Vistor Notes:

Subject: 'General Bermuda Travel Info'
Posted by Marc on: Thursday, September 04, 2008 at 04:23 AM PST

Food:
Bermuda has a lot of vegan foods, if you know where to look! Most Bermudian grocery stores, like Harrington Hundreds, or Lindo's (which also displays an awesome Sea Shepherd tribute near the front door!), have extensive vegan options in the grocery stores (vegan chicken nuggets, vegan spare ribs in sweet/sour sauce, Tofutti ice cream, vegan sweets, soy/rice/hemp beverages, etc... all the things you might find in a good North American grocery store health food section (Bermuda imports most of their food, so lots of great North American and UK vegan products are imported as well). May be challenging to get vegan food in any Bermuda restaurant, but there is always the garden salad or simple foods available mostly everywhere. I've read that foods cost 3 times the amount of where it originates, but from my experience most foods only cost a dollar or two more than the U.S. price, due to shipping costs. Lots of tropical foods grow here too, year-round you can have bananas and tomatoes and other veggies, loquats also grow seasonally on the sides of roads. Sub-tropical climate favours vegan gardeners, if you can afford the land to grow such things on.

Travel:
Bermuda is not very pedestrian friendly! Most roads have no sidewalks at all (some very short sidewalks are in the middle of nowhere, and seem absolutely pointless...?), meaning that to get around, you should rely on a vehicle (taxi, bus, etc)... you can bike, but roads are so narrow and winding, it can be dangerous as you may find yourself too close to cars. Bus service is very good, although not always on time, they come around very often for the most part (commonly 15-30 minutes in most places, as Bermuda is an extremely small place). So, for safety reasons, it's best to rely on vehicles for transportation, and not greener methods.