Just got back on Tuesday and never in all my time going to PUERTO RICO have I seen it so quiet!
Some bars & restaurants shut or closed early, absolutely no atmosphere!
Hotels not even open, the beach has half the sunbeds missing compared to what it used to be!
Most off the bars and restaurants where" Bubble's" are gone!
The prices are grim even allowing for the weak pound!
Looking at say a sirloin steak most places €12.00 which now = £12.00 as we know, a bottle of house wine in LAS BRASSES €11.99, but look at the supermarket prices, bread €3.00, plus a large bottle of FANTA or COKE €1.90 back bacon €4.06 for about 6 slices, a newspaper €2 plus depending on what paper, a carton of milk €2.99.
oh! just remembered a tin of beans in the hotel supermarket €1.50 on offerta.
I was drinking the same order for drinks in TENERIFE as in PUERTO RICO.
TENERIFE first, LOCAL BEER+LOCAL BACARDI & COKE €5 TO €5.50 IN MOST PLACES I WENT INTO PLUS ENTERTAINMENT AVAILABLE (like everywhere you could get cheaper & dearer depending on where and what you want) which seams a fair price to me.
PUERTO RICO-the same order €7.50- €8.50.
Whether it was in the commercial centre or my hotel it was expensive.
I‘m excluding places like M & M's as you always get somewhere cheaper but don't want to drink in them 24/7
In the hotel (Terrazamar), Bacardi-coke& local vodka-sprite €7.80.
Lots of people said how expensive everything was and how quiet so I asked a few people what was happening and they all said a push was on to get GRAN CANARIA full of SCANDINAVIANS, they expect 30% more of them starting in OCTOBER.
To finish of when we got to the airport (after 1hour 40minutes on the bus) a vending machine was selling MARS BARS for €1.60, a small bottle of PEPSI €2.50, or into one of the newsagent type shops packet of HARRIBO sweets €4.50.
Never thought I would say this but it will be a long time before I'm back in PUERTO RICO"¦AND IT WILL BE MISSED.
