When leaving the bus station you walk straight out onto the main tourist avenue and begin to wonder where you have ended up. The street is full of tacky "made-in-china-souvenir shops" and American food joints. You could not find anything authentic no matter how long you searched.
To our surprise, two blocks away, there was not a single resort tourist in sight. According to the guide book, many tourists have the impression that they will get killed, or at least mugged, if they as much as set foot outside the main street. In fact, its the complete opposite, the backstreets are safe and offer plenty of great little restaurants.
As for the beach, it was the same story. The central beach is overcrowded, has pumping music and is full of people trying to sell you all kinds of crap. With a short ten minute walk along the water we were able to find an almost empty stretch of beach that felt a world away from the loud overcrowded madness.
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