Montego Bay

lol i love this island and also this place. it is definatley worth visiting!! the people are the most freidnliest people ive met. brilliant!!!

Maybe I’ll go and stay on a Resort or something, Sounds Relaxing….OOOOh!

The vacation video is posted at ThisCanadian.com.

What a strange, Agatha Christi-eque experience. I’d always wanted to experience something like the old, Bertram’s Hotel or Orient Express

It was Bob Marley meets Marlow Agency.

There was a moment I shared with my Hobbit & a fabulous couple from Minnesota. If I stay in Montego Bay, I’ll stay at the Casa Blanco. It was exactly what we mimick with our modern resort hotels.

The light flared between sunglass rim & straw hat, jabbed off shockingly bright plasters & the trees wavered in both breeze & heat trails. The water rippled & growled, undulating into the horizon. We wandered an ancient, lost garden.

I can honestly say, it appealed to the secret “Hemingway Goth” Author in this HippieChick. It seemed more honest than the hotel we occupied nearby.

We slumped under hats, drinking with sunglasses, chatting languidly with the American version of ThinWhiteDuke or Languid Traveller. These Americans were weathered from LIVING. With the exception of the influx of youth in the last days of our tenancy, we were older.

We had earned the faces we wore. Some of us were adding legends to their bodies, in the traditions of Life Travellers. Others wore decades’ fatigue from hiding a face we feared.

We allowed ourselves to taken to locations, as if we travelled to Pyramids. We splashed & scrambled over well-trodden fig-trailing cascades.

We: chatted, knoshed, bartered, snacked, splashed, cocktailed, dined, toasted, chugged, jacuzzi’d, brunched, hammocked, sketched, snorkled, stretched & yawned…

But I had time to talk to a unique spectrum of people. Other Travellers in a complexity of hue & stripes, bartenders _ (“THIS IS A SHOUT OUT TO ‘BIRD’!”),_ cab drivers, Housekeeping staff, Kitchen staff, roadside vendors, tour guides, zipline guides, really stoned ‘drivers’, management.

But most startling to me? They don’t realize what will happen to their economy if the U.S. economy tanks as a result of the CorporateWar.

You know who will do fine? An amazing dude named Jerry. He does the ‘Luminous Lagoon’ night splash. He’s so grounded & self-sufficient, creative & motivated to Live.

I hope we can find there is more of Jerry in all of us.

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We leave in 36 hours. Sweet This will be my second trip to the Caribbean, in only 5 months. The last was a business trip, this will be the first actual vacation we’ve taken in over a year. My Hobbit laughs that when I’m really excited or happy, my ‘tail wags’. He claims that its endearing, so I don’t dare ask what that actually means.

So, Saturday: 6 days, 7 nights…
I’ll keep you posted!

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Fun place to visit, although I must admit we stayed on the Resort the majority of the time, and when we did leave it was to another resort in Negril. But the weather was great and the water was warm and there where many things to do.

We were married there on the beach at sunset, and their “No problem mon” was right on. They went above and beyond what we wanted and expected, it was the most perfect wedding!! (We also liked that it was a family related resort so if you want a vacation resort with no children this is not the place to choose). Definatly go on the booze cruise and it takes you snorkling and a stop a Buffets Margaritaville.

I love MoBay Jamaica! I love the natives, the accents, the beaches and I love Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville. Must try a Peach on the Beach drink!!! The water trampoline is cool. If you’re into Cuban cigars….they’re dirt cheap in MoBay! PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT—Cuban cigars are not to be brought into the U.S.A. So, enjoy them while you’re there. (wink)

the beaches and water are so ‘hot’!!!!! Loved it.

My husband and I had the opportunity to go to Jamaica for our honeymoon. We found a place about an hour outside of Montego Bay. I wanted to get away from all the touristy stuff and I’m glad that we did! We had our own private villa right off of the beach complete with a housekeeper/cook (who was amazing). The people are VERY friendly there! We had decided not to rent a car which turned out to be a very good thing because the driving there is crazy!! Aside from driving on the left side of the street (which alone took some getting used to) there really aren’t many actual highways…mostly just two lane roads with no shoulder. Everything is extremely laid back! No one has much of an agenda which was perfect for a honeymoon. We got to see a lot of the countryside (or true Jamaica as I call it), Ocho Rios, Montego Bay, Duns River Falls and our favorite experience – the Luminous Bay. I would enjoy going back if the opportunity presented itself!

Had a great time both times I was there.