Last trip we saw a few people wearing this style hat. We didn't notice anything like this in Negril. Any idea where they are available? Would make a great local made gift to take home for family.
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Last trip we saw a few people wearing this style hat. We didn't notice anything like this in Negril. Any idea where they are available? Would make a great local made gift to take home for family.
We still have one of those hats from 07.We got it at Sunset Jamaica Grande in Ochie.I bet theres a boardie here knows where in Negril to get one
There was a hat making class at Couples Negril where you made the hat with the hat makers help. I haven't been to Couples in a few years so I don't know if it still goes on. I also heard that they wouldn't let you leave the island with it and were making people throw them away.
All the hat makers must have got jobs at the AI,s, thats where I have seen them before, but not in Negril?
Two times I had mine taken when trying to bring it home. Customs said no. Maybe just my bad luck?
I don't think its bad luck, because I saw a couple on my last trip that had their hat thrown in the trash. The officer said it was not to leave the island.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hussyband
There is a guy at White Sands making that type hat. Cannot think of his name - maybe someone will remember.
Ziggy next to Firefly makes great ones.
Looks like they are made with palms, and they are host plants to BUGS, and many are harmful. A huge part of US Customs job is to protect our plants from foreign invaders. I found this clip when I googled it:
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/06...nir-61658.html
It's a shame, they look like nice hats but non-native bugs can really wreak havoc on our ecosystem- witness the pythons here in the Everglades...Having a cool souvenier just isn't worth it.
IRIE! *IG
Only place I have seen them is right outside margaritaville in Ochi Rios.
I have brought a few hats (and bowls) like these home in the past, never a problem.
IG is corrrect. It would be considered a plant & should NEVER be brought back to the states. If you had it packed away & didn't declare it as a plant, Muzikdoc, it wouldn't have been confiscated. As a Floridian who lived through the inconvenience of the medfly invasion years back, I understand completely why plants from out of the country are not allowed to be brought into the US. I think eradicating them cost the state at least $5 million & that was over 10 years ago. Even city/suburban areas had to be sprayed & the spray would not only kill the medflies but damage the paint on any vehicle it touched. Thank goodness I had great neighbors who washed my car off because spraying in my area was done while I was in Jamaica.
I should add that $5 million was the cost to eradicate only. Citrus crop losses were in the billions of $$$. Apparently they still show up occasionally but, after the statewide infestation in the late '90s, the monitoring put in place since identifies them early & allows for containment & elimination of the pests in the infested areas.
I will attest to Captain Ziggy's hat making skills.Quote:
Originally Posted by shooter1