My friends returned from Port Antonio - they had a great time with a couple not super unusual poor experiences. They gushed about the overwhelming natural beauty and friendly people. They ended up stating at the Jamaica Palace Hotel - large, white Euro architecture devoid of character (their words). He got locked in the loo for 30 minutes by a malfunctioning lock then were moved to a room with broken AC and a single lightbulb that they moved from bathroom to bedside. They were warned about the rough surf but swam anyway and had a great time.

Their final thoughts were that the ability to converse with the locals and made it a beautiful experience and that they will definitely go back and sail around the whole island - they are both captains so that would work just fine. I've flown over the whole island (truly amazing experience) but sailing around it would be a dream come true.

Besides warning me about the travel alerts posted in US and Canada, they