I haven’t had a real vacation in a long time and I think I need one. Everyone deserves to get away every once in a while don’t they?
One of the places that I’ve considered visiting is Jamaica. I’ve been to a few of the Caribbean islands – mostly Dominican Republic because my brother used to live there – but I’d like to be able to say, at some point in my life, that I’ve been to all of the major Caribbean islands.
We have several friends that are from Jamaica and they are always talking about life back home, the foods, the culture, and the attractions that we should see if we ever do go.
I almost feel like I know the island already after talking with or friends about life on the island so much. Even so, when I do begin to plan our Jamaican vacation I’ll be visiting the Jamaica Guide at http://jamaica-guide.info/ so I can plan what we’ll do and see while we’re on vacation.
I know that when we do go to Jamaica that we’ll want to see some of the local arts and entertainment. I love Reggae and Ska and so does Chris and I think it’d be fantastic to listen to this music in the area that it was created. How could anyone go to Jamaica and not want to listen to the local music?
When we do go to Jamaica perhaps we’ll time our vacation so that we’ll be there when our friends make their annual trip home. There’s nothing better than visiting a new area and being shown around by someone that knows the city or country.
Have you been to Jamaica? If you have I’d love to hear what sites I should see when we visit.
I’m going to get to Jamaica one of these days before I depart this earth! Every picture I see and every travel program I see, its just beautiful.
You certainly picked one of the best places to go. It is certainly the best place I have been on holiday. Make sure you go to dunn River Falls.
I don’t know about what sites to see, but I can highly (highly!) recommend the food. Anything with “jerk” in its name is divine (erm, you like spicy, yes?) and the fresh fruit and fish is always amazing.
Cheers!
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Ooooh! Jamaica. I went twice, back in my feckless twenties. The first time, we stayed in a private home (very modest) outside of Negril, with the ocean as our backyard.
We seriously lucked out the second time I went with a different group of friends. One of my buddies knew someone who had a large house on a hilltop just a few minutes’ drive outside of Ocho Rios. House, swimming pool, maid and cook service… we were in pig heaven, I tell you. And it only cost each of us $500 for 7 days, rental car included.
We avoided the main cities altogether and stayed in the country, relying on friends-of-friends-and-other-contacts for sightseeing. We went into the jungle and were introduced to a waterfall that very few tourists would ever find on their own. We picked wild mushrooms (yes, those kinds of shrooms… haha!) and ate wild fruit that I have never seen in any grocery store since that day.
I need to go back to Jamaica. Thanks for reminding me. 🙂
Oops. I forgot to close my italics.