Just Beautiful!!!!!
Just Beautiful!!!!!
Pick up or borrow a copy of The Pirate's Daughter if you haven't read it yet....all that and more. I kept seeing it in my head when walking through the ruins on Navy Island, and everywhere in Port A.Originally Posted by suzengrace
http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Daught.../dp/1932961402
Thanks OhLiz...I love reading about Jamaica and esp. history-(anything non-fiction)...Look forward to reading this book..
" Ones destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things." (Henry Miller)
Thanks all for your comments, and thanks for the info on the book Liz.
We sure loved Portie and all the beauty it had to offer. The last stop before Negril was Runaway Bay. We stayed at the 'Runaway Bay Heart Hotel' which has a culinary school at the property.( property name was being changed as we arrived to 'Cardiff Resort"
The service was top notch and the dining experience was superb. ( we had expected this type of dining at GeeJam...but was pleasantly surprised with Runaway Heart) Will post the final photos later today...
As usual, wonderful pics...and pretty much the trip around the island that I have been dreaming about for a few years now. Thanks J!
suz, it's fiction, but historical fiction, kinda
We were ready to leave...took a few more photos of the overturned boat on the reef and it was getting late in the day, but I really wanted to do Winifred Beach....
If you look at this photo, you can see the boat up the way that is stuck....
A better view of the boat....
Hi Sprats ~ you know, we were roaming around Portie at the same time you were ... we were guests of the owners of one of the Blue Lagoon Villas shown above; regarding your photos of 'the capsized boat' ... nuff drama surrounding that you know. that was a drug run gone bad ~ :-( that boat was full to the brim ... a little opps ~
Thanks for your lovely pictures, they have bought back so many memories. I love Portie but it always rain on my parade and I don't love the "liquid sunshine". '!Runaway Bay Heart Hotel' was my home away from home, food was always outstanding so i know now that you have given it the pass mark, it was really good.
Laurel...thanks for the bit of info about the boat. I assumed it was something like that with police involved.
It's time to get the rest of this report finished...but with this busy season, it's been hard to get back at it. This photoblog report is basically of our travels up until Negril. I just wanted to show others who have been and are planning to travel the side of the island anytime soon. We saw a lot of the major spots but there is much more to see which we will do on another trip.
When we left Portie we were heading for Runaway Bay for a couple of non-touring days, just a place to kick back, go to the beach, wine and dine and rest up for Negril. We picked the 'Runaway Heart Hotel' because it had a culinary school on site and we thought the food would be great and we weren't disappointed.
We arrived, but quickly changed rooms as we were far away from the main hotel and internet access was not good. We got a much nicer room with a view, and this weekend happened to be the hotels anniversary, and it was filled with many former employees and many Jamaican business people.
A view just before sunset. The beach was just at the bottom of the hill. The property overlooks the golf course.
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We pretty much hung around the room, enjoyed the balcony and chilled before dinner. We planned on a nice 'wine and dine' meal so we headed for the dining room.
Due to the anniversary party, they had everything set up for their guests in another location across from the pool....which meant that we were the only guests in the dining room for dinner. In the front of the room, there were two tables on either side of the room that were partitioned off with lovered doors. We had them close the doors and we dined privately by ourselves...and we were loving it. They catered to our every need...and the service was top notch.
( I must admit I used the fact that I did a foodblog and that we were possibly doing a review of their food on the blog!! The camera was on the table and we were ready to snap photos) That just brought the service up to another level and the chef came out to meet us and to dicuss what were going to have for dinner...lol Now this is the life....mmmmm, I might have to use this food blogging thing on a regular basis. **Actually when we arrived we had met the new manager, who had brought out their head chef to meet us. This was another chef we had tonight and they are both graduates from the culinary school.
We decided on our wine....and it was brought to the table....
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