I will be spending more time in Jamaica
I got married last June and my husband and I honeymooned in his home town of Port Antonio. We stayed in the beautiful resort Goblin hill. In our villa we had our own personal cook and housekeeper. We went to the market with her and my husband helped he r pick out his favorite foods […]
The Other Side of Tourism – Part 1
Introduction Tourism, defined is “the practice of traveling for recreation or culture”. The other side of tourism, as referred to herein, is when the objective observer (namely myself) whilst traveling to Jamaica, for recreation, saw tourism in a different light — a blatant form of pandering at the expense of the integrity of ones’ own […]
Dreamed about Jamaica
I had dreamed about traveling to Jamaica most of my adult life. My friends say it started when I saw the movie “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”. But I knew the truth, I had wanted to go to Jamaica since my mid 20’s which was years before that movie was even made. I had […]
Valentine in Montego Bay
I had won the December photo contest for the Couples Resort. It gave us a free 3-night stay. Joe and I really needed to get away, so we decided to book a trip for February. We added 4 nights, so we’d have a seven-night stay in paradise. Last year, we had done the Couples Double-Take […]
"Second Honeymoon" – Day 1
My trip to Jamaica started out with the airport routine. And what a routine it was. After my wife, Karen, and I checked our bags in it was on to the airport security checkpoint. I was given a little security plastic container to put my palm pilot & glasses into. Karen, my wife, walked through […]
My Travel Review on Rondel Village, Negril
Each year my husband and I travel to a new destination. Mostly our travels take us to the Caribbean. No great secret there, we just want to escape our frigid Canadian winters. Our latest vacation took us to Negril, Jamaica. Well, we’ve always heard of crystal clear waters, but nothing could prepare us for seven […]
My money is on Mona!
Solomon “Sala” Kerr and Sienna picked me up at JAHBs in Negril for the beautiful drive through Belmont and Bluefields on through Black River to Billy’s Bay where I decided to stay on the next leg of my 6-month odyssey. The refreshing coastal breezes were blowing about 20 miles per hour keeping us very comfortable […]
The Other Side of Tourism – Part 2
Chapter III – “YU ROOM NO READY YET” The driver put my suitcases down and stood loitering. I hated the way he stood there obviously waiting for compensation when it was clearly written in the contract that all service charges to and from the airport were included. I resented the fact that people like him […]
First Trip to Jamaica
This being our first trip to Jamaica, we had many questions. By looking at many sites on the Internet, we were able to get many of our questions answered but not all. For this reason, this report will be a bit long and detailed. We booked with Super Clubs and ended up at Breezes Runaway […]
Couples Ocho Rios & Negril March 2001
When we arrived at the resort and got out of the van and were greeted with big smiles. They asked us to go sit down in the big open-air lobby and that they would bring us more papers to fill out. We were each given a cool damp towel and a glass of champagne. One […]