. As far as safety just use common sense and youll be ok. Oh and another thing, whoever is driving, it gets pretty crazy the drivers there. So just be careful and make sure you or whoever is paying attention! If you need any other help, ill be glad to answer!|||Any place in San Juan, Condado and Isla Verde is going to be safe. Guys are very outgoing, and they are going to hit on you, so don't be extremely friendly. Pubs, bars and clubs are over 18 and they check ID. Enjoy the beaches and walk all around San Juan, Condado amd Isla Verde it's very cool.|||Tourist friendly places are mostly in san juan but depending on the time you're going to be there you can go to other towns. Guys are really confident, some of them really hot =p. Try to go to some of the malls you'll love them[ Plaza las Americas] that one's the best.|||a lot of guys r going to hit on u cuz ur pretty:D lots...