No pictures for this one. No point in posting pictures of abandoned hotels and shuttered tourist markets. Our last visit to Freeport was in 2003. The downtown tourist area was centered on the International Bazaar surrounded by a large busy casino;large,busy hotels a Country Club and golf course. The Bazaar had hundreds of shops, and dozens of restaurants and the native straw market had over 300 shops.On a weekend thousands of people passed through.
Today the Bazaar is abandoned, all but 5 or 6 shops are closed; there is no operating restaurant. The hotels are all abandoned, the casino is closed and the golf course is weed infested.
The few natives there said the whole infrastructure (they didn't use this word) collasped after a hurricane three years ago. No name was associated with the storm but it must have been one of those that also struck FL. Still the situation makes no sense; Lucaya, 7 miles away, is thriving; new hotels, casino, etc. (see the previous post).
In any event, for the visitor there is nothing left in Freeport.
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Freeport is where Julie and I went my senior year in college for Spring Break. It was hopping then. I wouldn't say I loved it but it was far nicer than Nassau was. Shame it just collapsed like that.
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