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Runaway Bay Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Runaway Bay, Jamaica
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Pilgrimage to birthsite of Robert Nesta Marley
This is a top pick! ... , thank you bro.. My visa would have run out on saturday so on thursday i went down to the immigration office in St.Anns bay and managed to be granted a one month extension. the guy was stamping my passport was asking all the same questions of how much ...
You know: what goes on in Hedo, stays on in Hedo
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Hedonism III
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Hanging out at the Pool
Honestly, we did absolutely NOTHING today. Just another lazy day on the island. Enjoy the ...
MLK in Runaway Bay, Jamaica
... strike up a conversation with them. They left the teenagers back home in Minneapolis so they could have a little "together time" in Jamaica. From the sounds of things, they're enjoying themselves -- a little too much according to the wife. The ...
Runaway Bay
... and foreign place names, we started to have a location crisis as to whether we were still in Oz! We stopped for lunch in 'Runaway Bay' and then passed a lazy afternoon there, before finding a motel just in from the coast. Quite an easy day. Distance ...
Jamaican Wedding and Holiday
... exactly what happened! My family and I (including extended family) stayed at The Royal Decameron Club Caribbean in Salem, Runaway Bay, St Anns, Jamaica, we had booked a one bedroomed suite which had an extra large bed in one room and a double sofa ...
Jamaica mon!
OK i was a bit slack, but once I was with my family I didnt have time to write on my travel blog mostly soaked up the sun, went swimming in the ocean for the first time in a year and lazed around our hotel watching movies and sleeping. highlights: ...
Green Grottos
... Didn't do it this leg, but will definitely do it another time. Green Grotto Cave is located, map wise, between Discovery and Runaway Bay. You CANNOT miss the place.(not from MoBay end either) Good signs, good road, clearly marked lanes and ...
Bats!
... lots of bats in these caverns, flying around as we listened to the guide talk about the place. Supposedly the Spanish governor of Jamaica hid in these caves and eventually fled to Cuba when the English took over the island in the 1600's. There were deep ...
Negril and Runaway Bay
Jamaica has gorgeous beaches, nice people and the craziest parties I had ever been to. We drove from Runaway Bay to Negril and enjoyed the 45 minutes ride more than I expected. There are small fishing villages everywhere and the scenery is really ...
Beautiful FDR!
So we arrived at FDR around 1:30 pm very much exhausted but at the same excited for what's to come. My two kids were both knocked out - poor things completely exhausted from the trip. We are all starving and couldn't wait to get our hands on that ...
Another lazy day in paradise!
Woke up at 7am and chilled on the balcony while Sven was still sleeping. We went to breakfast at about 8 and afterwards went to the lobby. I didn't have much to do and I wanted to go swim so Sven stayed at the lobby while I went to the beach. I fed the ...
the tale of joey crab
yahmon. arrived in jamaica at montego bay and hit the road for runaway bay, passing the landing point of christopher columbus, and bob marley's village along the way. the housing architecture is something to see. many different styles, ranging from roman ...
First Impressions of Jamaica
I remember feeling like a movie star getting off the plane in Jamaica. We got to deplane from the tarmac, down a huge set of stairs. It was incredibly sunny and breezy and there blue ocean and palm trees everywhere I looked. We waited at the airport ...
Another relaxing day......
Woke up at 6am again - gonna have to go to bed later so I stop doing that! Got ready for breakfast and went down at 7am. Had a fantastic mixed cooked/continental breakfast before heading back to the room for swimwear and snorkel gear! Snorkelled ...
A sad day........
Our last full day! We're going to have to make the most of the sun, sea and pool today! Woke at ten past seven, got changed, grabbed our iPads and iPhones and went to breakfast. We're not going to have our a la carte meal tonight. We would rather eat at ...
Sunday slow day
We got up at 6:30, as usual! Sven wanted to go listen to the football so he went to the lobby and I had coffee on the balcony and checked our funds! I went and met Sven I the lobby at 7:30 and we went to breakfast at 8 am. Next, time to change and head ...
My first step in JAMAICA
After 3 hours in transit at Miami, we have landed on the airport of Montego Bay (Jamaica) around 10:00 PM. My first feeling is the heat in the atmosphere. Our room was in a beautiful bungalow located in a caribbean garden, from the entrance of the ...
We don't want to go!
After two weeks, we chose today to finally sleep until a reasonable time! We woke up at 8! We got dressed and went to our last breakfast. We filled up and then went back to the room to pack. Such a sad moment. It took some time to pack, but we were ...
We're here!
After a 9 and a half hour flight, an hour through immigration and an hour and ten mins drive across the North coast, we're finally at the hotel! The view from the plane when we were over the Bahamas were AMAZING!! Lush turquoise sea and tiny cays. The ...
A swim and chill day
We woke and went for breakfast at the usual time, and went to the lobby afterwards as usual. This seemed to be a routine! We went back to our room at about 10:30 to change for the beach. We went to the main beach today to the west of the resort, and went ...
Jamaica 2009
... to use the restroom and purchase a Red Stripe beer for the road - Arrived at our hotel, the Gran Bahia Principle in Runaway Bay - Checked in, changed clothes and went to dinner at the main restaurant Orquidea. A buffet style restaurant with a different ...
Chilled day
We woke at a slightly more reasonable time of 7am and went to breakfast. We had nothing planned today so decided to do as little as possible! We went to the lobby after breakfast and used the wifi. After that we went and changed for the pool. The area ...
A day of no photos!
Such a lazy day! We got up at 7:15 and got ready for breakfast. After breakfast we went to the lobby and chilled on the Internet, played games and chatted to family. Sven wanted to listen to the Sunderland game at 9 so I left at 9:15 and had a wander, ...
Money Well Spent
Its day 5 and I am feeling kind of sad knowing that in just 2 days it's time to go back to the real world. My children are constantly on the move with our nanny (I swear she must be a robot to keep up with them), my hubby has found his passion in scuba ...
'Chillaxing' day!
The first of hopefully many relaxing days in resort! Got up at a reasonable time and strolled down to a breakfast of continental pastries while Sven had the old fry up, Jamaican style! We had our meeting with the first choice rep this morning at 9 so we ...
Lots of swimming!
We got up early as usual and went to the lobby to use the wifi before breakfast. At breakfast I took a roll away to feed to the fish again. Today we were going to snorkel at the east beach, the quieter beach, where we swam the first day. There seemed to ...
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