Our first port of call on our MSC Seaside cruise was Jamaica. It is worth noting that I am Jamaican of Chinese descent, born and lived here until I was 16 years old. It a beautiful, green and mountainous island although they are in a bit of a drought.
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| Ocho Rios |
This band played beautiful music at the port.
The taxis were charging $20 US per person, the 'tourist' fare.
My sister was able to get us a local rate for the taxi as her husband's sister lives on the island. They took a bunch of us to
Scotchies in Ocho Rios, a famous jerk cuisine restaurant. We also feasted on local fruit such as mangoes, star apples, guinep, otaheite apples, sugar cane, pineapples that the sister in law had brought for us. It really was a trip back to the past, revisiting one's roots. All too soon, it was time to return to the ship. It was really hot out, so maybe it was a good thing.
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| hibiscus near the outdoor eating area |
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| cooking jerk meat |
