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Duty free shopping in the Caribbean

   Here's what to buy when you travel:
Bahamas
Scottish cashmere sweaters; Bahamian miniature paintings; pineapple, banana and coconut liqueurs; My Ocean scented soaps and candles; Straw Market souvenirs
Barbados
African influenced batik or "mud cloth" textiles; spices; tea; rum; multicolored Earthworks pottery; ceramics
Cancun
Hand worked leather wallets, bags, and belts; duty-free Mexican vanilla extract and tequila; the airport;s Pineda Covalin boutique for scarves, shoes, bags, and ties in ravishing Mexican folkloric patterns.
Cayman Islands
Designer-label jewelry, perfume and accessories; treasure-coin pendants and rings; Tortuga Rum Cake; beaded necklaces; and bracelets of marble-like Caymanite stone.
Curaçao
Willenstad's Punda district boutiques; spices and lunch at the Marshe Bieuw (Old Market); food and crafts from Venezuelan boats docked at the Floating Market.
Dominican Republic
Cuban-style cigars and Matusalem rum; jewelry featuring larimar, a milky blue semiprecious stone found nowhere else
Jamaica
Scotch bonnet pepper hot sauce; Blue Mountains coffee beans; Appleton rum and Tia Maria coffee liqueur; ginger-fragrance soap and candles; fruit-patterned Wassi art pottery




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