The first port of call was Jamaica. I have never been but have always been curious to see what all is there. There were several options for shore excursions, e.g. the Applewood Rum distillery, Ocho Rios with it's long cascading falls, etc. For the morning, we decided to check out Jimmy Buffet's Margaritavlle. It is a combination of food of the Jamaican variety and water amusement. As one would guess they served margarita's and the food was decent. We had some calamari and nachos. For this trip, why I don't know, I haven't been following my usual food precautions. That means, I've had ice in drinks, eaten dairy products, and also had some green leafy vegetables. I'm hoping that I won't pay for it later. Associated with Margaritaville is a 2-3 story water slide and a swimming area with some enormous trampolines that you can bounce from into the water. I, however, with my fresh burn decided to stay in the shade, with my total body sunblock application and wearing a long sleeve broadcloth shirt. Being left in the shade with a margarita and food wasn't a bad option.
We went back to the ship for lunch—see the running theme. For the afternoon, we had purchased an excursion which consisted of riding a cable and pulley system through the Jamaican rain forest. I've done several high ropes type courses, rappelling, etc., but this was the first canopy top cable system. Needless to say it was a lot of fun. One of the runs was from platform to platform high up in the canopy of the rain forest. As for safety, they had a double cable system—independent from each other—so that if one broke, the second would serve as back up. There were 6 runs in all with a few of them being several hundred feet long. The last one ran across the top of a river valley with the river and trees probably at least 100 feet or more below....very exhilarating.
To round out my Jamaica stop, I did in fact find a box to add to my box collection. It is of the arts-and-crafts variety being hand carved mahogany.
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