No problems in Jamaica - mon!

Jason and I just returned from a wonderful vacation to Jamaica. We spent six nights there...five at Sandals Negril and one night at Sandals Montego Bay. This trip was the possible because of a 'sell & go' deal that Sandals offers travel agents. If you sell Sandals...you get to go to Sandals...for free! They gave us a beautiful concierge suite, right on the beach with a lower level living room, then a spiral staircase up to the bedroom loft. It was awesome.

What is there to do in Jamaica? We snorkeled twice...once out to a reef and the second time out to some caves...that was pretty cool. We saw neat fish, coral and small stingrays. We didn't have to go snorkeling to see the marine life, though...we saw a bunch of fish and stingrays right at the shoreline when we were walking along the beach.


We also kayaked, rode the watertrike, and sailed on a hobiecat with a Jamaican guide. One day we took at tour inland and did the Original Canopy Tour. We harnesed up to a series of nine zip lines that took us through the rainforest tree tops. One of the travereses was over 1000 feet long. It was pretty exhilerating!



We enjoyed long beach walks and talking with locals along the way. The beaches in Jamaica are public and Negrl is on a seven mile beach. We met all kinds of folks on the beach, and were offered a number of different goods while walking. We declined them all! :)




One night we went to Ricks Cafe, which is well known for the cliff diving. We paid $2 to get a Jamaican guy to jump from the tree. Jason even took a dive from the 'chicken jump'. For being a chicken jump...it was pretty high!



The only 'bad' thing that happened was that after breakfast one morning...a bird pooped right in my hair. Thankfully I was steps from the ocean so just jumped into the water and washed it out. It was kind of gross though. But as they say in Jamaica, 'there are no problems here...only situations'. So I guess all I had was a (gross) 'situation'.

A highlight of our time in Negril was watching the sunsets. Negril is located on the western most tip of Jamaica and the sunsets are incredible. After Alaska and Jamaica...I am just in awe of the beautiful creation we are blessed to experience.


In just three short hours...we were transported to tropical paradise...and it seemed an even shorter three to be transported back to Memphis. The memories will last a lifetime though. We are so thankful and know we were very blessed to enjoy this wonderful vacation and special time together. Hope you enjoy the pics. And give me a call if you want to check out Jamaica for yourself. It comes highly recommmended!