Jamaica Travel Blogs

... . This improved somewhat when we moved location to a beach resort in Negril. Nevertheless it left us feeling so disappointed at Jamaica that Avan wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper to say they are missing out on the independent traveller who ...

A travel blog entry from Montego Bay / Negril by heatheravan
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This year we did the 2 resorts again: We started in Hedo III: http://www.hedonism.com/static_page.php?pageid=17 Then Hedo II: http://www.hedonism.com/static_page.php?pageid=16 They both cut edges compared to the past. It is a bit less ...

A travel blog entry from Runaway Bay by tonyandmarina
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Where in Jamaica? Check it out: http://hedonism-resorts.com/resort.php And now, you want the stories. Well, forget it! What happens in Hedo, did not happen.

A travel blog entry from Runaway Bay by tonyandmarina
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... house - $25 dominican republic - sosua - rockys bar - $25us Haiti - Hotel Columbia - Cap Haitien - $10us jamaica.. Linkage Guesthouse, Downtown Mobay, $20us. Basic rooms with shared bathrooms. Jewels Hotel, Augusta drive, Portmore, $25us. ...

A travel blog entry from Caribbean by kris
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Plane to minibus, with overnight stay

A travel blog entry from Montego Bay by tonyandmarina
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Back to Montego Bay

A travel blog entry from Montego Bay by tonyandmarina
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... River's heyday.  We checked out the Invercauld Hotel and the Waterloo Guesthouse, the first electrified dwelling in Jamaica.  Along the waterfront is a rusty old ship, half sunk in the water; local farmers sell their fruit and ...

A travel blog entry from Black River by kimandmartin
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... a nearby church, if you want to call that music.  It was bad.)  Our guide indicates that concerts in Jamaica often don't start until after midnight (and then maybe not at all) and they play until early morning.  We never stayed up ...

A travel blog entry from Port Antonio by kimandmartin
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... .  They return here every winter for a month or so.  It was a theme we often encountered. Our introduction to Jamaica was not very pleasant because we were robbed the first night we were there.  Someone came in through the ...

A travel blog entry from Negril by kimandmartin
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... !  It was vast improvement on the weather where we came from!  Montego Bay (population 100,000) is Jamaica's second largest city.  Sugar was once shipped from Montego Bay harbour in abundance; since the collapse of ...

A travel blog entry from Montego Bay by kimandmartin
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... " and "Redemption Song".  He is heralded as a hero here.  Music is considered one of the only ways of beating poverty Jamaica and there are many aspiring Bob Marleys.   The hot spot on the beach in the area is called Jake's, about a ten- ...

A travel blog entry from Treasure Beach by kimandmartin
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... named for the mist that colour them from a distance and their craggy slopes form an unbroken, undulating spine across Jamaica's easternmost parishes. As we wove our way through the mountains, the serenity of the countryside was instantly calming.  ...

A travel blog entry from Kingston by kimandmartin
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... and there were lots of "love" games being played on the radio.  The shortest route was via Ocho Rios, a hot spot for tourism (all-inclusives) in Jamaica; we were happy to just whisk by with a short stop at "Mother's" - for patties, of course!  

A travel blog entry from Montego Bay by kimandmartin
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... from Ft. Lauderdale to Montego Bay, a girl two rows back threw up because of a short period of turbulance.  Jamaica welcomed us with sunny hot weather and sticky humidity.  It took about ten minutes for us all to change into ...

... ride of potential death!!!! we went on Safari with a mad driver named Dennis (the menance!). He drove like Satan! Jamaica is fantastic, the weather is very warm but overcast. Starting early morning we traversed up the mountain through tropical forest ...

GreetingsLast week we had swearing in.  I now have to defend the constitution from all its enemys.  I don't have much time so im just going to post some pictures.

We spent about a week at the Sandals Ochos Rios Resort.  We hung out at the swim-up bar, went for a sailing trip to the Margaritaville at the Ocean Village, got a couples massage, and generally relaxed.  I went out on a hobie catamaran and ...

... waiters in a local cafe. Inviting me to their table, we quickly launched into a conversation about California, Canada, life in Jamaica, and a nephew of theirs that resides in London. "You must come to our home for dinner sometime," they insisted. " ...

... our courses encourage us to be social, to experience the Caribbean culture and be a part of the community, to "have a life" in Jamaica, as well, which is a relief. During the week, I greatly enjoy my classes. One of my teachers writes for the national ...

We disembarked at Ocho Rios ( 8 rivers), Jamaica to utter mayhem, total tourbus gridlock in the port. Eventually after many hairaising near misses we got on our tour to go horseriding - IN THE SEA ! I was so excited. The tour was run from an old plantation ...

... in a little bit before our Pirate Adventure in Grand Cayman tomorrow. Adelle Juice’s Corner TODAY we went to Ocho Rios in Jamaica. While we were there, we went to the Green Grotto caves… Dunno if I developed a fear of bats or cured a fear of ...

... week.  We had our school graduation on thursday!  It took 4 hours to graduate 8 elementry school students, Jamaica takes its ceremonies very seriously.  The guest speaker reminded everyone to teach their kids how to wash there cloths so ...

So this was my day.  Taxi to the SONO train station.  Metro North train to Grand Central Terminal.  Shuttle bus to the airport.  Airplane to Beijing.  All I needed was a boat thrown in for good measure I would have had the global ...

... air bar out on the terrace over looking the swimming pool and order margaritas (what's wrong with this picture--margaritas in Jamaica?), snag an empty table and join the rest of the crowd as we tap our feet to the music. These guys are pretty ...

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Yeah mun, After 5 days in Jamaica I have heard this phrase a million times. It can mean; hi, how are you, can i help you, bye, ok, do you want some ganja, where is the nearest toilet etc. Every Jamaican comes up to you with a yeah man. They are ...

... time. They were very strict in stopping people taking pictures, so I only managed to snap a couple :o)  A visit to Jamaica wouldn't be complete without a visit as literally everywhere you go you see and hear the influence of Bob Marley. We ...

Make everything one hundred times slower. Now imagine Jamaica, but a hundred times slower than that!! Order your food an hour and a half before you are hungry cos thats how long it takes. Everything is so laid back and chilled! No worries mon!! Now ...

Here for only a few hours, enough to observe is was RELAXED, humid and that 3 hours was only just/maybe enough time to get off 1 plane and get checked onto another one.  Departure procedures were scarily chaotic with people's bags taken ...

... latter, with ten of us taking on the city, proved to be one of the best nights I've had since arriving in Jamaica. The weekend prior, I took a 3-hour shuttle taxi (chicken bus) to Port Antonio and the jerk chicken capitol of the country, Boston Bay. ...