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fiogf49gjkf0d FORT DE FRANCE IS THE CAPITAL AND IT IS HERE THAT MANY OF
THE SHOPS ARE FOUND. THINGS TO BUY INCLUDE COSTUMED DOLLS,
TAPASTRIES, WICKER TRAYS AND BOXES, WHITE AND DARK RUM,
CONCH SHELLS, FABRICS PRINTED WITH MADRAS PRINTS, BAMBOO
HATS, BASKETS AND OBJECTS OF AROMATIC VETIVER ROOTS THERE
IS ALSO CREOLE, CHINESE, PHILIPPINE, AFRICAN, HAITIAN,
JAPANESE AND JEWELLERY TO BE FOUND.
PLACES TO SHOP IN THE CAPITAL ARE THE RUE ISAMBERT MARKET,
HERE THERE IS A LARGE FOOD EMPORIUM. SHOPS IN THE NEARBY
STREET SELL COLOURFUL PRINTED FABRICS. FISHERMEN SELL FISH
FROM THEIR BOATS BY THE FOOTBRIDGE OVER THE LEVASSOR RIVER.
THERE IS ANOTHER FISHMARKET IN BOULEVARD ALLEGRE. THE
OUTDOOR SHOPPING PAVILLION OF LA SAVANE NEAR THE WATERS
EDGE AT FORT DE FRANCE SELLS A LARGE VARIETY OF BASKET WORK
AND OTHER CRAFTS. THE MAIN SHOPPING STREETS IN THE CAPITAL
FOR SOUVENIRS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE BETWEEN THE SAVANE
AND THE LEVASSOR RIVER.
THE ISLANDS OF SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT BARTHELEMY ARE DUTY
FREE. LIQUOR AND TABACCO ARE THEREFORE GOOD BUYS. THERE ARE
ALSO SOME BOUTIQUES.
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