¡Bienvenidos A Puerto Rico!
September 15, 2012Excerpt from Page 62 SEPTEMBER 2012 / Teach & Travel – The Official Publication of SYTA www.syta.org
By Kristyn Roggelin
Every March, I have the pleasure of accompanying students from my advanced Spanish classes to Puerto Rico. Our goal is to experience another language and culture through immersion. For one week, I ask them to step outside of their comfort zones and try exotic new foods, speak a new language, and imitate cultural nuances.
Vámonos Tours San Juan, Puerto Rico
July 15, 2011Excerpt from Courier Magazine, July 2011 page 74
For Jorge Pardo, taking groups to his native Puerto rico is more than a way to earn a living, it is his passion. “I’ve been taking friends and family around Puerto rico ever since I was in high school,” said the founder and president of Vámonos tours. “I started this company by taking my own students to my island.”
All The Pleasure of a Tropical Getaway
February 15, 2011Published in Courier Magazine Feb. 2011 pages 78-79
Excerpt of article By Judy Watiuk
They’re rarely at the top of any American’s getaway bucket list, but the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands should be. After all, they offer all the delights of a tropical vacation with intriguing local history thrown in.
SPANISH INFLUENCE
Jorge Pardo, owner of Wilmington, Delaware-based Vamonos Tours, is a Puerto Rico native who has been leading student tours to his home island for more than 15 years. Located east of the Dominican Republic on the edge of the Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico is just over 1,000 air miles from Miami — an easy hop “Culture, adventure and Spanish immersion are the hallmarks of our tours,” Pardo said. “We go for a long hike in El Yunque National Forest, we do spelunking, ziplining, visit a local fisherman who shows us real, living creatures he caught that morning — everything your typical tourist will not do.”