Jamaica

Jamaica was our first stop on the fabulous cruise I just got back from. I've heard mixed reviews on Jamaica but I had a great experience for the short time I was there. This was the view from our balcony as we came into port:

Amy and I decided to do a river tubing excursion. We jumped in a taxi van and took a long, kinda crazy drive to the White River. Here's a shot of us driving on the wrong side of the road:

As we drove up the mountain the roads got much more narrow and we were passing other vehicles with only inches to spare. This guy made us back up to find an area wide enough to pass in:

The river was absolutely gorgeous. This was the starting point:

Of course, we couldn't take our cameras on the river which was a bummer since it was breath-taking but the tour provided these snapshots for a price. Here's a couple I liked of Amy:

None of the ones of me turned out nearly as good. This is the best they got:

And no, I didn't tip over, thank goodness! It was a bit chilly :).

After we got out of the river I had some time to wander around and take some scenic shots.

Love the colors of this one:

Next we had lunch at the:

The menu included cow head but I went with a chicken sandwich that turned out to be kinda gross.

I also got a great fruit smoothie from this nice lady:

And Amy got the "Deluxe pizza":

A random cool tree:

Next we had our taxi driver take us to Dunn's River Falls, a 600 foot waterfall that many cruise-goers decided to hike as their excursion. We just looked at it and took photos of other people hiking it:

Our taxi driver went by the name "Hi Ho Silver" and was full-service. Not only did he take us to the falls but he gave us a tour and took our photo.

More shots of the falls:

Here's Silver--definitely the best taxi driver I've ever had--very entertaining:

Finally, after leaving the falls, Silver took us to a great look-out point for some photos:

And then dropped us off for some shopping. I got these final few shots on our way back to the ship:

The only thing that's rough about cruising, in my opinion, is that you don't have enough time in any one place. I wish I had a little more time to soak in the culture in Jamaica, but for the one day we spent there, it was amazing.

Coming soon....Grand Cayman.