Sunday, March 29, 2009

Ocho Rios, Jamaica 2009

Well, we're back from our Jamaica vacation! Here are some trip photos I hope you'll enjoy.



Here is a beach view of Ocho Rios from our rooms at the Sunset Grande hotel. It rained a bit on a couple of days but cleared quickly.
Here are our interconnecting rooms, how neat is that? So there is a main doorway that opens onto the 2 bedrooms.







Infinity pool


Nice view from the gym, excuse what must be my finger





Jamaican Easter Spice Bun display at the local supermarket just outside of the hotel, the bun is eaten with slices of cheese



The rooms come with North American and European power outlets.

Pretty greenery outside the hotel



My Sauteed mackerel breakfast with boiled green bananas and steamed vegetables. I also had either corn meal or oatmeal porridge. They always have cereal, eggs, bacon, pancakes, french toast, hash browns, etc as well.


My Ackee and Saltfish with fried dumplings breakfast and oatmeal porridge. I also had a slice of spiced bun.

My cowfoot lunch selection with rice and peas (I missed the pig trotter day). You could also go to the grill for burgers, jerk chicken, grilled cheese sandwiches and fries. One day they had kidneys...I did pass on that one.



Street Security


Downtown Ocho Rios, just outside the hotel




Beach Sunset



Most mornings you would wake up to find a docked cruise ship. This is the view from our room.











Pretty swim up bar by the main pool
Watersport area
I only gained about 2 pounds!

8 comments:

  1. it looks like a delightful trip, christine!!!

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  2. Welcome home/ Bienvenue :o)
    Do not tell me you hit the gym while away, you were supposed to be relaxing!

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  3. yeah, so snow there!! my best freind is there right now in fact! visiting his dad who lives there.

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  4. Christine, I am so proud!! Food Pics!! LOL ;-)

    What a beautiful place Jamaica is! It looks like you had a wonderful time. Did any of those foods remind you of your childhood?

    And to echo The Mind of a Mom... You went to the gym while on holiday?!

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  5. Hi Christine,
    Enjoyed seeing the photos. Looks a lovely place. Glad you had a good time ! Sorry to hear you missed out on the pig's trotter day !

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  6. Julie, we did have a nice break, I don't even mind that it's cold here today.

    Mom, I did go to the gym the last 2 mornings! Eating 3 full meals a day was weighing on me. M thought I was crazy.

    Mmm, your friend has a good excuse to be in the warm weather! Ocho Rios is kind of breezy with the mountains nearby.

    Japra, I was so thinking of you when I did the food pics! To be honest, I wouldn't eat cow foot and pig trotters as a child. But the cow foot was actually a delicious stew, sort of gummy as it's beef tendons.

    Barbara, there were actually a lot of British people there, as well as Americans and Canadians. Yes, I was curious about those pig trotters, haha.

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  7. Pigs trotter??

    Sounds like you had a great vacation! The pic's were nice!

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  8. Mr Bill, I think pig trotters are pig's feet! They did also have a nice Italian gourmet restaurant with lovely lamb chops and lasagna and fancy desserts.

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