Thursday, February 9, 2012

I was in Puerto Rico/Culebra for vacation this summer and noticed that the locals played dominos everywhere and also had handmade hammocks. But I could only find much cheaper versions of these items in really "touristy" shops. I am looking for a hammock and set of dominos that local puerto ricans would own. Can anyone help?|||What kind of hammock (hamaca) are you looking for? There are 2 types of handmade, there are the handwoven ones & the ones that are sewn of a denim or canvas material & you add the rope. I bought a denim 'banana hammock' (as they are called b/c of the shape) for $30 from a street vendor. Or go here:

http://myborinquen.com/ecommerce/os/cata鈥?/a>

If you want the woven kind you need to go to a atrisan or craft shop in Old San Juan or visit one of these festivals if u go back to PR or buy online:

http://www.elcoquigifts.com/tapestriesha鈥?/a>

Hammock Festival San Sebasti谩n
787-896-1550, 787-896-2610, 787-896-8363
06/30/2008 - 07/03/2008
Plaza P煤blica Rom谩n Baldorioty de Castro.
www.sansebastianpr.com/
Hammock weaving, excellent local food and music.

Feria Artesanal Lajas
787-899-1660, 787-899-1335, 787-899-1860
12/01/2007 - 12/02/2007
Art fair featuring handmade items by local artists, such as stoneware, dolls, paintings and hammocks.


Also the dominos can be bought at a festival or small store in old san Juan. Or go to Pitusa, this is a store w/ a few locations on the island almost like a Kmart if u go back to PR or buy online

http://antojitos.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Sc鈥?/a>

http://myborinquen.com/ecommerce/os/cata鈥?/a>|||Depending on the town, and shop, some of these items can be pricey. Now, if you want homemade hammocks, some places that may have them cheap would be as follows:
In Guavate, between Cayey and Caguas is an all year round place where you can eat lechon asado (roast pork) and there are shops that do have hammocks and dominos for sale.
Other places are:
Walgreen Drug stores-they care a variety of these especialy in Old San Juan and Condado
Puerto Rico Drug Store in Old San Juan-1-787-725-2202 this is by the City Hall
Alamal Drugstores around the Island have them also their main office number is 1-787-641-3888
In some of the tourist attraction spots you can buy them also. I recently went to El Yunque Rain forest in Fajardo and asked for the price of hammocks, well the cheapest was $90, but they were willing to reduce the price to sell and offered $50.
The hammocks are pricey depending on the style, size and colors. There are by many main roads from town to town where people do sell hammocks cheap. Such as if you are going from Rio Piedras to Caguas you take the old #1 road on the weekends and there are vendors by the side of the road who do have them, also, there are some Flee Markets that do sell them cheap.|||Shamed of us puertorrican, most things that are sold here said from PR, botton said "made in china". But real handmade hammocks and dominos from PR you can find it through "artesanos". You can find them through the tourist company or better if you can travel again check the dates (early December) of Feria Bacardi, is a great event that reunites some "artesanos" and you can find a lot of novelties handmade from PR. There is a lots of Ferias of artesanos around the Island. Check the PR tourist company that should help you.|||puertorico.com|||you know... sometimes you can find items like this on ebay. i found a nice sink in mexico that i really liked, and ended up finding tons of 'em on ebay. so check there first!|||Dominos are ussually purchased in toy stores like Toy's R Us, Gitty's Toys, WalMart, K-Mart, etc.

Handmade hammocks are bought from "artesanos" in fairs, plazas, cultural events, etc. Sometimes you find handmade hammocks being sold at the side of main roads.

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