Home Sweet Home Resort Negril

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 the time. This evening the captain spoke and praised the 800 crew from 38 nationalities (largest group ...

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, and ...

... gift shops, bars, restaurants and taxis. One of the bars there is the Bobsled Bar which is famous as it contains the first original Jamaican Bobsled from the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Montego Bay has some incredible beaches, the best of them being Doctors Cave. A short strip of white sand with trees and palm trees and the perfect clear Caribbean sea lapping on the sand... They have some floating trampolines out on the water and its great for ...

... what I expected. Expansive pools with the water park/slides on the side. A larger RedLane Spa than Sandals Negril (nice, very nice). 9 treatment rooms + a couples massage room. They also offer a very nice 2nd floor waiting room for couples.

The property currently is awaiting a new GM so I didn't get to meet one.

The kids club could be a bit larger as it ...

... Di Mare, One visit per stay on the Island Gold All-inclusive on the Contemporary Northern Italian cuisine and antipasto bar in a subdued and elegant atmosphere. Reservations suggested. Casual resort wear, no shorts. No jacket or tie required.
Cuisine: Italian.
General Opening Hours: Open 6:00pm until 10:00pm.
General Opening Days: Open six nights per week.

Mangoes, Enjoy their famous Jamaican jerk sandwiches served ocean
side in the Sugar Mill ...

... Beaches and one of the Butlers stepped in and assisted without being asked.



The bartenders did a great job of keeping everyone very happy throughout my stay. Very important to some people. No tipping please. Not accepted.



Sundowner for dinner – Good food, cute little restaurant with indoor and outdoor dining. Sometimes a wait for a table though, FYI. Portions were small but ...

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 reasons. Nice sunsets.

... and early seventies when it became a popular hippie hangout. Those aging "hippies" still return year after year; some have stayed on permanently. Marijuana abounds - it's smoked freely just about everywhere and its potent aroma fills the streets and bars. Some joints we saw were rolled as big as cigars, with the partaker blissfully puffing away, producing a thick haze of heady, blue smoke. Negril is party central for those people wanting to get ...

... with ackee (fruit), a famous dish here in Jamaica. I had a bit of a taste and I loved it. Right, I know what Im having for breakfast tomorrow :) We had some banana bread which they baked right there at Rockhouse, it was awesome! I miss the toasted banana bread at Gloria Jeans haha. We all decided that Day 2 was a day of chillin and so we did....As my mate Karen said at one point, if Im any more relaxed mate, Id be dead. We just laid there under the sun for the ...

Today a Peace Corps legend goes home after two and a half years of service. Mr. Merlin Mayhew finally returns to 'normal' life. I'm going to see him off at the airport in a few minutes. Here's why I think Mer is a cool guy: 1) Volleyball Tournament, need I say more? 2) Ball-dorf, a much praised and played game involving a bouncy ball ...