You can bring UNUSED pipes home. They are not illegal since no one can say what you intend to smoke in them.Originally Posted by Mike_D
You can bring UNUSED pipes home. They are not illegal since no one can say what you intend to smoke in them.
Ricky Ginsburg
Fort Collins, Colorado
(Where it's always a Rocky Mountain high.)
Yup, but even an unused pipe might give the customs agents a reason to search you and your luggage further. Just want to avoid the hassle.
When I was college I was once stopped at the Canadian border, and an immigration official found a pack of EZ Widers in my glove box. They then detained me and my friends inside the building while they tore apart our luggage and the interior of my car. Of course, we weren't stupid enough to be bringing any contraband over the border, but it is a hassle I would rather not relive.
I had that same concern the first time I took one home. I only bring home unused ones and never had any problems.
Blue Cave Castle '12, '13 '14 '15 '16 Catcha Falling Star '13 Boardwalk Village '14 '15
Sometimes it gets on my nerves and I think "This doesn't happen at home" and then my brain cell kicks in and says "it's -30 at home!" .... and suddenly, it's not so much harassment as "soaking up the culture"!
Agreed on the glass for sure, but you gotta keep it clean...
My husband and I love our vacations to Negril. We enjoy the Caribbean. We have been to Jamaica 6 times, Negril 4 times. As far as the vendors, well, it is a bit more of a noticeable annoyance than most other places than we've been. And my husband travels all over the world. He was away 33 weeks last year. We have never felt uncomfortable in Negril, really, aside from being at a small place for lunch and a bit of a fight happened with the proprietor loosing it and we just walked away as the craziness ensued. Our first two trips were to CSA and we spent a good bit of everyday walking everywhere we noticed a bit of a bother on our walks. I understand that this is the way these folks make a living, but don't understand why their methods would translate into sales sometimes. I don't want to be bothered or intimidated. If you are walking along the best stretch of beach I have had the pleasure of strolling along, I "ain't" necessarily shopping. We have been able to do a wave of the hand and a no thank you with no problem. Having said that, we are at this point an "older" (shudder) couple and no one bothers us. I guess at this point they can tell we know the ropes. We have plenty of stuff from our many travels. We don't go on vacation to shop and buy trinkets. We go to wake up on the beach, dine and drink while hanging on the beach. It would behoove the Negril community to discourage harassment of their guests. There is so much there to keep people coming back, again and again. It is just the right mix of what we want in an island get away, for us, and a great number of visitors. But visitors want a carefree, comfortable, laid back time when they head to Negril. Hassle free. The last two times we went to Negril we were at Idle Awhile and Charela. We were totally left alone, wherever we went. They were two of our most favorite trips. At Idle Awhile we welcomed the food vendors and enjoyed the breads, juices, fruit and such. When at Charela all we had to do was to let the seller know we were on the all inclusive plan and they left us alone. On our last day the boat guy off the coast came over and said, come on, you guys have hung at the beach every day, you need to head out on the water today. Na, not today either. We have done just about everything from the beach and what we go to Negril for is to set up at our spot each day and walk. We have never done an excursion. The Negril vendors need to lighten up some if they want to be able to keep people coming back. No one wants to be hassled on their vacation. We love to go to markets wherever we go and have been able to visit markets on many a Caribbean island, Europe, Asia and the US. And the haggle is far worse in Jamaica. I hope they can work things out. We found it was better the last two visits. I hope they find a balance where the locals can make a living while visitors can feel safe and comfortable. We missed a get away trip this past two years, had a daughter get married. We are heading to Cancun for a wedding this winter. That should be interesting. My husband has been to MX many times and is not a fan. Negril remains our favorite place to decompress. And I hope to go many more times in the future. We have for the most part felt safe and happy and we look forward to traveling to our spot many times in the years to come. The water, the trees, the sand, the low profile of the buildings. What can I say. St Martin, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Antiqua, Bahamas cannot compare. And well, the other places I might love are just out of our price point for a yearly trip. I hope that people will give a trip to Negril a try. It is a great place, with great people, great food, that has casual, nice places to stay along the most wonderful stretch of coast imaginable.
I had a chat with .. a few vendors ..last reach & let them know
that if they can produce ... "one of a kind " or custom goods for sale
they won't have to "fight" for business
It would come to them ...far too many "run of the mill" goods
the customer base is in search of items .. that are not of the norm ...ie- same old woodcarvings/braclets..etc
some of the very best items ..I've purchased are unique ..ie- Coinmon necklaces/custom -made shell necklaces & braclets
jcjcnj....a couple of things:
I too am a market place aficionado. Make a trip over to the Sav-la-Mar market on a Friday or Saturday. You won't be disappointed. We just take route taxi's back and forth.
Regards,
Bob
Thank you, rjonson for the heads up on the market. Friday is always our last day and we are not heading out anywhere. We stayed at Duncan's Bay once and went to the local market with the staff of the villa and enjoyed our time there. We loved the Weds market in Marigot, St Martin. And you cannot beat any market in Hong Kong, London or Rome. We enjoy a bit of the hunt. I don't like to hear that visitors to Jamaica are concerned about being "bothered" by vendors. But then so many people are not really travelers. Us, we take it all in. I can understand that visitors do not want to be bothered while they lounge on the beach or walk the shoreline. I don't like it either. We have engaged in conversation with many a local person in our travels. I have to admit, we are not the friendliest of people in our travels. We don't go on vacation to make friends, in all honesty, we go to spend time, together, that we don't get to do all too often in our day to day life. So we don't usually get involved in any drama in our travels. We have purchased many a more unique item. I do agree with the suggestion that people have hand made items that are different from the norm. One of our favorite pieces is a wooden wall hanging of a fish that we got in Antiqua that we requested for a particular spot and the artisan came back in a few days with the piece. We like the wood carver at the wave stalls, don't know his name right now, but we have picked up a number of items from him. Hey, we don't not want to buy stuff, we just don't need any more stuff and we certainly don't want to be bothered with selling while we are vacationing.
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