What is the typical rate for a taxi ride on Vieques?
There are one or two true taxis on the island, what they charge we don’t know exactly, but they might be cheaper for large groups since you pay more by the ride rather than the number of passengers. However, most everyone rides in “Publicos”. A Publico is somewhat like a taxi, but will stop and pick up multiple groups of passengers going to different destinations. So sometimes you have one to yourself, sometimes you get a slice of island life and get diverted down back roads en-route to your destination while the driver picks up or drops off other passengers. Rates are regulated and are $2/passenger anywhere in the old civilian area (central third of the island), and $5 to go onto any old military area (east and west ends), or most beaches.
