Back to Reality

Well, we're back in the good ol US of A and glad to be home. It has been brought to my attention that my previous updates from Jamaica were mostly about food and not so much about the beaches, ocean, etc. This in part due to the fact that we LOVE food and in part due to the fact that most beaches are sand and oceans are water, not too different. The beach was beautiful and I've left some pics of it as well as the beautiful ocean. The water was clear and we had a blast snorkeling and I even found a flounder! The water was very calm, no body-boarding or surfing, but you could lay back on a raft and just float away.

Our rooms were spectacular with great views. Every night we'd walk the pathways that were flanked by lush, tropical vegetation and rarely ran into a single person. One of the signs at the resort read, "Couples Swept Away, somewhere between isolation and vacation." Which is exactly how we felt about our trip.

We got to know several of the staff members and their stories were quite interesting. Their culture is so different than ours. They're all about no worries, no problems and they mean it. It was a great, memorable experience for us to be able to go to Jamaica for our belated honeymoon and get to sit back and relax and not worry about a thing! I have added some pics from the trip to my flickr stream, so check them out, others are below.

















Hope you enjoy the pics!

Another Jamaican Update!!

Wow times flies fast here! Ever since we stepped off the plane we have been in super relaxation mode. The most stressful decisions we make are:

• where are we going to eat
• should we lay out or be more active
  
• did i put on enough sunscreen?

We made a short stop in Negril and decided to move back to Swept Away! We are having a blast here. I think I might be part Jamaican, our bus driver said I was Jamaicamerican. I can live with that! It's been awhile since a food update so instead of list EVERYTHING we've had since last post I decided to write about our crazy sailing adventure.

There are these awesome little Hobbie Cats that you can take out and sail around on. We took that to mean you can take them and sail wherever you want, so that's what we did. We went nuts. We bought some goggles and sailed out the farthest than we had seen any other boater go and dropped sail and checked out the reefs. Totally fun! We didn't anticipate how long it would take to get back and the sun was setting and the guys were about to close up shop so we had to book it back, Eric nearly threw me off in the process! But we made it back just in time, although we were the last ones in!

Tonight we're going to eat (big surprise) then we're going to a beach bonfire at 11pm. Gonna have a blast and can't wait to share video and pics!

Love you all

Sunday in Jamaica

Well, another update! I am sitting here stuffed again. After a full day of eating yesterday, we decided to try to take it a little easier today by limiting ourselves with the food. That was all fine and dandy until about 4pm today. We woke up and had coffee delivered to our patio this morning, ate an awesome breakfast at The Palms, laid by the beach for a few hours, ate a snack consisting of: sweet potato chips, zucchini cakes with tomato sauce, snapper sandwich, and smoothies. We then took a two-man sail boat out and sailed out to the ocean. We napped as it rained for a couple of hours then got fancied up and headed to Feathers. A reservation inly restaurant, Feathers has been the best so far. I had the best piece of meat ever tonight and Eric loved everything!!! Here are some pics from the day and more here.

Jamaican Update

Oh my goodness! The pictures on the internet do not do this place justice! We arrived last night, walked the beach, ate at the Cabana Grill and got settled in. We have been here about 24 hours and are already dreading Friday when we have to leave! The food is INCREDIBLE. So far we have ate: calamari, jerk chicken, fresh fruit smoothies, Pad Thai (Ashley it was AMAZING!), fried snapper, snapper sandwich, fried bananas with lemongrass ice cream, pancakes, the list goes on and it's just the first full day! The beach is AWESOME! The water is the perfect temp, the sun is the perfect warmth and the breeze can't be beat. We have already got accustomed to the Jamaican lifestyle...IRIE mon. It means no worries! Everything's irie mon. I've added a link to view some of the pictures, more to follow... GO TO MY FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM.

We be going to Jamaica, mon!

It's official. Flights are booked, rooms are reserved. We're ready to go. A few pics from where we will be going in 5 1/2 weeks!!!