Iberostar Komplex - Grand Rose Hall / Rose Hall Suites Montego Bay

And so, the backpacking part of our trip has ended and as we had no time to travel Central America, we decided it would be a good enough substitute to spend a week in Montego Bay, Jamaica. When we first planned our trip we vowed that we would spend the last 10 days or so just chilling and taking it all in on the beach somewhere, so when my brother, Craig, mentioned we should meet him in Jamaica we jumped at it! What a tough week it turned out to be ...

... Featuring Jamaican theme style menu along with sandwiches and burgers. Enjoy a cool refreshing tropical beverage with lunch.<br><br>The Cricket Club, I didn&#8217;t get here. A sports pub, featuring Karaoke sing-a-long, dart tournaments, international televised sporting events during early evenings, then transforms into a fun nightspot, with either DJ-spun or live music. General Opening Hours: Open 8:00pm until 1:00am. General Opening Days: Open daily.<br><br ...

... directly on the sand and lets you experience true barefoot dining. Great place to eat if you don't feel like getting all dressed up. Barefoot and bathing suits w/cover ups are just fine. <br><br>The Cricketer's Pint<br><br>English pub with traditional pub cuisine. This place just opened the end of 2008. I have to say it is amazing. The food and atmosphere are wonderful. Fantastic new addition to this resort.<br><br ...

... I wouldn't mind a little icing on the cake, too, after pretty boring food for two months. The boredom diet works, and the travel diet too. I'm down to 173 pounds from probably 183 a half year ago. That's fighting weight, lean and mean and polished to a high sheen... Blood pressure's good, too. So it costs me $70-80 for the office visit and a week's worth of penicillin from a clinic called, I **** you not, 'Doctor's Office'. What the Hell; this ...

... traveling, to actually put down roots in a place for a while. For me traveling is not merely an end in itself; it's the background against which my life happens. It would've been nice to tour the island, but taxis in Jamaica are not cheap, with prices that would make a New York cabbie blush. How about $10 for the five-minute ride from the airport into town? Or $100 for the one hour ride to Negril? Prices might be negotiable as long as ...

... up' (I like that name) in the Halal eat**ies (huh?) that consists of black-eyed peas in goopy rice, not to be confused with sticky or glutinous rice, a diff**ent breed entirely. Growing up in the Deep South I nev** knew I was part of the Caribbean culture; now I know. Being a major tourist resort Barbados may indeed have the best food of the lot, and the local stuff doesn't look bad, but the prices and the fact that I had a kitchen ...

... was with our son...are you kidding me! It cost us about $70.00 per person for the horseback riding in the first place. Chukka advertises horseback riding in the water but don't be fooled. Most of the riding is in the woods on trails, you can take some great pictures here and you pass through a little village. But the horseback riding in the water was not impressive. First you have to put a bathing suit on, you need to change in a small dirty ...

... I have seen. Reminded me of the shacks and poor areas I saw in Malaysia. There were people walking in between the two lanes of traffic selling things and I was just sure they were going to get ran over. By the time we got to Sandals I felt guilty...I believe this may have been the goal so that we tipped the driver more. We got to sandals and were ...

... promoters had arrived days before us. In the waiting area an attractive Jamaican lady in a suit approached us on a chance and asked if we were Kristi and Debbie. As soon as she found it was us, she had someone whisk our luggage onto a cart and lead us to a car already waiting to deliver us to our hotel. We didn't know yet where we were going to be staying, and the driver started driving towards Rose Hall, a place I'd never been before. I'd never spent ...

... 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.<br>