JA - Back from all over the island

[hollyr]

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That's to bad Liz, I think we were lucky to be with Garfield and Wayne as they were quite familiar with the place and did all the ordering for us. I loved the fesival too!!

[hollyr]

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We are so sad to be leaving today, Port Antonio has captured our hearts and we are not ready yet. We request Jonnie Cakes for breakfast because it’s the only thing on our list we haven’t tried and enjoy our meal and the view. We finish packing and wait for Errol at the pool. He arrives right on time at 11am and we say good- bye to Henry and Sharon, who watch us leave and wave goodbye. Since our flight does not leave until 9:30pm we have the whole day to stop and sightsee. We ask Errol to stop in Port Maria for patties and we take them to Pagee Beach (the least prettiest beach we’ve seen) to enjoy. We also take out some money here. We are curious to see Goldeneye in Orbacabessa and Errol drives by it and stops outside James Bond beach. Someone offers to take us on a glass bottom boat ride where we could see Goldeney, but we decline. We also decide not to spend time at Jame’s Bond beach because Errol has mentioned one that him and Carolyn enjoy in Ocho Rios called Reggae Beach. We find Reggae Beach to be nice (though the sand has a lot of shells, and there are quite a few rocks in the water). There are only a couple of other people here which is nice, and we find a quiet spot at the end of the beach that is free of rocks. After a while we move on and stop at Wazzi Art to look at the beautiful pottery. Errol then drives us through Fern Gully and we stop to have my picture taken with one of the male woodcarvings, lol. I feel like I did in Negril , as a bunch of people surround us wanting us to buy something; Wow, a little overwhelming! We hop back in the van and continue on our way. Errol says that there is a waterfall that he likes more than Dunn’s and he pulls over on the side of the road for us to see it (hidden from the traffic). At this point I am not surprised, as there seems to be waterfalls everywhere! By now we are running out of time and ask Errol to take us to the airport. We arrive close to 7pm and say good-bye to the beautiful country we had been fortunate to discover. Writing this report, I feel sad again to have left. I also feel lucky that we did not stay in an AI or visit from a cruise ship, and that we ventured out and saw so much.

[ohliz]

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Clap clap! I'm so glad you had a good trip. I've come to love Portland the most....now you see why [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[jazzlvr57]

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Wonderful report! I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures - it sounds really beautiful.

[Sugarshoc]

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I loved this trip report. I'm going to JA in August for my wedding and I'm staying for 1 month. I'm even more excited reading this trip report. How much was the place in Port Antonio that you stayed? The way you described the food there had my mouth watering. I'm glad you had such a great time.

[hollyr]

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Sugar, a month will be so nice! Our package at the Rio Vista Villas was $1000.00 for 4 nights (it's usually a 5 night package for $1200. Or, the honeymoon villa alone is $120.00/night. They have a web site: http://www.riovistajamaica.com

This is pasted right from there web-site: US $1200.00 (includes Five nights accommodations, with breakfast and dinner daily, bottle of wine, afternoon herbal tea, one body massage or rafting the Rio Grande river, special floral arrangements, fruit bowl and welcome drink.

Hope you have a great trip!

[ohliz]

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One of our other members stayed there too, and took some great photos:

http://members3.clubphoto.com/carol251808/500483/guest.phtml

[sammy]

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wonderful trip report hollyr....thanks!

[ohliz]

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Let us know if you need help posting those pictures holly......

[hollyr]

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I don't know where to scan my photo's so unfortunately I won't be posting them soon):
(silly me didn't realize you could get a disk made when you develope them,lol).