"Welcome Home" the adventure I thought I was prepared for.

including a big water wheel which fascinated me.
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Eventually we make our way up a mountain above montego bay for a view and photo op.
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She serves us some rum punch delicious and strong at the same time. Before we leave our guide shows us the coolest plant I've ever seen. If you touch it it sort of closes up on itself. I forgot its name but I remember she said the slave owners brought it here and planted it around the property so they could track any slaves that tried to escape. She also says it takes about 15 minutes for it to reopen again... I have a video but I gotta figure that out.

Ahhh...the Chukka Tour. We took it on our first visit to Jamaica years ago. Hope you had fun!

http://youtu.be/Nj4f8eWjt0w

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Originally Posted by Beebeluv

Before we leave our guide shows us the coolest plant I've ever seen. If you touch it it sort of closes up on itself. I forgot its name but I remember she said the slave owners brought it here and planted it around the property so they could track any slaves that tried to escape. She also says it takes about 15 minutes for it to reopen again... I have a video but I gotta figure that out.

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We used to call that plant Shame Old Lady (written in the Queens English)

My parents saw the same plant in Australia.

Great trip report! Keep it coming.

So our driver pours us all rum punches and tells us we should drink fast because we will be wearing it...lol we head half way down the mountain and then turn to go up another. She is taking us to a very old church, it was gorgeous.
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we met our only fur friend there. I absolutely love dogs I understand them something a lot of people don't get. I'm currently studying to become a veterinary assistant and eventually a vet. tech. I can't wait to help animals and I was hoping I'd get to meet a Jamaican dog and we did. My other names her Lucky and we giver her some crackers we had and 3 cups of water she sure was thirsty and bottled water was probably delicious to her... she has the cutest under-bite. She also had a ridge on her back So I think she was part Thai ridge-back but probably very mixed OK OK sorry... We have to leave and of course I didn't want to leave her but this is her home.
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As we leave I notice a chicken with a single chick tailing her soo cute so we are driving down a fairly slender road and at about 5 minutes into it....”OH ****!” I cant find my phone so I ask the driver whom may I remind u I called sir off the bat... if she could turn around I really think I left my phone at the church, we go back and it's not there..... OK I totally checked everything twice before asking to turn around, I SWEAR OK however to my embarrassment.... yes, it was in.... my pocket. Wtf... REALLYYYY!!!! Oh great I'm like the retard of the group by now... wonderful...lol stupid american... but somehow I missed it and I apologize to everyone especially our driver for doing that for me. Someone hide me please...

I do that all the time...either my cell phone or my car keys!

We call that plant the Tickle Plant.

pictures not working for me :-(

Yeah I messaged Rob I'm just waiting for a reply... But it's friday and he deserves a life too... So I'm being very patient...