Jamaica

Kyra and I are back from our 5 day/4 night trip to the lovely island of Jamaica. We got a great deal to a new all-inclusive resort, The Grand Palladium in Lucea, Jamaica. We spent all day Friday traveling. It took a little bit longer than expected because it started raining as soon as we landed in Jamaica. The roads completely flood in Jamaica when it rains like that so we waited on the bus for at least an hour at the airport before making the very slow journey to the hotel. But, we finally got there and got to see a beautiful sunset. The rest of Saturday, Sunday, and Monday we mainly sat in the sun (got burnt), went swimming, had a few fruity cocktails, ate some great food (especially the Creole and Indian food), and enjoyed the entertainment. Check out the photos below:

A view of the Villas

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Sunset on Friday

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The pool with built in chairs and hot tubs

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The "Paparazzi" taking photos at the pool. They were doing a photo shoot for the hotel while we were there. They followed us everywhere.

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Kyra

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Sunset on the Beach

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Sunset

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Kyra again

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Entertainment one night was a Poker and Blackjack tournament. Kyra and I played. My chips are next to Kyra's. I nearly won the table. They also played bingo at the same time. I did manage to win that and came home with a little bottle of rum.

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More Paparazzi at the beach. Can you find the models? (there are at least 4 of them)

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The Real Models

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Kyra and her man, Happy Feet. Kyra was a big hit with the Jamaicans. We didn't tell Happy Feet about Kyra's lifeguard boyfriend.

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An angry crab

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Because Ruth Complained

Ruth said I need to make a new post so here it is. :)

I haven't done any traveling since July but based on our experience camping with my brother, Matthias and I bought our very own tent. We camped in my backyard the other weekend.




What's up next?
I'm off to Jamaica next weekend with my friend Kyra to sit on the beach and forget about work for 4 days. We got a great deal on a new resort that opened in July. The reviews have been steadily improving since then (which is good because the early reviews were not so good) and the hurricanes have kept north so it should be a good experience. Kyra is trying to get me to go cliff diving but I'm 90% sure that won't happen.

We'll see what comes up next from there....