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Re: Random notes on a visit #2
[Re: boucharda]
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01/29/2019 06:56 PM
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Are these "lolos" operating legally? What do you anticipate happening to them once Roxxy Beach is up and running?
J.D.
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Re: Random notes on a visit #2
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01/29/2019 07:34 PM
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Did you think prices overall were higher than in past visits? I missed last year but it seems (and according to a friend who is there now) that prices on the island have increased substantially the past few years.
J.D.
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Re: Random notes on a visit #2
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Correct and most are probably "squatters".
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Re: Random notes on a visit #2
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01/29/2019 09:25 PM
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Thanks boucharda, my wife won’t let me get off the photo from Le Sucriere. LOL. Also the view from 574 is as good as the one from 572. Have a great time. The hall photo is a great view.
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Re: Random notes on a visit #2
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01/30/2019 07:09 AM
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Thank you. As a visitor of going on 28 years (24 years of staying over) we go back to the days of $1 or less beer and $5 or less burgers. Back then a lot of the burgers were grilled over real wood charcoal (not gas) and were CAB (certified angus beef) and not a generic frozen patty. Even in the last 10 years or so it seems many prices have possibly tripled.
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Re: Random notes on a visit #2
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01/30/2019 08:22 AM
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Re: B572...right next door...same view and this year, with the D building removed, you can see right into the lagoon on the right. Still sad to see those buildings gone...looking the opposite direction (back corridor) from the pic I posted you can see most of the lagoon and ships all the way to the Cole Bay bridge
Re: prices...we went shopping at the Market Garden, Carrefour, Super U and Cost-U-Less and didn't really notice any increase and definitely not any "substantial" increase. I rate my Islands by the cost of a case of beer (Carib) and it is steady at around $18-20 which is the same as previous years...(vs. $50 in Aruba and close to $60 in Grand Cayman). I don't make it a habit to keep track of the prices of everything I buy over the years but 1) it's an Island and everything is expected to cost more 2) competition is not as great now with some establishments gone or being repaired so that could raise prices a bit....Corona at BBB is still two for three bucks 1230p-7p...Carib is a twofer at $4 which is weird...restaurant prices did seem a bit elevated
oops..forgot...they are completing a decent size gas station/mini mart at the Cole Bay end of the causeway right at the roundabout
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Re: Random notes on a visit #2
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01/30/2019 08:26 AM
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There really are fresh, handmade burger patties around if you look closely. Where? Thanks.
J.D.
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Re: Random notes on a visit #2
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01/30/2019 08:28 AM
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The Palms, Mary's Boon. I'll have to think, but there are a couple others. My fave is Boon.
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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Re: Random notes on a visit #2
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01/30/2019 08:48 AM
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Prices are higher than before Irma. But I still get sticker shock when I go back to the states!
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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