Here are a couple of pictures of the hotel and the surrounding lounging areas. Notice the storm brewing in the last picture.

Royal DeCameron Montego Bay, Jamaica

These are some pictures of the area just outside the hotel. You [...]]]> I took a few random pictures around the hotel and then in the airport before we left the country.

Here are a couple of pictures of the hotel and the surrounding lounging areas. Notice the storm brewing in the last picture.

These are some pictures of the area just outside the hotel. You have to sign out with the security guard whenever you leave so that if you’re not back for a couple of days they can send a search party. In the first pic you can see a store called “Strawberry’s” which is where we bought all our souvenirs.

One last drink in the airport before heading out! Here were some interesting “spellings” we found. “Wata” (Water) is pretty obvious. Can you guess what “Farrin Cyaad” is?

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First pic is Heather and I while we were still at the hotel; I tried to convince her to come out, but unfortunately they had [...]]]> On the Friday we went to the Pier 1 club which (as the name states) is at the pier. The music was pretty good and we all had a good time.

First pic is Heather and I while we were still at the hotel; I tried to convince her to come out, but unfortunately they had to work at 05:00AM the next morning so she couldn’t! The next pic is a group pic in the club and then we’ve got Daniel and I.

Here we’ve got Mo busting a move (he’s actually a really good dancer!), the boys from Montreal and finally a classic crowd shot!

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Just outside the falls area there’s a big field with some horses. Here’s the big sign at the door and finally a picture of the [...]]]> [Finally] Continuing with the Jamaica update… After the Black River we headed over to the beautiful YS Falls where we were able to swing on Tarzan ropes into the falls.

Just outside the falls area there’s a big field with some horses. Here’s the big sign at the door and finally a picture of the pool that is a little bit beyond the base of the falls.

Some more pictures of the area. I REALLY like that first picture.

As you can tell by the pics, unfortunately it was raining so we couldn’t fully enjoy the view. Second pic is all the boys from Montreal and finally Dan and Mo.

Last, but not least, a few pictures of us swinging on the Tarzan ropes. Good times!

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We rented a van and headed out. There’s Amber, Daniel and E in the back. Second pic is while we were driving. I told people how [...]]]> We had planned a few day trips, unfortunately we only managed to do one. I was glad we chose to go to Black River and YS Falls (next entry)!

We rented a van and headed out. There’s Amber, Daniel and E in the back. Second pic is while we were driving. I told people how Jamaica reminded me a lot of Sri Lanka in terms of the scenery as well as the laid back attitude of the people there. We decided to take the Black River boat tour.

Here are some pics of the crocs we were about to pet… I thought this was the coolest thing: as you can see in the first pic, they sit their completely still with their mouths open. They’re so still that they look fake!

Here we have the guide getting the croc to come closer to the boat. Then you have me petting it! It felt like a pair of new boots; it was an interesting experience. Last pic is a couple of birds. Not sure what kind, but maybe someone can tell us!

The river is extremely quiet and peaceful. At some points as the one shown in the first pic, it’s completely silent; you don’t even hear birds or water moving. The second pic is of some trees where the roots actually grow above the ground, so those stem-type things that you see are actually the trees’ roots. The last picture is a massive termite nest!

Another pic of the peaceful river. It’s called Black River because the peat at the bottom makes the water appear black. However, the guide dipped his [empty] water bottle in the river and filled it up to show us that the water was in fact very clean. Second pic is a shrimp fisherman in a hollowed out canoe! Finally, all of us travellers on the boat: E, Gary, Amber, Daniel, Mo and myself.

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It ended up taking a while to get [...]]]> Alright…so this was [one of] THE stories of the trip. When we left Montreal, we decided that one day we would spend the entire day drinking and whoever lasted the longest would be the “winner”. We figured we would have a drink every 30 minutes as of 13:00.

It ended up taking a while to get our drinks sometimes so rather than 30 minutes, it ended up being “you took a drink as soon as you finished the last one (or even before)”. When we were on our 10th drink, E was making fun of us for drinking “girly mixed drinks”; little did he know that our drinks were much, much stronger than the beers he was taking. We had specified to the bartenders that we were Canadian as soon we we got there, so they knew what to do!

