I know I’ve been slacking in the writing department. I guess
I’ve run out of energy. LOL! So on
Saturday we went on a Jungle River Tubing Adventure. It was lame.
First thing was they were late in picking us up at the hotel. We waited
an hour and they never showed. The security guard at the hotel was nice enough
to call and ask where they were. They said that I never confirmed hotel…um I
called you yesterday and confirmed hotel and you gave me a pick up time. Stupid
people. It was a snafu but we eventually were able to go on the later tubing
tour. We also got an awesome driver
Morris. He was a fun guy and he was really early. He said he is on American
time not Jamaican time. We picked up another couple from the San Francisco
area…it was an interesting discussion there and back. Morris took us the “scenic” way. Yikes what a
drive through the mountains. Narrow
roads with big rigs makes for a fun/scary drive. The tubing experience was ok.
The river was so mild it makes Rapid Creek look like the Colorado River. There were a few rapids but for the most part
it was nice float through the bamboo. We were also tied to each other so there
was no drifting away or worries of flipping over…the best part of tubing. Oh
well, we got to see more scenic parts of Jamaica and not just the beach. This
was also the night one of the cats actually jumped on my lap and was head-butting
me. He was so dang cute. He was lovin’ me up. And then two other cats followed
us up the stairs to our room and kept guard at our door for while. When I
checked back later they were still there.
Speaking of the beach, the last two days have been mostly
devoted to the beach. Yesterday morning we went to Mass at the Mary of Heaven’s
Gate Catholic Church just up the road.
It was an interesting experience. First off the Mass started 40 minutes
late because the priest that was saying Mass was in the neighboring town and
the main priest was filling in at another church. It was fun because the main priest asked if
anybody from the US was going back this week and then he gave this couple a
bunch of mail. Economizing priest. LOL!
We meet a couple from Salem, SD who were staying here until
February. They have been coming here for
25 years and always stay a while. The
warned us that the priest saying mass is long winded…they weren’t kidding. For the 40 minutes we waited the choir sang
songs. They were very festive. The priest had over a 30 minute sermon. So on top of being 40 minutes late he had a
30 minute sermon. It was 2 hours before we got out of there. And the funny
thing is one of the guys trying to sell us pot on the beach the night before
was playing a tambourine…Ya Mon! After
that we went over the Coco La Palm, a resort run by Minnesotans. The service was terrible. It took over an hour for a cheeseburger and
jerk chicken and the jerk chicken was already prepared! We were so hungry by the time we scarfed down
the food. We spent the afternoon on the beach and in the water. It was so nice
except for guys harassing us on the beach.
The beach hagglers are AWFUL. We
went for a walk down to the shopping mall which was closed (I guess because it
was Sunday?) and the ATM was out of money.
But the ice cream place was open so Eric got some ice cream.
Today we lounged around the beach,
reading and riding the waves. This is the first day the waves were actually
decent and fun to play in. We also went
back the shopping mall to buy some gifts.
The ATM was still out of money. It is the closest ATM and doesn’t
require a taxi ride so this was very annoying!
We had lunch at a café…both of us were very disappointed…our food was
gross. Eric also bought me a new ring
with a Caribbean blue diamond. I haggled the guy down to over 70% off. I’m good
and the ring is beautiful. Well time to cuddle with my cats. Hopefully they
will come to me again. It is also New Year’s Eve…I wonder if I’ll stay awake
til midnight…doubt it.
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