When Jasmine and I started looking for locations for our cruise, the first requirement was warm. She's moved out to New York City and I'm still in Utah, so we wanted to get away from the winter. This vetoed the Antarctica cruise. The second thing that sparked our interest was Jamaica. To be honest, we chose this cruise specifically so that we could go to Jamaica. We grew up with the movie "Cool Runnings", and we were just a little tinsey bit obsessed. We loved quoting the movie- "Ya mon!" "No problem, mon!" "Hey Sanka, ya dead?!" And everything you see if movies is true, right? OK, maybe not. But we were still excited.
Sooooo, we didn't see a bobsled team practicing going downhill, and there wasn't live music on every corner. But Jamaica did have vivid colors everywhere. The blues in the water, the umbrellas and clothes, the lush greenery and even some flowers. I was bummed we didn't really meet a "Sanka" character like in Cool Runnings, but we had a few funny experiences with some locals. "Can we get you girls anything? A taxi? ...Some grass?" Yeaaah, definitely not in Utah anymore ;-)
Below is the patio where we tried jerk chicken and pork. It was decent, but I imagine it's a lot like BBQ, the flavors, spiciness, and overall quality varies. I'll definitely try it again some time in a less tourist-y area. I love how the umbrellas match the flowers though.
This guy made me smile - singing "Don't worry about a thing, cuz every little thing is gonna be alright..." Love music like that! And the colors from the market behind him.
The top right photo above is my favorite from the whole trip - the yellow umbrella with the blue water and the gorgeous sand. Looks like the perfect vacation to me.
And I thought the bottom left photo below was really cool, but Thomas said you can't really tell it's a wave coming up on the sand. Maybe we'll call it abstract art?
Played a bit with the Canon G11 and the underwater casing, first time really using it and I say 2 thumbs up. However, we also had the rest of our camera gear and didn't want to just leave it sitting on the beach, so we actually traded off - Jasmine would go swimming while I sat on the beach, then I would go swimming while she sat on the beach. Definitely remembering to bring a larger group to the beach next time. We met a cute little old lady who seemed trustworthy (and apparently was since she didn't steal our stuff!) set the cameras by her for the last 10 minutes so we could play in the water together. Can you believe how blue that water is though? Unreal!
