Hammock Review:

Luquillo, Puerto Rico

Luquillo is known as La Capital del Sol, The Sun Capital, for good reason: it gets a lot of sun.

It should also be known as La Capital de las Hamacas, The Hammock Capital, because it gets a lot of hammocks.

As I strolled down the beach, I was surrounded by hammocks on either side of me—to my right were hammocks in the front porch areas of houses; to my left were hammocks on the beach, portable ones people had hung to optimize their time enjoying the plentiful rays.

For this reason, this is known as—or should be known as—Hammock Row.

It was a wonderful thing to see. A wonderful thing to experience: people truly appreciating and using the great relaxation device known as the hammock. It is the best way to access the Vitamin D3 the sun so generously gifts us. In Maine, we have to buy Vitamin D3 in pill format. You can find it in the vitamin row at your local pharmacy. You can find other things consumed in pill format at your local skid row. But Hammock Row is life’s physically and economically healthiest row.

When I strolled back on Hammock Row, of course, the house hammocks were to my right, and the beach hammocks were to my left, and then the hammocks dissipated for a few minutes as I left Hammock Row for my hostel, Casa Coral.

I need to take a moment to rave about this hostel; not because they are paying us for this wonderful promotion—they are unfortunately not paying us: it is extremely unlikely they even know Hammock Reviews exist.

And I am not raving about this hostel just because this hostel had an awesome hammock.

But, yes, primarily because they had an awesome hammock.

Yet if a hostel can be something good in addition to its hammock, this hostel was. It was one of the cleanest, brightest, most organized hostels I have been to. I highly recommend it. If this were a hostel review, I’d give it five stars.

But this is not a hostel review; it is a Hammock Review, so I can only give the hostel an unofficial endorsement here.

And rave about its great location: only a five-minute walk from Luquillo’s famous Hammock Row.

During my short stay in Luquillo, I took several strolls down Hammock Row; it really was a lovely activity to do.

Maybe someday we will live in a world where every town has a Hammock Row within walking distance of wherever you happen to be.

Maybe someday we will live in a world where every child receives a quality hammock education.

Maybe someday we will live in a world where the skid rows are replaced with Hammock Rows.

For Skid Row fans who might protest, they could have just as easily—or superiorly—called themselves Hammock Rock. “I Remember You” might be about a hammock after all. So release your inner youth, unpack your “Sweet Little Hammock” and improve your local community by building its own Hammock Row with “Hammocks Gone Wild.” Who knows, you might even see your baby at the Hammock Row’s “Hammockshow.” You’re never a Slave to the Grind when “Hammock Business” is your business.