July 18/19/20/21st brought Reggae Sumfest to Montego Bay. 2007 was the 15th anniversary and with Mary J Blige on the line up, it looked fairly decent. Montego Bay is only a 20 minute flight from Kingston so it's an easy weekend destination. The hotel had transfers from the airport so I was whisked away to the Half Moon in no time. Upon checking in, I worked the whole "it's my first time in Jamaica thing" and got an upgrade to a royal suite which was a mini-villa right at the beach! It had it's own pool and a piano, yay! Michelle [View Full Entry]

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Unlike many of the world's capital cities, the tourist centre of Havana is also home to a large proportion of the city's residents, with some of the poorest crammed into apartment buildings right next door to museums, hotels, restaurants & bars. It's hard to see how everyone is equal under communism when the standard of living varies wildly. Havana is incredibly charming, even though it is literally crumbling around you. Staircases wobble precariously and a la Kingston, there are holes in every pavement. Having said that, it was totally safe to walk around, even at night, and there were around [View Full Entry]

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Miami is exactly like you’d picture it to be, all pastel coloured buildings, chic hotels and fancy restaurants. Where else could we stay but South Beach? Our hotel, the Whitelaw, was very cool, cerise pink curtains and black chandeliers all the way. It's over-the-top architecture and design was just perfect for the photo shoot that took place there the following morning. Miami was very busy that weekend as it was both the Film Festival and Spring Break (cringe). Do Spring Breakers ever stop shouting or stealing drinks? Jen & I arrived on Friday evening and, yay, the shops were open u [View Full Entry]

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Apartment pictures Miami pictures [View Full Entry]

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I had originally decided not to do a travelblog, as really who wants to hear that I got up early and went to work everyday.. but it's surprisingly difficult to keep in touch with everyone and I get confused about who I've told what so a blog it is. So I am here in Kingston a week and a half now, and I'm really enjoying every minute. I'm still living in the Courtleigh hotel until my apartment is ready. The Courtleigh is great, the minute myself and Jen walk out to the pool bar, there's 2 Red Stripe beers on [View Full Entry]

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