text: I bought mine for a trip to Puerto Rico, needing something versatile: good for the beach, the reef, hikes, and the road. Unfortunately the toes of these cute shoes are too pliable, so the front bends to-and -fro easily.  I nearly nose-dived several times whenever the front of the shoe got caught on something,  I got used to it and managed, seeing as I had little choice.  I brought band-aids, thankfully, as the shoes gave me many blisters around the straps ans buckles.  Once they were finally broken in, they ere fine and I still have them.  Cute but break them in before a trip.