They’re Not Bugs!

Beach Front Resorts are Humid. Whether Caribbean, Mexico, Florida, California, Hawaii, you name it. If there is sun, sand and a huge body of water, it will be humid.

Some tourists like to rent an air bnb or a condo with a kitchenette so they can save money on food, have snacks and for the convenience of not getting dressed and going to a restaurant.

So here’s what happens… tourist puts together a snack or meal, grabs the salt shaker, sees rice-shaped brown bugs, get grossed out, throws the salt away and proceeds to file some sort of gripe or complaint.

WRONG…. Due to the humidity of the place this visitor has chosen to visit, salt will clump. It will harden. It won’t be shakeable, pourable or spreadable. So, the way the locals remedy this situation is to add rice to the salt. The rice will break up the salt when shaken. However, after a while, (2-3 weeks), the rice will turn brown from the combination of air and humidity. The brown rice then it looks like bugs in the salt shaker. Then the visitor throws the salt away. So many resorts no longer waste time and money with providing salt due to it being repeatedly thrown away.

You will need to ask housekeeping or the restaurant for the tiny little salt packets for your room or you can take your own in a small container, preferable in a zip lock bag because that makes it easier to break up the salt should it begin to clump.

Main difference in tourists and those that are well traveled? Homework.. (Weather, everyday customs, events of the week of your attendance, etc.)