Jamaica October 2015 Day 3

Thursday, October 15, 2015 This morning, we had a more traditional Jamaican breakfast. The papaya, orange halves, starfruit, and toast with guava jelly were not too far out of the ordinary, but the salted fish, ackee, and festival were new to us. The salted fish was...

Jamaica October 2015 Day 2

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 This morning, we didn’t have breakfast until 8am, which was really nice since we had all had so little sleep the night before leaving the states. The morning was cool and quiet and clear, and the view from the house showed layers of...

Jamaica October 2015 Day 1

Tuesday, October 13 After a delayed but otherwise uneventful flight from Chicago, we arrived in Montego Bay a little after 2pm. We made our way down the long, winding corridors of the airport to customs and baggage claim before exiting out into the heat, humidity, and...

Jamaica March 2015, Day 7

Friday started with a 40 minute drive to Reverend Harrison’s manse in Brown’s Town.  Once we arrived  we loaded up avocado trees and headed down to Egypt (the name of his farm along the mountain side and in the valleys).  Egypt is a very mountainous...