Jamaican Holiday

It may be cold and wintry where you are, but it is warm and sunny in…                JAMAICA!

Sweet Thing and I spent 4 days in Jamaica where I had another of those educational and informational meetings. It really felt good to lay on the beach and soak up some sun. I really enjoy being in the Caribbean but I don’t know how much longer we will keep going on these trips. We enjoyed the times we spent in Cancun and Cozumel, but things got dangerous in Mexico because of the drug gangs. While we were away, I read where a gang of bandits robbed a group of tourist on an excursion off of a cruise ship while in Mexico. That is why we stopped going to Mexico, and that kind of stuff is just spreading and getting worse. We might stop going out of the country all together and just stay on a US beach somewhere. We could drive to a beach on the gulf of Mexico. We might even drive to Stephen’s neck of the woods in Florida and go to a beach there. It’s bad enough having to go through the hassle of flying to your destination and subjecting yourself to being groped by the TSA goons, but you have to disarm and leave your personal protection at home. One of our group was reading a gun magazine while laying on the beach and we got into a discussion with our waiter about guns. He said no one in Jamaica had guns except the police, but crime is very bad away from the resorts. People are killed and robbed everyday with machetes and clubs. It just proves the idea that guns are not the problem, criminals are the problem. But enough about that, we will save that serious discussion for later, so back to our vacation.

This was the view from the balcony of our room. Nice huh?

As I was laying by the pool, if I looked to my left I saw this view. This resort was all-inclusive, so as long as you had your wristband anything you wanted to eat or drink was included at no additional charge. This is our friendly waiter Adrion making sure the cool, frozen libations kept coming.

If I looked to the right, I had this view. A nice cool breeze and the waves just kept rolling in.

But this was my primary view most of the time, laying on my back underneath an umbrella just dosing. Even if you are going to lay under an umbrella, be sure and lather up with plenty of sunscreen, especially if you have that winter pasty white glow like me.

And be sure and not forget to put sunscreen on the tops of your feet. If you forget you’ll be sorry. Owwww!

Tags: Caribbean vacations, cruise ships, Florida vacations, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Mexican drug gangs, right to bear arms, sunscreen