Author: Robert Breeden (---.wyndham.com)
Date: 01-08-04 10:09
Hi MIchael:
Visited Culebra last year for the first time with a friend who has been visiting there once a year for about 6 years....we are actually heading back there in about 3 weeks!!!
Grocery situation is fine in Culebra!! At least last year it was! We did take some groceries with us though...
We spent the night in San Juan and bought Fresh Steaks (all of the steaks on the island are frozen and we prefer to eat unfrozen beef).....
The veggie situation is fine...in fact...they have great plantains which you can take and make little potatoe patties out of and fry in oil...they are really good!!
I would reccommend taking fresh beef only.....you can buy fish and lobster from the local seafood market which is located at the Gas Station.....(fish and gas...hehe)
If this is your first trip there you will be amazed....we just returned from Aruba (where everyone raived about the beaches and the cleanliness of the ocean)---BAH.....Aruba to me (compared to Culebra) is like Baltimore's Inner Harbor!!!!
The water on Culebra is so clear...the first time I saw it, I almost cried (honestly)....the visibility in any direction under water is about 100 feet.
GREAT SNORKELING...and scuba..if you do that...f
The beaches are incredible too....!!! In fact, two years ago, Travel Channel hosted an episode of the 10 top beaches on the planet and "Flamenco" beach on Culebra was #2.....of course #1 was a beach on Hawaii.....
I read one of the responses here and someone said liquor was expensive...I don't know about the rum, but the beer price isn't so bad....it's about $20 bucks a case...(more than the states, but these people have to make money somehow).....
DEFINITEY WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT AT ALL TIMES....the funny thing is, as long as you are wearing your seatbelt you can do just about anything....(not that I reccommend this)...but you can actually breeze through town with a beer in one hand and one hand on the wheel.....hehe
Bottom line---take fresh beef, otherwise it will be frozen...buy seafood from the local market....wear your seatbelt and get ready for one of the most beautiful islands in the caribbean!!
Sincerely,
Rob
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