“Get Me Another Beer!”

Anyhow, I don’t put up with trash talk so I recommened if E was so brave, that we all take a shot of 63% rum without a chaser. E agreed…the minute we took the shot he puked. The minute he finished puking he had another beer! LOL We ended up convincing a bunch of people (about 10 more) to play our game with us! A gentleman from Texas came up to me and said (in a thick Texan accent): “Maaan, when ah saw yo friend pukin’, ah knew this was gon’ be a goood week!”

The Results

To make a long story short…this went on for the rest of the afternoon. Mo dropped off after ~12 drinks, E dropped off after 20, Daniel after 23. In the end, the only 2 left were myself (representing Montreal) and Andrea (representing Toronto). I lost by one drink. I finished up with 35 drinks in 5 hours and she had 36! That’s a drink every ~10 minutes, non-stop for 5 hours. Surprisingly, I wasn’t sick or even hung over at allthe next day! I drank a lot of water and ate a lot of rice at dinner! This folks, is probably why my tolerance is so high these days. I know my parents weren’t too proud of this story, but hey, we were on vacation…it’s all good!

Here’s a pic of Daniel, Eason and I before our competition started. Amber (in the 2nd pic) took part as well and in the last pic is Heather a [very cute] dentist I met on that day. Yes, you’ll notice I busted out the Sweden shirt to represent! Coincidentally, Amber’s mom was Swedish. The next day people told me that they were stunned that I was able to maintain completely normal cohesive conversations that evening.

The Chicken Fight

Making The Band

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Glitters was the resort club at our hotel. Most people know that the resort clubs are crap, unless of course…you bring the party! We managed to convince a whole bunch of people to come right after Manju’s boat party. That was the only day of the week the club was packed!

Sadly, this is what Eason spent most of his time doing. After dinner, he would say he was going to “shower and change” and then would disappear for the night. This time, however, I ran into the room with a bunch of other people yelling and screaming, which obviously woke him up pretty quickly! The second pic is of some nice girls we met who are from the West Island in MTL. In the last pic we have Manju, myself, Daniel, Eason and then some random woman who jumped into the pic. I think she said she was from New York.

A few more group pictures. In the second picture are 2 sisters we met who were from some remote place in Ontario.

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Jamaica has some amazing dancers! It’s pretty cool to see the moves some of these girls manage to pull! This kid (from Quebec) was imitating the dancers. Adorable! The last couple of pictures are from the [...]]]> Every night there was some really good post-supper entertainment which was usually followed by some sort of gameshow.

Jamaica has some amazing dancers! It’s pretty cool to see the moves some of these girls manage to pull! This kid (from Quebec) was imitating the dancers. Adorable! The last couple of pictures are from the “Guess Who Your Partner Is?” gameshow. I believe the girls were blindfolded and had to do a couple of things to guess which guy was their boyfriend. Funny stuff!

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My friends Eason, Daniel, Mo, Gary (Daniel’s uncle) and I spent a week at the Royal DeCameron hotel in Jamaica this summer from July 9th – 16th.

Here are some pictures from the first day:

This was the view from our room. Eason and I weren’t in the [...]]]> OK, finally, I’m getting to my Jamaica pictures!

My friends Eason, Daniel, Mo, Gary (Daniel’s uncle) and I spent a week at the Royal DeCameron hotel in Jamaica this summer from July 9th – 16th.

Here are some pictures from the first day:

This was the view from our room. Eason and I weren’t in the main building so we had a bit of a walk to get to our rooms. We also had a nice dock where we could sit around, chill and talk to the ladies! I went to a small local store and got these flip flops for ~$8 I believe.

We decided to take the first day easy. We swam aroud, played frisbee, went Kayaking and read for a while under the palm trees. Freakonomics is a great book. I highly recommend it!

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I had a blast in Jamaica and yes, the time has come for me to finally upload the pics from my latest travels. I hope to sort them all out and post them in the next few days.