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I was there in the middle of December. We caught a cab to Carombola Garden and spent our time there. In doing so, we drove through the town, but neither my wife or I saw anything that made us want to stop or visit it when we got back from the Garden.

A cab ride r/t to the Garden was $45 for the driver to stay as long as we wanted.

I was just in this port in the middle of December. I did not book a tour ahead of time as I did not want to pay any money up front nor could the vendors guarantee that the tour would go. We got a cab pier-side to go to Los Ecobas Falls. The cost was $60 for the cab round-trip and it is $14 a person to get in to Los Ecobas. They noted the cab number and how many people were in it when we left. We were the first ones at Los Ecobas and it was beautiful. It is about 40 minutes there and you will pass through town on the way. We stayed about two hours and other visitors started showing up about the time we left as well as the tourism police on foot. (You can find someone outside the gate with car who will be cheaper than a cab, I would not recommend doing this.)

Just outside the gate is a naval base and different kinds of police stations. The base has all kinds of guards and so do the police stations. After coming back from the waterfall, we walked outside the pier gate and walked up and down the streets of this area and to a nearby park. There were also tourism police walking and on bicycles in this area. A few guys asked me if I needed a cab and that was it, nobody really pesters you. I felt safe walking around and brought my wife with me as well. We are birders and the birding on this streets was good.

The town is further away but I had no desire to see any more of it after having driven through it.

They had bands and dancers in the building. They would also stamp your passport and give you a free bracelet for doing so. Many of the items they sold in the building were locally made, such as colorful blankets and worry dolls. Bargaining is expected. There was a place that offering wi-fi at $3 a half hour and I found it to work quite well.

There are all kinds of vendors offering the same tours you see on the Internet and some other ones as well.

I found this to be an interesting port. The people were friendly and we found the country-side to be beautiful. The town is not, but I was not there for the town.