Rocalta Resort and Spa Negril

Loved loved loved Jamaica!
We stayed in an all inclusive resort, it was a "Holiday Inn" but it was actually very nice.
The hotel had it's own island about 40 feet out that you could wade to, it was sick.
As usual I met amazing people, who convinced my mom to drink and go out to Margaritaville with us. Mom's reaction to the club was t...

Awoke to a beautiful day. Sunbathed in the morning before preparing for the flight home. Plane was on time and arrived early into Manchester on Sunday morning. Here we were met with snow and ice and temperatures of -5 degrees! The drive to Preston to collect Maisie (and meet up with family) and onwards to Sheffield was not easy with no roads ful...

Up with the lark – almost! A day largely devoted to sitting in the sun and eating! Temperatures well into the high 80s+. Highlight (!) of the day was the approach of a US Coastguard cruiser to take off a sick passenger. Later a helicopter arrived to take said passenger from the Coastguard boat to Guatanamo Bay! We were sailing past Cuba at...

We left Sheffield in darkness at 05.30 and arrived at the airport in good time. Meet & Greet is fabulous! Apparently, the flight desk opened at 05.15 so we did not have to wait too long to check in. We managed aisle seats – one behind the other! Take off was delayed as a passenger was taken ill and off to hospital (also had to find, an...

I spent almost a week in Negril, a long stretch of beaches along the western tip of Jamaica. Very popular with tourists. I walked the beach several times and I've been annoyed by the "farmers" and the like on a regular basis. They are sometimes aggressive. Better to walk along the road than the beach at night to/from the restaurant for obvious r...

Even though Dorothy and John were celebrating their 30th anniversary, we were celebrating our third one and it was awesome. The resort looks exactly like it does on the website and the rooms have full bottles of liquor in them that are included in your overall cost. There are several restaurants on property that are open and offer a variety of f...

Montego Bay, Jamaica

Mark and I had spent two absolutely wonderful holidays in Ocho Rios,
northern Jamaica, with friends in the 1990's. So we have nothing but happy memories of this beautiful island (apart from our villa being robbed on our final day - but it was clearly an "inside job").

This time, we spent a great day in...

Another beautiful morning in Jamaica. Blue mountain coffee, fresh fruit, and baked goods delivered to the room. They told us about the botanical tour during orientation and we plan to attend this morning. The tour was conducted by an employee on the grounds staff by the name of Fitzroy. He was a quiet spoken young man who had incredible knowledg...

Things continue to go well here in MoBay. Last Friday we had our Youth Meeting in St. Ann's. It was so nice to see everyone and spend the night at a hotel with A/C and Hot water. Seeing everyone together, though, really emphasized how few of my group is left... The youth group started last July with 21 people, now there's only 12 of us left. The...

April 2004 My mission: To convince a city-slicking 12 year old boy that Disneyland is not the best vacation in the world. The tools I have to complete my mission: a tight budget, 2 tickets to Jamaica and a 12 year old boy with an attitude about going. He thinks that just because its my favorite place on earth, why should I have to inflict it upo...