Port Antonio Adventure

[suzengrace]

Jitterbug and Oh Liz are very familiar,and yes VI- maybe they'll post.. PA has to be one of the most beautiful places on the island..Love it there..Different vibe ,real chill and amazing beaches ..I usually try to hang there at least 3 nites..I like Ivanhoes,right in Town (up on the hill) 2nd and 3 rd floor rooms have balconies with views to die for..rooms are very small, but well kept and innkeepers are nice-also very reasonable and just good place to base yourself while visiting the area..THat said it helps to have a car-but not mandatory....could hire a driver to take you around and they do have route taxi system but you'l be spending alot more time trying to get around that way..

[RICK]

I talked today with one of my traveling partners who took part in my first Port Antonio adventure, we were there for 7 days. We spent 4 days at Bonnie View Inn ( you talk about great views) and the last three days was at Dragon Bay. I had gone to Jamaica with 3 other friends three days after I had a my tonsils removed. We first went to Negril TreeHouse for 3 days and then drove to Port Antonio. It was a most beautiful drive, as I remember, the white water from the waves splashing on the rocks exploding into the air and falling on the road. In some places there was very little road remaining, there were many "wash outs". Many locals would inquire " Where you go Mon?" .... Port Antonio...... "The road there "finished" by the last storm". In the many years that I asked about going there from folks in Ochi, I have received mostly the same response.

I remember the first morning waking up and watching a "sun up", I thought, this is the most beautiful place on the planet. ( In looking back this was not my original thought, I think it was Errol Flynn who later quipped the same thought he had when he first saw Portland from his boat)

My problem is no matter how long I stay in Negril, the real phenomenon of "Sand Gravity" allows little travel except to the cliffs. I did not know this physical problem had a name until I read it here on Negril.com and then I had the name for my ailment......but alas, there is no cure, the longer you stay the harder it is to leave for a visit. Lets face it, when you leave Negril, even if it is to go home, you are only visiting until you come back to Negril! IMO