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I went there on my honeymoon and was so underwhelmed for the money. While everyone on the Couples Resort compound was nice, the taxi driver and all the locals we did run into tried to scam us out of money or sell us drugs (literally!!). The poverty was overwhelming, and made me sad to think of the dollars that we were putting into the island that would never make it back to the shanty towns that were a constant from the airport to the resort.

I’ve been here 3 or 4x and my hot tip of the day is – Go here with people who know where the locals eat. We mostly only at at local holes in the wall and were amazed at how delicious and cheap the food was. When we would go to the touristy places, not only was the food gross, but it was way over priced.

Great people, inexpensive dining, even downtown :o)

If you have any time in Vancouver, you have to rent a bicycle and ride along the waterfront park. It was one of the most glorious places I’ve ever been. Quiet, peaceful, beautiful, friendly!!!!

Was during the succession vote in the 90’s. It was late October (we spent halloween there which was weird because they don’t/didn’t celebrate it) and there were absolutely no tourists there that we could find, really a great time to be there. The dollar had huge value as well and my travel partner and I had trouble trying to spend $5 for breakfast for the both of us. On one of the last days there it was snowing :o)