At 5PM, the temperature was 33°C with 70% humidity. I spent half the day sitting in the shade, wearing shorts. To cover my upper body, I used a big, clean, plain towel and walked up to the bar – a unique structure literally built in the sea, accessible from the beach. However, I was not allowed to enter to enjoy a coffee and the view. I was told, "you have to wear a dress," which was amusing to hear as a regular-sized male. While I understand dress codes for restaurants, usually indicated by signs, it seemed unreasonable for a bar situated inside the ocean, especially without any clear dress code indicators. Moreover, it was perplexing to see girls in bikinis with very thin, see-through shirts allowed in. And an old guy wearing a t-shirt and a...
Read moreIt's like a fish market, opens just before sunset and there is no service, if you get there 10 mins late there will not be any tables and you have to serve yourself at the bar, no one will come to get your drinks order and even when you get drinks at the bar it tastes like a smoothie, 90% ice and 10% of what you asked for. I would rather go to somewhere where you pay and get serviced instead of getting up everytime you...
Read moreA very nice bar, set on stilts, to sit and watch the boats and the sunset. We had walked from the nearby sister hotel Riu Palace for sunset drinks and dinner and we enjoyed both. Then a golf buggy provided our transport back. The Riu Jambo seemed a much bigger resort than ours but we...
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