I'm embarrassed to say in our many trips to the island we have never used a cell phone other than surfing the web in our room's wifi. We've always waved down a red plate taxi and negotiated a price before getting into the taxi. There have been time I wished I had one. For example, leaving Ivan's one evening the drivers hanging out wanted $20 to take us back to White Sands. I finally waved down a driver on the road and he took us back for $10. i would love to have a simple phone to be able to contact trusted drivers.

So here's my question.......Is it better to bring and unlocked phone from home and have a sim card added once we get there? Or buy a phone once we get there and where would we get a phone? We leave in 14 days so I need to make plans to get an unlocked phone before we go if that's the best option.

Thanks in advance!