Jamaica...with pictures :)

We got back from Jamaica late Saturday night. It was wonderful! We stayed at Sandals Ocho Rios, and we decided that we definitely want to visit another Sandals resort. The service was great, the staff was so friendly, and the food was delicious.

We stayed in a villa that had a view of the mountains.



We shared a swimming pool with one other couple.



Our room had really pretty mahogany furniture and a really high ceiling. The bed was high (for a hotel bed) but nowhere near as high or as pretty as ours at home. It had weird side rails that I kept hitting and I ended up with random leg bruises.





The main pool was really nice too. We spent a lot of time there :)










One day we went on an excursion to Dunn's River Falls. It was...interesting. We climbed to the top of the falls in a human chain. A huge cruise ship had just docked that morning, so there were tons of people. The couple in front of us was from Greece and the couple behind us was from Little Rock.










For the record, this is the standard pose. The guide did, however, tell us to "save some for later." LOL



The beach was quite small. Most of it was taken up by piers. They had a lot of water sports available. We went out snorkeling one day. It was a lot of fun, but the water was rough that day and I got seasick. :(



There were about 9 restaurant options. Obviously we didn't get an opportunity to try all of them, but the places we did go were great.



The waiter at Valentino's (an Italian restaurant) brought us tiramasu on his head.



We ate at a restaurant one night that was on the beach. The tables and chairs were right on the sand.







For anyone considering going to a Sandals, it truly is a wonderful experience. The only thing that I didn't really like was the large number of activities always planned. We didn't participate in most of them...haha.