central puerto rico and the pork highway

aibonito, puerto rico

in central puerto rico, we drove through aibonito, the town with the highest elevation on the island, which has a nice central square and great views.

aibonito, puerto rico
near aibonito, puerto rico

at my urging, we spent one evening in the hot thermal waters of the coamo thermal springs.

coamo thermal springs, puerto rico

and definitely one of the highlights of the trip was visiting the ruta del lechon, or the pork highway, in guavate. after driving up a valley, there are many restaurants all specializing in lechon. we tried multiple, along with hundreds of other meat lovers.

ruta del lechon, puerto rico
ruta del lechon, puerto rico
jake prepping to eat lechon, ruta del lechon, puerto rico
me prepping to eat lechon, ruta del lechon, puerto rico
ruta del lechon, puerto rico