Port Antonio, Jamaica
I spent last weekend in Port Antonio, Jamaica with my family and have gobs of information to share with you! I will spread it over a few postings... We flew into Kingston and because of the large number of people in our party, opted for ground transportation for the 2.5 hour drive. Had we been traveling with just our family, we would have opted for a whirly bird or small plane transport. We stayed at Goblin Hill Villas - a townhouse community with fantastic views at every turn. We dined each night on fresh Jamaican fare prepared by Miss Elaine, our cook. We spent lazy days on San San Beach and by Goblin's pool. Some of us went river rafting on the Rio Grande. We ate lunch at local establishments with the hands down best meal coming from Boston Bay - the home of the JERK cooking style. Meats, sausages, and seafood are cooked on low grills with deep seasonings and then chopped and sold by the pound. Delish! (I included some pics of our Boston Bay stop in my slide show below.) We drove down to the Blue Lagoon and trespassed to get a close view as it is currently landlocked by a construction project. I was invited for lunch at GeeJam - the awesome studio complex where No Dought recorded their last album before Gwen Stefani went solo. (More on GJ later!) Port Antonio is a lazy harbour town on the far NE coast of Jamaica. It's allure is the old Hollywood feel from the glamour days gone by when Errol Flynn, Ian Flemming, and Noel Coward all called its shores home and hosted hundreds of parties attended by the world's jet-setters... the stories of that time are very intriguing. PA has pretty much been forgotten since then but is due for a rebirth. My beach read this trip? The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson a novel set in Port Antonio - PERFECT! Enjoy my pictures!
I spent last weekend in Port Antonio, Jamaica with my family and have gobs of information to share with you! I will spread it over a few postings... We flew into Kingston and because of the large number of people in our party, opted for ground transportation for the 2.5 hour drive. Had we been traveling with just our family, we would have opted for a whirly bird or small plane transport. We stayed at Goblin Hill Villas - a townhouse community with fantastic views at every turn. We dined each night on fresh Jamaican fare prepared by Miss Elaine, our cook. We spent lazy days on San San Beach and by Goblin's pool. Some of us went river rafting on the Rio Grande. We ate lunch at local establishments with the hands down best meal coming from Boston Bay - the home of the JERK cooking style. Meats, sausages, and seafood are cooked on low grills with deep seasonings and then chopped and sold by the pound. Delish! (I included some pics of our Boston Bay stop in my slide show below.) We drove down to the Blue Lagoon and trespassed to get a close view as it is currently landlocked by a construction project. I was invited for lunch at GeeJam - the awesome studio complex where No Dought recorded their last album before Gwen Stefani went solo. (More on GJ later!) Port Antonio is a lazy harbour town on the far NE coast of Jamaica. It's allure is the old Hollywood feel from the glamour days gone by when Errol Flynn, Ian Flemming, and Noel Coward all called its shores home and hosted hundreds of parties attended by the world's jet-setters... the stories of that time are very intriguing. PA has pretty much been forgotten since then but is due for a rebirth. My beach read this trip? The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson a novel set in Port Antonio - PERFECT! Enjoy my pictures!
