South of the Border: Best Bangs for your Bucks
By Ted Alan Stedman
Apr 8, 2004, 13:59
$1—When a pack of pre-teen hooligans demands a dollar to “protect” your parked vehicle in Baja, Mexico, pony up. It’s a quasi-guarantee they won’t pilfer your ride.
$5—Sip on a “Mono Susio”—equal parts cream de banana, cream de cacao, Malibu Rum and coconut milk—at Cozumel’s Reef Club and you could be howling like the drink’s inspiration, a “Dirty Monkey.” 888-773-4349; www.reefclubcozumel.com.
$10—Plop down at the Hotel Tilarán in northern Costa Rica, a dormitory-like joint featuring the country’s ubiquitous electric “suicide” showerheads that make warm showers a life-and-death experience. 011-596-69-5363.
$20—Unfamiliar with the sea? Learn how to snorkel the Bahamas’ sublime waters in on-shore safety with Exuma Scuba Adventures in George Town. Scuba lessons are $90. 242-336-2893; www.exumascuba.com.
$50—Be warned if you enlist nature guide Ras Lumumba of Ay-Ay Eco Hikes on St. Croix. This Rastaman cannot resist detailing trail-side botanicals that, err, have surprising physical similarities to human genitalia. 340-772-4079; email: eco@via.com.
$100—Enjoy the ultimate E-Ticket ride aboard Panama’s Aeroperlas Airlines, an aging fleet of domestic puddle jumpers that look like flying school buses and sound like lawnmowers. Most land safely. 011-507-315-7500; www.aeroperlas.com.
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