How I got to Jamaica...too.

[Accompong]

Thank you jojo p and Stoners6 for your replies.

Trip reports serve the purpose of giving people ideas for things to do when their ambitions overcome the sand gravity. Everybody travels for different reasons but I find it necessary to learn more about the people and the places all around the island and can't find personal satisfaction in sunbathing and bar and restaurant hopping. Again, everyone is different and has different ways to be satisfied.

Why a lack of good trip reports? Perhaps people don't do things of interest to write about or they are not motivated enough to share.

I hope some people decided to share a story or two.

Peace and Guidance

[Accompong]

An interesting little tidbit and fallout from writing this story. I mentioned "Hunter" Wint as the guy that took us to Port Royal and Lime Cay well, his son contacted me on Facebook. It seems he was searching his father's name and this site and this thread came up. I was honored when he told me his father spoke of me and my wife a few times and in subsequent trips I spent time with Chef "Hunter" Wint when Peter's house burned in a fire and he relocated down the hill near Foxy's at a place Peter called
Maya Lodge.

Here is an interesting LA Times article from 1992 talking about him, Peter and Maya Lodge. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...293-story.html

Peace and Guidance

[Accompong]

A few more of some favorite pictures.
Rubber rafting the Black River from Appleton to the Maggotty Hydro Dam with my Austrian friends Robert and Helen.

Relaxing at Maggotty Falls on the Black River below the hydro dam.

The old Maggotty Post Office.

Fisherman's Beach at Frenchman's Cove, Treasure Beach in the '90s

My old and dear friend George "Sylvester" Huggins, Gombe drum maker taking a break from work.

[Accompong]

Back in 2005, I spent a couple of days in what was for me a spiritual spot in the coastal mountains above Cave, Westmoreland called "Kentucky". Here are a couple of pictures from my visit there. Here is also I story I wrote about it at the time but the contact information may not be accurate anymore. https://jamaicans.com/kentuckyjamaica/

Our view from the verandah of our little wooden cottage just after sunrise overlooking Dean's Valley and the ocean.


A little clearer of a picture. That is Savanna La Mar in the distance and you can just make out Negril on the horizon.


This is a picture of Ozzie's home perched on the side of the mountain.

[Kimbobwee]

That was a wonderful tale.....thank you and stay safe in these trying times.

[yooper bill]

I really enjoyed reading your story. You are a good writer. Maybe someday you should start a book.

[Jamakafun]

Thanks so much for sharing your story. You were both really brave to take on such an adventure. You have an amazing memory too. Thanks again.

[Accompong]

Thanks so much for sharing your story. You were both really brave to take on such an adventure. You have an amazing memory too. Thanks again.

Being brave shouldn't be confused with being a little naive and making the best of situations. Sometimes you just need to get a little ways out of your comfort zone as that is where potential adventures are waiting to happen. Since this first trip, I have lived in several areas of Jamaica and usually in small, rural towns where an "adventure" or two most every day is almost guaranteed to happen. Over 37 years, Jamaica has been anything but boring and I take notes.

Peace and Guidance

[Stoners6]

I enjoyed your writing alot, thanks.

[TuffGong]

Given that most of us are stuck at home if you would continue telling us about the trip, meaning what you did in Mexico, I doubt the board would mind. I realize it is a Jamaica board but travel is travel. I've had many great experiences in Mexico and I'm sure your trip was no exception.