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The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. Don't swim there unless you want to be run over by some cruiseliner.
The cache is not inside the cemetery either
The Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is a colonial-era cemetery located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the final resting place of many of Puerto Rico's most prominent natives and residents.
Buried here among other famous Puerto Ricans are two of most importance to the history of Puerto Rico. These two still to this day define today’s political relation of Puerto Rico with the USA: Dr. José Celso Barbosa and Pedro Albizu Campos.
Dr. José Celso Barbosa is considered the father of the pro-Statehood movement that seeks to permanently join the island of Puerto Rico as a State of the Union of the United States of America. On the other hand, Pedro Albizu Campos is considered one of the fathers of the independence movement that seeks to separate the island of Puerto Rico from being a territorial possession of the United States of America.
Dr. José Celso Barbosa (1857-1921) was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, got his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where he graduated valedictorian and he was the only black in his class. He got his degree before the Spanish-American war when the island of Puerto Rico was still under Spanish rule and the Spanish government would not recognize his Medical degree until the American Consul in the island intervened. As a member of the Red Cross, Barbosa went to the aid of the wounded Puerto Rican and Spanish soldiers during the Spanish-American War. On July 4, 1899, Barbosa formed the pro-statehood Puerto Rican Republican Party as a reaction to the outcome of the Spanish-American War, in which Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States; he became known as the father of the "Statehood for Puerto Rico" movement.
Pedro Albizu Campos (1893-1965) was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, graduated from Harvard University obtaining a Law degree while studying Literature, Philosophy, Chemical Engineering and Military Science. He was fluent in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Latin and Greek. He served in the US Infantry right after World War I and after feeling racism in the army it left a mark and strengthened his belief that Puerto Rico should be independent from the United States of America. He was an active member and President of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.
PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR OWN POLITICAL VIEWS OR IDEALS ON THE LOGS. This description is only here to show some history of two important Puerto Ricans and not to favor one political status or the other.
If the cemetery is open, you can visit both of their tombs and walk through the grounds see the interesting architecture, buildings and layout. I don’t know the hours of operation of this cemetery or if it is even open to the public at all.
To solve this puzzle you don’t need to go inside the cemetery but you will need to get close enough to get some clues for the final. The final is not in the cemetery property.
To get to the cemetery entrance you will need to go through a tunnel under the fortress walls starting on the road at N 18 28.119 W 66 7.164 and walking downhill. Be careful when walking through this tunnel as there are no sidewalks, there is only space for one car and traffic can go both ways. Once at the entrance of the cemetery you will need to look through the fence and find the two pictures below. Don’t worry, the length of fence that you can look through is only about 30 feet.
On the right side of the entrance gate, looking through the fence, find where the picture below was taken from. Find the tombstone that the arrow points to. Ramón is the last person listed on this tombstone.
A=Number of ghosts seen in the picture above.
B=Number of the month Ramón was born.
On the left side of the entrance gate find where the below picture was taken from. Find the tombstone that the arrow points to.
C=Number of the month María was born.
Now go back up through the tunnel and walk to N 18 28.173 W 66 7.239 where the picture below was taken.
The middle structure is a sentry box. In Spanish it is called a "garita" pronounced as "GAH-REE-TAH". This is where Spanish guards stood post to watch for approaching enemy ships and remain protected from enemy fire and from the weather. Get inside the garita and look at the cemetery grounds from it. The picture below was taken from this garita.
In the picture above find the tombstone that the arrow points to.
D=One less than the Number of letters of the very last word.
E=Number of letters in the very first word less Number of letters of the very last word.
F=Two less than the Number of letters in the very first word.
The Final is at N 18 28.ABC W 66 07.DEF
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