Goin to Ocho Rios in two weeks. Any suggestions
My suggestion, watch who the main bartenders are during your first day and then give them a cash tip early on in your vacation. They will treat you right and you will never wait in line for a drink. Our bartender chick would quit what she was doing and make our drinks and set them off to the side so that we never waited in line. She always made us 2 drinks each since the walk back to our sun lounger was a good long 30 feet or so.
The ride from the airport was about 1 1/2 hours, not bad. The food was great, the service was great and we met some fun couples to hang around with.
I am jealous…have fun…you get out of it what you make of it. Dont expect the staff to be slaves.
Anytime you are away from your hotel, be prepared to be asked repeatedly if you want any ganja or “someting fo de nose”. It is a beautiful island and a fun place to go but, the dealers do get on your nerves after a while.
make friends with the bellhop.
if ya gonna be dumb boy you got to be tough - JJ Gray
Jamaica would be a great place if someone could figure out how to erradicate all the Jamaicans. Got back from a cruise and it stopped there (unfortunately). Spent 5 horible days there in 1987 as well. Nothing has much changed, especially the constant hounding of tourists by the “friendly” locals. Ridiculous. If I wanted to be pestered by thugs I would have just stayed home and worked ( in my patrol car). Save some money, your wits and your safety and stay away from the infested place.