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Puerto Rico
Bonsai in Isla Encanta with Norma Rodriguez
Norma in her garden, the view from the balcony and the riot of color that is her garden.
By Kathy Coffman, USA V Photos by Kathy Coffman
isiting Norma Rodriguez is a marvelous experience due to her wonderful personality, hospitality and conviviality. She knows the place to get huge lobsters, oven grilled pizza in the countryside, or delicious pork cooked
whole on the spit in the mountains. Buen provecho! If you are interested in a salsa lesson at a rural tavern after a casual dinner, she knows the place to go to dance with beginners or experts, from 2 to 82 years old! She knows where you can find a cooling pool in the jungle, and shoot down a natural stone slide into the water. There are secret stone gardens in the mangrove forest, where lizards will nestle in your hair if you take off your hat on the way!
Her garden is an inspiration and rejuvenating for spirits weary from the Northern winters: every color of bougainvillea, and orchids blooming in profusion
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