Jamaica,
Jim and I had a wedding in Jamaica the week before we went to London. The bride was from Jamaica, and her dad was the manager of Sandals, so they hooked up up pretty nicely!! Even though it stormed and dumped rain most of the time we were there, it was nice to have some down time for a change!! I got massages every day that it rained and Jim worked on his computer. I also read a whole book! It was nice.
Just a typical scene in Ocho Rios…yes…it’s raining!!
The rain let up a litt;e one day, so we decided to find some good Jerk Chicken. We were told Scotchie’s was the place to go!!
Their kitchen…
mmmmm…
It rained on us on the way back!! We were soaked to the skin!!
A couple days later, we hired a driver to take us around a nearby town to see some real, local Jamaican life…
This lady was selling roots and herbs that make you have a strong liver, heart, you name it….it was fun to hear her tell us all about them!
We went into the produce market…it was a huge warehouse type building with vendors all over the place….their produce all around them in heaps….super cool!!
With the yellow parts of these fruits, they make a breakfast food that looks and feels like scrambled eggs. It tastes pretty bland, but they combine it with salty things. We ate it a couple times at the hotel. Our guide told us that if you eat it before the pods open up, it will be poisoned.
Here is the outside of the building…
Ha! Here’s the meat market!! Where’s the FDA when you need them!?
Don’t forget the Fish Market!!
They have a lot going on here!!
This is how they invite their friends to a backyard party!! They drive around with a loud speaker on their car and the whole town is invited! Our driver told us there is a party like that every night!
They make these carts themselves and they are everywhere…
This is a water mill at some historic house…
This was a pretty chruch I saw on our drive….we saw so many!! We finally had a whole day of no rain, so we hired a driver to take us up to Bob Marley’s home and mosoleum. It was a long drive…
Guys playing cricket, of course!!
We’re getting close!! Quite a view from up here…no wonder he had so many great songs!! Lots of inspiration.
A kid…way out here…with a Nintendo!! Funny!
Local pub….
Right when we got there, of course, we were being approached by men to see if we wanted to see their marajuana fields and sell us pot. Apparently, it is legal to smoke within the Bob Marley walls!!
Here is a little shrine to him outside of his house.
The “house” was a 2 room shack….here is the bedroom…
The living room…
The kitchen and bathroom…
His thinking rock…where they say he sat and slept while writing songs…he used the rock as a pillow…
The outside of the house…it had “BOB” painted on it!! Nice.
This is our driver and us outside of the mosoleum.
It was a fun trip!!