"Must buys" in ports.

[GottaCruz]

Walvestor, it's great to see you posting and I hope to see you posting often. I've also brought back Vanilla but never a liter. I think I bought that and lime in Key West. But I always bought small bottles to give to my neighbor who loves to bake.

mercedes, your collections are great. And , I love the way everything is displayed in such an organized manner. Great photos. Thanks for sharing them. I love those jackets. Are they just for display or do you wear them???

[zebra]

Wow Carmen - impressive collection you have there!

[Jason]

I have a nice collection of shot glasses from all the ports I have visited!

[mercedes]

Cheryl and Jackie, thank you. Cheryl, I wear all my jackets .

[suzierue]

I take baggies from home with me and try to pick up beach sand from each port of call I go to. I bring them home and put them in old fashioned spice jars & label them with fancy labels including the date, port, ocean, etc. They are displayed in a curio. I'm really cheap aren't I?

[Seajewel]

I collect water/snow/sand globes, so if I can find one of the port we are in I usually pick one up. My new item to buy is postcards. After my DH lost our camera on a cruise, I now buy post cards of each port, this way if the camera is lost again I still have beautiful pictures of my cruise.

[lindasuelucas]

must have good quality tee shirts, special mugs (not any old thing will do), and magnets. do also buy post cards and posters.

[RayColey]

I like to find something that is absolutely unique to the area. These came from Eastern Europe and Russia:

I will post the japan and china stuff later...

[mercedes]

Ray, I will be looking for some of those nesting dolls on my cruise to Russia next May.

[RayColey]

Here is my living room display cabinet....(part 1)

China, Hong Kong

Japan

Japan

Holland, Switzerland, Austria

Czech Republic