Holiday Weekend in Negril and the Sandy Haven Resort I saw a Gustazos offer for the Sandy Haven Resort, located along the famous 7-mile beach in Negril. I had already heard of Sandy Haven, and had it on a list of places to check out, so I figured this was...
Royalton White Sands A couple weeks ago I saw a deal on discount site Gustazos for 65% off a weekend at the Royalton White Sands Resort. I absolutely love Gustazos, use them often and I will have to dedicate a whole post on using them at some point. I don’t...
New Year’s Day Road Trip – Reggae Falls & Longboarder Bar and Grill We rang in the New Year with a road trip. I felt like doing something a little different, and I also wanted to find an opportunity to try out my newly acquired GoPro camera (which I was...
Calabash 2016 Calabash literary arts festival held biennially in Calabash Bay, Treasure beach, Jamaica. The festival is staged on the property of the Jake’s Resort, which is owned and managed by the Henzell family. According to their website: “The Calabash International Literary Festival was founded in 2001 by three Jamaicans...
Blue Ridge Restaurant I had seen a feature in the newspaper on the Blue Ridge Restaurant and decided at that time that I wanted to check it out. The Restaurant is situated on a family coffee farm at Salt Hill, near Mavis Bank. The property also features guest cottages run by...
Experience Jamaica The Jamaica Tourist Board, through its Ultimate Jamaica Staycation site is running a promotion just for Jamaican residents. “Experience Jamaica – The Ultimate Jamaica Staycation” is aimed at getting locals to go out and experience what our tourism sector has to offer. Summer is the low season in our...
What is Dîner en Blanc? The Dîner en Blanc concept began in Paris in 1988 when Frenchman François Pasquier invited a group of friends to an elegant outdoor dinner at Bois de Boulogne, asking them to dress in white so they could find each other.[1]The event’s presence has grown to nearly 60 cities...
This trip was totally unplanned. The night before my birthday, my boyfriend asked me if I wanted to overnight somewhere the following night. He didn’t need to ask me twice. I love it when we are spontaneous!! I got cracking right away and found that a property that I’d been...
Rafting on the Rio Grande is one of the activities that Portland, Jamaica is famous for. I have seen where persons confuse it with a white water rafting type of activity. It is quite the opposite; you take a leisurely, nearly 8- mile ride down river on handmade bamboo rafts....
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