It is known in Puerto Rico as the “City of Melao Melao”, making reference to his cane growing past (melao is the sugar cane syrup). It is also called the “City of the Orange Grove”, because it houses large crops of that fruit.
That is Vega Baja, Municipality in north central Puerto Rico that is now better known as the town where he grew up Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, 27-year-old Puerto Rican rapper, singer and songwriter who has raised his musical career to the clouds during the pandemic.
Although he was born in San Juan on March 10, 1994, Martínez grew up in this community bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, specifically in the Almirante Sur neighborhood, with his parents and two younger brothers, Benie and Bysael, publishes the portal The Faderwhom he considers his best friends. He declared having grown up in a calm and happy home, saying that “I was not one of the boys who used to walk on the street, I liked being at home with my family,” he said in an interview with Rolling Stone.
His homelike character also comes from the intimate warmth he felt receiving from Vega Baja, a town that he considers adhered to his deepest sensibility. “I am from Vega Baja, a small area that is not a metropolis like San Juan, which is where most of the artists of the genre come from. That is the most surprising and incredible thing about all this, I came from nothing itself. When I was at school I used to stand on the balcony of my house singing and people would come to listen to me, “she told Rolling Stone.
Its greatest attractions
“Vega Baja is a modern, cultured, orderly, healthy, vibrant and safe city, with a dynamic economy and many opportunities for coexistence and business”, indicates the portal of the local Municipality, which adds that this town founded in 1776 is known for its fertile plains (low, flat, fertile lands and generally on the banks of a river), which have been inhabited for about 2,400 years.
“Its historic Indio and Cibuco rivers show us in their calm waters the blood, sweat and sacrifice of our Indian, our African and our Spanish nobility… origins of our race.”
Its beaches are well known by Puerto Ricansin addition to a historic area, where historic buildings such as the House Town Hall, built in 1925; the Our Lady of the Rosary Church, declared a Historic Monument in 1984; the phoenix theater, erected in 1917, and the america theater, with its striking art-deco style, it was built in 1940.
On the other hand, the Alonso House Museum It is also very visited, since it preserves the Creole architectural style used by wealthy families of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
And the Nater Pharmacy It has the peculiarity that it has been operating since 1873 and preserves part of the furniture, utensils and the old floor of the time.
Vega Baja is also known as the “Capital of Ecotourism” in Puerto Rico, since it has five natural reserves: Cibuco Swamp, La Vega Forest, Río Indio and the Cibuco Agricultural Reserve and Laguna Tortuguero Reserve.
In this last reserve is the spring, a natural pool of crystal clear water that is fed by a natural spring, surrounded by lots of vegetation. This place was known as “secret” because very few people knew about it, but through social networks the word about it has spread and now it is one of the most popular places. Nearby operates the Botanical Garden “El Trece”, a recreational place where, in addition to basketball courts, there is a beautiful forest where visitors enjoy the springs and the river.
Charco Azul and the Puerto Nuevo Spa They are also nearby natural spas surrounded by vegetation.
However, tourists with extreme tastes have their very particular attraction in the so-called north rock, as it is known to a mountain wall of almost vertical limestone rock where climbers challenge their skills. covers 39 sport climbing routes where this sports practice has been developed with the support of specialized operators.
The funny thing is that This space was born only in 2017, when the destructive hurricane María “cleared” the surface of the mountain until it was suitable for this activity. So that is the only vegabajino attraction that did not accompany Bad Bunny in his childhood, but surely he has already enjoyed it. (I)
Contact and reports from the Municipality of Vega Baja: www.vegabaja.gov.pr.
Source: Eluniverso
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