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Ocho Rios Liquor Shopping

  • November 8, 2007
  • Rated 3 of 5 by catronma from Nixa, Missouri
We went to the Taj Mahal shopping senter where the Hard Rock cafe is located. From the ship you do not need to take a cab so don't get suckered into paying the money. Take a left from the port and keep walking you cant miss it. Aside from all of the typical t-shirt and trinket shops there is one thing to get in Jamaica... RUM! Appleton is the big local Rum and you can get it up to 190 proof but that one smells like rubbing alcohol! Of course you will have to check it when getting back onto the ship so you wont be able to drink it, however you can get around that!To save money on the onboard liquor prices bring a 1 liter water bottle with you when you exit the ship when you go to the liquor store just mention your water bottle to the person who helps you, and they will try to give you individual attention. Not only will they pour it into the bottle for you and dispose of the liquor bottle they charged us $2 less than what was marked on the bottle.Obviously this is something they do frequently but still something they try to be a little secretive about.We also had a local tell us that if we had kept walking straight past the Taj Mahal we would have run into a small local grocery store and could have paid another $3 less for the bottle making it about a $9 liter of rum.

From journal Dream Destinations - Jamaica/Cayman

Taj Mahal

  • July 21, 2003
  • Rated 3 of 5 by jif101 from Oak Hill, Virginia
Almost all of the shops offered T-shirts, rum, souvenirs, cigars, and Jamaican coffee. The merchants are like auto salesmen -- they REALLY want you to buy something, but they are not mean about it.

The shop we were recommended by Beaches is called Payless and we did find that they had the best prices (although it was probably still possible to haggle a bit). It's located on the top floor of the strip mall.

From journal A week at Beaches Ocho Rios

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