Blogs from Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Central America Caribbean - page 5

Before Mom & Lee came to cruise with me, we’d emailed a bunch of times about things they were interested in doing in the ports. I was surprised (pleased, but surprised) when they said what they really wanted to do was go zip-lining! Ocho Rios, Jamaica is the one port we’re visiting this week where that is an option, so today that’s what we did. We first had about a half hour bus ride along the coast. Our driver/guide was fantastic and the scenery was lovely. But I just could not stay awake! I love having family here with me, but I am drained. Whenever I’m not working, I’m visiting. And my work schedule just does not line up well with early and long port days. Plus, I’m doing a gym challenge this month with the ... read more

Geo: 18.42, -77.11Ocho Rios in Jamaica is onze tweede bestemming. 's Ochtends vroeg kwamen we toe en we konden al snel van boord. Jamaica heeft echt wel een speciale sfeer. We zijn eerst op bezoek geweest in Dolphin cove waar we de gelegeheid hebben gehad om te zwemmen met de dolfijnen. We mochten een dolfijn aanraken en natuurlijk werden er foto's getrokken terwijl een dolfijn een kus konden geven. Allemaal heel commercieel maar toch een toffe ervaring. In de namiddag hebben we de Dunns River Falls bezocht en samen met een gids door de watervallen omhoog geklommen. Weeral een geweldige ervaring om de mooie watervallen te kunnen beklimmen. Gelukkig was het er prima weer.... read more

Wow, what a great place! Such friendly people the Jamaicans are! We flew down to Fort Lauderdale on a Northwest Airlink CRJ-200 and then caught a Spirit Airlines A-319 to Montego Bay. It was about 2 hours and $40 return by bus to Ocho Rios from there. One thing that I noticed right away is that the north side of the island was spared from Hurricane Dean. There was almost zero visible damage. After arriving into Ocho Rios and checking into The Silver Seas Hotel, we went to Dunn's River Falls. This was the best part of the whole trip. It costs $15 to enter and is well worth it. They have free changing rooms and a locker will cost you $5. There is also a nice beach at the base of the Falls. Climbing the ... read more

We stopped of in Jamaica today. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Rather bloody good because there was a huuuuge crew party last night with dodgy Engineer types from Indonesia cooking non descript meaqt for us. And, more importantly, there was beer. Lots of beer. beer beer beery beer. So fortunately I had the next day off until the afternoon. After dragging myself out of bed at 11 ( a blessed lie in as far as i was concerned) I decied to check out the origonal island in the sun for the short couple of hour I had before the boat left. We got ashore and after wh fought through the multitude of Rastas offering rides in their "taxis" we wandered along the caost. Ocha Rios is on the other side of Jamaica from the touristy bits - it takes about ... read more

Roni's World Tour 2007 "Respec' - 'dats what we say here, in Jamaica, maan!!!..." ...where do I begin!?!? Jamaica proved to be a WHIRLWIND of a four-day adventure, complete with lots of good food, dancing, adventuring (if that's a word), and OF COURSE, a beautiful wedding to cap it off!!!... ...but I guess the best place to begin is....well...the beginning!!! So Mona and I set out BUTT-ASS early on Friday morning, for a full-day's worth of traveling. We made it to JFK and endured one of the most BASS-ACKWARDS check-in / boarding sequences known to man!!! So here's how it goes... FIRST, you get in line (slash - don't get in line AT ALL, but rather push your way to an open check-in kiosk), check in and get your boarding passes.... NEXT, you get in another, ... read more