Dan Miller

This was one stop I could have done without. We did not book any tours at this stop because nothing looked worth the prices they were asking ($40+ dollars to take us shopping or to a beach). As we were getting ready to leave the ship we were warned not to shop outside the main downtown area because it was not safe. That made us feel a little uneasy about going ashore. We took a shuttle to the downtown at $6 per person. This town is very run down and the people are very poor. We seen a lot of shacks that didn’t look fit to let a animal live in, yet there were people living there. The shops were not as run down. They looked like a real old two-story strip mall. We did not find a lot of great buys here except for souvenirs. Very high-pressure sales people, but it didn’t bother us much. We just said no thank you and moved on. Don’t pay their asking price, we were able to get all items 25-50% less then their asking price. For lunch we went to Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville. This was a great place!!!!! Wish we would have skipped the shopping and just hung out there all day. Be sure to try the jerked chicken. That was the best chicken I have ever eaten. I even had to buy some of the sauce to try to make my own back home. We talked to some of the people that shopped at the flea market (that we were told was not a safe place) and they told us they got some real good deals there. We seen people bringing back huge TV’s, stereos and other high ticket items so maybe that was the place to go if you want to take a chance. Over all we did not find anyone from our ship that liked this port, but we all agreed we loved Margaritaville.

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