Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

[Laurel]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

Hmmm - good suggestion!! Terrin up a rucus in de 9 Mile 'otel - earplugs for all the surrounding gumdrop residents - [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Dave - you might be on to sumthing!!

[tigerinatrance]

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When we were driving, I could not help but think about the “Natural Mystic” video of Bob’s funeral procession, and the thousands of people, lined along the roads on which we were traveling.

In fact, when we got home, we watched the Time Will Tell video, and stopped on the Nine Miles picture, when the “tomb”, I guess you can call it, was placed on the property at Nine Miles.

You are able to look at the property as it was then, without all of the fences, and say –“That’s where we were.”




And to appreciate the importance of that very spot in the world as we know it. Bob was conceived there, born there, raised there for part of his life, he lived there with Rita and Sharon, and he rests there now. That spot is a part of history.

Bob Marley is an international symbol of freedom. He is respected all over the world – from Aborigines to Indians in the Grand Canyon. Often times he is referred to as a prophet. So, going to this spot, is a big deal.



I snap pictures on the ride home, out of the moving car. Scott does as well. He catches these people trying to wrangle a bull.



Right after leaving Nine Miles, we see this cricket game.





(this is on the way home, near the cricket game)

[Snuggles]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

Beautiful Pictures!!!

[Laurel]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

Tiger .... I am not ready for your journey to be ended yet!! There must be more - even tho you are traveling back down the path away from Nine Mile - you MUST have more??

[suzrand]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

Tiger,

Love your report and photos. Thank you for taking the time to share with us.

Suz

[tigerinatrance]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

Yes, there is more. I have been reading Soul Hunter's report, and I have been so engrossed that I put my report on the back burner. Sorry.

OK, so after we get back from Bob's, we chill. I pick up my copy of "Catch a Fire" and read about the place that we just visited - the stories of duppies and Bob reading palms in the hamlet. I read about Bob being knocked flat on his back by a duppy in Nine Miles, and how the surrounding hills are spooky, even for a medicine man like Bob's grandfather, when it rains.

We decide that we will have dinner on the veranda instead of heading up to the dining room. Later, our waiter friend would give us a little hassle for failing to show up for Friday night dinner. In fact, while we were there, people were always making little jokes about how we must be newlyweds, that we never leave the room when we are there. Delroy had a story about a couple at one of the resorts, who were on their honeymoon. Apparently, the staff never saw them, and when checkout time came, and the couple did not check out, someone keyed into their room, and as Delroy said:

"all dey see is two likkle tings under de covers going like dis." making a sort of "banging" motion with his hands.

Truth be told, for the most part, we were diggin' that veranda so much, I could not see much reason to leave the veranda when we were on the property.



We had our books, and the iPod with external speakers. I have over 800 reggae songs on the iPod, and still adding. We had enough reggae that we could have stayed for weeks. We would put on the iPod, and just hang out.

Every once in a while we would feed the fish. There were a bunch of trumpet fish swimming around the rocks by our veranda.



(fyi - an internet picture - not mine)

In addition, there were these yellow and black fish, maybe a butterfly fish- there were hundreds of them. We would throw in a piece of bread, and they would go nuts.


(fyi - an internet picture - not mine)

[Laurel]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

Yes - I would be diggin that veranda, and diggin each other on that veranda as well. What a magical place!!

Love the fish ...

[Marilyn]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

Tiger
I just got around to your full report. Your photos are the prettiest I have seen on this site, and by far the clearest. I would ask the question "what kind of camera is this?", but I know for sure that it is the photographer and not the instrument in this case.

Loved reading your report and hope you go back soon so we can see some more of your expert photography.

What kind of photo program did you do the tattered edge and scotch tape effects with?

[tigerinatrance]

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Thank you so much Marilyn. I, like you, have a Nikon. This particular trip I took my D70 with a Sigma lens. The sigma lens is really quite amazing and captures color beuatifully. The camera does, in my opinion, makes a difference.

Some of the photos, noted to be taken by InI Scott, were taken with a Nikon 4300 - another digital with exceptional capabilities for the price (maybe less than $300 now?). I think there is an upgrade to the 4300 that is even easier to use and takes video with sound. Someone here posted that.

I used JASC 8.1. It is a relatively inexpensive program and you can use it with windows based computers. For doing frames (such as the tape and such) it is great. It is much cheaper and much easier to use than Photoshop.

I do need to get back to my report. However, I would have to get into my visit to the school, and the pictures from the school - and therein lies the issue for me.

Seeing how visiting a school and taking supplies was received and analyzed around here before by some people, in others' reports, I am having a hard time justifying the time it takes to share my experience.

People who know, know what I mean. So, I have been ambivalent about sharing the last two days of my journey. I just do not even want to get into that kind of mess about simply trying to do something helpful.

Who knows - maybe I'm crazy. Let me think about it today -

There are so many positive posts from people here, and I really appreciate it, and I am so glad that you enjoyed the report.

[Marilyn]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

I actually have 3 different Nikons and a minolta, and my baby Fuji will be back from repair soon. They even offered me a new fuji to replace my baby, but I told them no, just fix her. I plan to carry two next trip, as one of my Nikons decided to nut up mid trip.

But thanks for the info.

[tigerinatrance]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

Funny, I just returned from the camera repair shop, and the guy there was telling me that as far as ease of repairs, Fuji is the best - they are down to bi-nez. He said Nikon service is a little "stuck up" because they are Nikon. He also told me that Minolta let all of their camera repair people go after they merged with Konica, and they lost all the people who they would work with for repairs- just thought it timely to share, esp. because you have all 3 cameras were were talking about.

My underwater Canon needs a shutter repair - sand (hello, isn't it supposed to be underwater?) but I want it for my June trip to the TCI.

[tigerinatrance]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

Ok, some quick fixes for those of you missing Ochi - these are mostly screen grabs from my video - so, the quality is not great, but, it might help you get there:


First = here is a picture of us feeding the fish. They loved bread, and apples. They were not crazy about a piece of orange (surprise)





That is the Jamaica Grande's new color per Marilyn. Whooo - bright.



Rounding the carner, just in time to spot a greeting between friends



Taj Mahal - I hear they have reasonably priced Cuban cigars there. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]



Alright, you know where this is, right? In front of Taj Mahal. See the Evita's sign.





Hey, look, it's the Taj Mahal shopping center.

(Can you tell that is where we were being picked up? I was just walking around, filming.)

[tigerinatrance]

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This poor little guy washed up onto the rock at high tide and then baked for a while. (At least, that was the only thing I could think of, or he crawled up there and baked.) [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]



No one came and ate him for a few days. I guess maybe the cling clings prefer the crab if it is cooked - because no one was in a hurry to get it when it was fresh.

But, I am surmising all of this - maybe he crawled up there, hung out on the rock for two days, and then went back home and I did not see him arrive nor leave. Maybe he likes the Jamaica Inn veranda suite too.

What do I know? I'm just a first timer. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Marilyn]

Re: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Inn, Blue Mountains, Nine Mile with photos

TIAT
Now this is interesting/ I wander the streets of Ochii lookin for something that I have NOT shot and you take places I pass and they look great. I took a class once and the teacher had all 11 of us shot the same thing, and I was amazed when we got back together and everyone had a different persepective, and then there is that ONE shot that you say "oooooooo I wish I had taken that". Anyway, thanks for the Ochii fix.

[Green_Biscuit]

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TIAT, please do share the rest of your trip, with all of the details. No one will be judgemental or pass any negative comment. I promise. If htey do, I will beat them with a stick.... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Continue please.