Hotel Gloriana & Spa Montego Bay

... the ocean spread out right below this air-conditioned restaurant, reminiscent of old colonial plantation houses. Feast on refined Jamaican dishes in a splendid setting, enhanced by our signature white-glove service."

Cucina Romana


If you enjoy fine Italian food make sure to visit Cucina Romana. The restaurant features authentic Italian favorites served in an upstairs setting with an amazing ...

... the fact that bacteria used to rule the world. Think dinosaurs were the most successful species with their 200 million year run of the earth, or maybe (chuckle) humans? Think again. The explosion of multi-cell life as we know it occurred only some seven hundred million years ago. Bacteria have been around at least three billion, ever since Earth cooled down below the boiling point. The amazing thing is not that life occurred; it's that ...

... me. It's no big deal I think, probably just a 24-hour bug, but it's probably enough to keep me close to home for the remainder of my stay in Jamaica. So that means I spent three weeks in Jamaica total and never got out of Montego Bay. Oh, well. I did the same in Port-of-Spain for a week when I also had wi-fi and a cheap (by Caribbean standards) room. At least here I don't have to **** in the sink. Actually that's one of my favorite things ...

... t get a chance to visit the so-called 'Bush Negroes'. They might off** an invaluable glimpse into the African past. Trinidad &Tobago has an ov**t 'African consciousness' related to dress and culture but I suspect that's an aspect of its economic and educational ascendancy, in addition to the cultural competition from the local Hindus. Still it's nice to see *****ian fancy dress on the racks in Port-of-Spain. What else? If you want ...

... of a place a few bucks cheaper WITH KITCHEN because there's probably no wi-fi; MAYBE a rogue signal, but no guarantee. I'm borrowing it where I am now, and then I've only got it on the balcony, drifting in and out of consciousness. Step inside and it's gone. Such is love. The Information Age is no longer a societal paradigm, but a personal way of life, to have info constantly at one's fingertips, constantly up-dated and inter-active. I wonder ...

The second day already? The Lord blessed us with 42 children today - lots of new faces!! It went well again - the Lord is using us as His hands, feet and voices to reach these children, their families and the community of Cornwall Courts. We also presented a new bible to one of our hotel security guards, Cecille - please pray for her. Please also continue to pray for the ministry here, especially Day 3's lesson ...

... snorkeling around the coral reefs everyday. There are so many places to snorkel but the best area I found was straight out in front of the water equipment rental area at the resort. It's a little ways out there but you'll know when you have reached it. We ate at the buffet restaurant and it was delicious. We were so tired that we went to sleep after eating and that's when the band started to play. None the less, I knew this week was going to be fun.

... We arrived about 11:30 am and were through customs by 12:15 pm. The weather was warm (about 30C), but overcast. Who cares! 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 the sugar trade ...

... and live musicians created the atmosphere just the way you'd have wanted it to be. All in all, it was a far cry from skiing down a mountain, but then again, winter sun never goes amiss, and as I left the place armed with a souvenir T-shirt, a whole bunch of photos and terrific memories, it comes as no surprise as to why I began to consider a healthy travel schedule to be something as worryingly vital as breathing in air.

... same dead bodies. Not all tv is that disturbing, though. Other shows are more entertaining: Rising Stars is a rip off of American Idol with 1/100th of the budget, Royal Palms is a Jamaican soap opera, and all of the commercials with horrible grammar and lightning quick (almost ADD-like) editing are fun to watch. 5. The Country, itself: Of course, the physical beauty of this country is sometimes overwhelming. There are definitely times when the gross ...