Tim & Kim Fain

This is a port built just for the cruise ships and this particular day we were the only ones in port, so it wasn’t very crowded. We didn’t have a particular excursion planned for this day, so we shopped and roamed the village. There was a neat dance show with natives dancing and pretty costumes. The native shop owners were very annoying and pushy as you perused their wares. You couldn’t shop without them bugging you to death. Also, if you asked a price, remember they are ALWAYS willing to come down. I wanted to buy a little drum toy for my son and when I first asked the price, he said 10.00 and by the time it was over, it was down to 1.00!!! There are some shops where there isn’t this kind of pressure. The boat actually publishes a map of the stores that they suggest you shop in and they didn’t have the high-pressure salesmen there.

The weather was cool and wet and I wasn’t dressed for it, so we went back to the boat, had lunch and I grabbed a sweatshirt. Went back out and by that time it was HOT!! We decided to take a stroll along the coast where there was a worn, gravel path. It was very littered and that was a shame, but it has good potential and I bet in a few years, this will be a really nice port. We walked about 2 miles and came upon a small shack and a pot-bellied pig tied to a post with a rope. We also saw what looked like a naval facility and a man with a BIG gun, so we turned around there and headed back. We found out later that this was the same path used on the biking tour and you can walk further down and there are more shops and a restaurant, but we didn’t get that far. That was ok, because our walk gave us a good feeling for the port. We also saw several iguanas sunbathing on our walk!! We then checked out the beach area to the right of the shopping area and it was ok. You could rent a chair and snorkel there. We thought it was a bit run down and I didn’t like the rap/hip-hop music they were playing.

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