Monday, January 10, 2011

Jamaica Trip!

Our family Christmas trip to Jamaica was AMAZING! I had sooooo much fun and hated to leave. I would totally reccommend the resort we stayed at. It was called Secrets St. James and Wild Orchid. They are sister resorts so you can stay at either one and then use all of the pools and restaurants. We stayed on the St. James side, which is a little bit more quiet. This is a picture of our hotel from the beach!














And here is a picture of the view from our balcony...beautiful!














Our room was really nice, too! It felt like my honeymoon all over again. Hunter and I had our own room with a fully stocked mini-bar. They came in our room every evening to turn down the bed and put on these "mood" lights, haha! They left chocolates on our pillows.



























The first day we were there, it was a little chilly and cloudy, but the next two days totally made up for it!! We spent the days laying on the beach, and of course eating plenty (it was all-inclusive, duh!).















We went to a nice restaurant every evening, and the food was really good. I liked everything I ordered! The Jamaican Jerk chicken was incredible too...everyday at lunchtime, a man would push a cart and scream "Jerky, Jerky, Jerky, Jerkaaaaayyyyyy!" And you could go get a plate of the chicken...mmmmm, yummy, and spicy, too! Here is us at the Italian restaurant...














But our favorite was the Japanese restaurant...cooked by a Jamaican! He was hilarious!














After dinner, we went to the entertainment they provided...Here is a show where they sang and danced called Reggae Love! It was really good...and at the end, they taught us several Jamaican dance moves. We all had to stand up and do it with them...and they told us that these dance moves are the reason why Jamaica is so over-populated, ha! It was hilarious...wish I had pictures of that!














We also sang Karaoke...or shall I say, I sang karaoke! Like a Virgin...(oh Madonna)














We also went snorkeling on our trip...it was great! Our guide took us all over and showed us everything. I got to hold a Sea Cucumber, touch various wildlife on the reefs, and keep a few shells in the process. The water and fish were beautiful. Ahh...Jamaica...I love you!


























Needless to say, we had a GREAT VACATION! Loved every minute of it. Good food, good service, wonderful scenery, short flight, all-inclusive...enough said! I'll drink to that...














Christmas in Jamaica was awesome...they say that Jamaica is dangerous so don't venture off of the resort. We only left the resort to travel to and from the airport. I never feld unsafe. They provided transportation, and our hotel was only 15 minutes from the Montego Bay airport. My brother-in-law used the hotel transportation to travel to Margaritaville one evening, and he was fine! It was such a great resort and Jamaica is breathtaking...wanna go???? I'd reccommend it...and we sang the entire time...

Jamaica we have a bobsled team!

1 comment:

  1. Jamaica MON!! What a fun trip ya'll had! The resort and your room looked SO nice! We are headed there in February, but staying at a different resort. Glad ya'll had such a good time!

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