Feb 20th. Road trip to YS Falls and Black River today. We hired Norbert for the day. He is an awesome guide and I feel like he is already our friend. He takes the time to explain things along the way. I really should have recorded him..so much information. The plan was to eat Jamaican all day which is what we did. I love the food in Jamaica! Originally we were going to go for a short day but decided we wanted to see more of the country. We stopped to stretch our legs where they were cutting log wood to make room to widen a bridge. Next stop White House for a Juicy patty...love those Mega patties..Yum! Passed by St Elizabeth which Norbert said is the bread basket of Jamaica.
Next stop YS falls. Stands for Yales and Scott's. So pretty here..I like it much better then Dunns River falls. It's also a farm where they study horses although I saw more cows then horses here. We had a guide walk us through the different falls. Dang near lost my bottoms! We sat in one section that's like a jacuzzi and the water had them around my ankles! We laughed pretty hard on that one. Would have been pretty embarrassing if I would have had to get out if the water bottomless! I didn't have the nerve to swing from the rope swing. I'm accident prone and figure I better be safe. We hung out there for awhile..it was so tranquil there.
We headed out to Black River but first we stopped to try some fruit. We tasted Sour Sup (I'm sure I'm spelling that wrong), didn't like it and Mean fruit, which I loved! String mango, don't like, and Julie mango which I do like. And I think there was something called Nexberry. Didn't like that one either..lol
Next snack was salt fish fritters and pepper shrimp. Really like the shrimp. Spicy!
Headed off to Black River and went on a crocodile tour on a pontoon boat. There was a huge crocodile crawling out of the water and if I hadn't seen it I wouldn't have believe it was real. We spotted a few crocodile in the water and local birds. It was just nice being out on the water and the guide was very chill.
On the way backed we stopped at a fish market and I should have video tossed what happened..we were accosted by about 15 fisher women! Lol..they all wanted us to buy fish from them. It was hilarious and I burst out laughing. You couldn't even move. Eventually Norbert settled them down. He had actually pre arranged for us to try fish from one lady but she wasn't there. The fish we had was deep fried and delicious! We ate it with some kind if bread..not my favourite and Johnny cakes or carnival as I think it's called. Yummy! It was raining by this time and all the sellers had settled down.
Back to town and later headed out to Best in the West. I thought the jerk was just ok here. Went off to Bourbon beach for some music here I danced the night away..hi I have to tell you guys. We were walking on the beach and I kept saying to everyone watch out for the ropes..well..right at the beach I trip in the last rope! Got to excited I guess when I realized there was a bonfire and music! Pretty much a face plant..nothing injured other then my pride.
So I danced the night away with a lovely girl whose name escapes me and I husband waited in the background and got hit on by a number of girls. He took it in his stride. All in all a fun day and night!
