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Jammin Jamaica
... nightmare - me driving in a foreign country. I must admit though I have inherited a certain genetic disorder for driving and trying to sightsee at the same time. As such, Shana has to politely inform me when curbs and mountain edges get too close. Armed with just the map from the car rental company you'd think it would be quite simple getting around after all it's not a huge country and theres basically a main road that goes around the entire ...
Homeward bound, via Jamaica
... town, made famous by Simon Bolivar (liberator of six S.American countries from Spanish control) and Gabriel Garcia Marquez (a Colombian Nobel prize winning author).
It was hot and languid but lovely to wander along the lazy river and through the cobbled streets. For Cliff it was rather more exciting than he'd have liked it to be - one of his fillings fell foul of a stone in some fried yam and he had an unscheduled visit to a dentist for a new filling. I ...
Jamaica, from the Blue Lagoon to the Blue Mountain
... interesting to see how coffee is made from the red “cherry berry” and slimy little green bean inside to a delicious dried and roasted coffee bean. The drying process takes quite a few weeks and after that the beans are hand sorted to into different quality beans. This looked like tedious work requiring a sharp eye for detail…I think 7 hours spent sifting through beans would drive me crazy. We picked up some of the finished product to take home and ...
Yarman - as they say around here!
... I had in bucket loads – all they had to do was ask and I would provide plenty more where that came from! Sadly, nobody asked for more during the whole of the day, so no, ‘Love Actually’ experience for me!!!
We had lunch in a river side restaurant that was most pleasing. We both sampled the local brew (Freshwater Beer) and I had Cajun Gumbo as a starter and tilapia – blackened – with fries as a main. Both were excellent. The gumbo is ...
My Life in Pictures Pt. 3
... under dressed. I was so surprised when I showed up to the graduation and the teachers had on fancy ball gowns and not just the teachers but the parents and everyone in attendance were so fancy. The graduation took FOREVER. But it was a fun experience and nice to see my students graduate. It was not my only graduation. Two weeks later I went to my friend's high school graduation. I showed up an hour and a half late on ...
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