Blogs from Runaway Bay, Jamaica, Central America Caribbean

Tuesday 7 February Another good night's sleep. Nothing planned for today, so we had a slow start. Ambled off to Orquidea for breakfast. My current favourite breakfast is cheese & onion omelette, from the egg station prepared at your request. Followed by one pancake covered in syrup. After breakfast we went through the reception area. The second week of our cruise would have started today. The ship is back in operation and some people are transferring to the ship. This is not an option for us due to us cancelling the whole thing and taking a different holiday. A guy in the bar last night, who had done the same as us, said they had spoken to TUI to try and get back on the cruise, but TUI said No. Then off to the beach to ... read more

So last Saturday four of the crew left the villa leaving just five. Life calmed down quite considerably along with the consumption of rum. We've been making the most of our private beach which is around a ten minute walk down the road. The beach is petty much emtpy most of the time, sheltered by a natural breakwater, the water is calm and the sand is soft. Trying to remember the sequence of events is tricky so here's what we've been up to in no particular order. The beach has a bar which has superb jerk chicken and a very odd looking and tasting local rum punch, which lives up to it's punch name. Red Stripes are a refreshing way to cool down especially after a mammoth snorkel, which Steve and I did off the rocks ... read more

I must apologize for being so delinqiuent but you are having fun everything else seem so so trivial. I'm sipping on a mojito and swinging in a hammock while I write this blog with our free wireless access! We've been here for three days and already I feel right at home and dread the thought of ever going back. I must admit that this place has really blown us away. The hubby is off playing golf (not at the hotel about 5 mins away); the kids are off with the nanny and I have a Spa appointment in 2 hrs - life is good! So our nanny was much more than I thought she would be. Janice is so attentive, courteous and detailed. From the momenet she got those kids they have been hers every since, ... read more

Thursday get up, get ready for work. Go downstairs for breakfast, it's fish. CRAP! I thought we weren't going to have it anymore. Guess not. Head into work, Rocky is running late (again). He has taken to getting shakes in the morning before he picks us up, and sometimes he's late to get us because he is enjoying his cool refreshing beverage. Keith and I joke that we're clearly not paying him enough to have him bring us one too. Get to work and do some internet "research" on recipes for when I get back to the states, furniture for my apartment, re-decorating ideas for my place, and dogs that are available for adoption. At this point in my trip I am a CRAIGSLIST pro - if you have any questions about it, be sure to ... read more

So we arrived at FDR around 1:30 pm very much exhausted but at the same excited for what's to come. My two kids were both knocked out - poor things completely exhausted from the trip. We are all starving and couldn't wait to get our hands on that Jamaican grub! We were greeted nicely as we came off the bus and were handed complimentary fruit punch, champagne and bottled water. I sent the hubby to register at the front desk while I attend to the sleeping kids, afterall everything was pre-arranged through our Travel Agent, so I didn't anticipate any problems and there were none. I couldn't take my eyes off the beautiful trees and flowers, they were everywhere - I could feel my allergies starting to act up but didn't care as I knew I ... read more