We headed to Jamaica for Spring Break to rendezvous with the crew of Exit Strategy. It was great to see Babçia and Grandpa Boyan and explore the west side of the Island.
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| After spending a couple intro days in Montego Bay, we headed west. First stop was Lucea, a very quiet bay. The girls' first desire was to find a BEACH. We walked to the end of town, in the rain, but did not find a beach, much to their dismay. However, we did get to explore old Fort Charlotte. However, the girls were not amused until we took refuge from the showers in a snack shack along the way for banana chips, and came away with enough breadfruit for a month and a new fruit to try (Naseberry). |
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| Snorkeling lessons from Babçia. Maya was a more eager student. Genna eventually tried it, but only with her familiar goggles. She even snorkeled with us in the deep through a nice reef off Booby Cay in Bloody Bay (Negril). |
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| Maya's "RESPECT" selfie. The kids liked fist bumping with the locals. |
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| Papa goofing off. |
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| We went searching for some famous jumping points in Negril's West End. This area, at the Pushcart Restaurant, no longer allows public high dives, but let us swim in their beautiful grotto. |
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| We prepped the girls that hair braiding would be an option on the trip. I didn't actually think either of them would do it. On our last day, Maya came to shore with that as her mission. It didn't take long for one of the ladies to find her and lead her off to her shop, before I could even find our wallet and follow behind them! It took a little over one hour. Maya sat patiently and picked all yellow and white beads. As of this post date (Easter), she has had them in for 10 days and is not interested in taking them out. They may be too fuzzy in a couple more days, but I am surprised that they are holding up this well. |
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Bloody Bay had some private property issues, and there was no place to park the dinghy on shore. This made some excursions more trouble than they were worth. So on the last night, the girls set up an exclusive restaurant in the cockpit for Mama & Papa, while the staff dined below. Here, Maya is reading us the menu's specials. Everything was delicious and the service was adorable.
We are so spoiled to have Exit Strategy on call for all our tropical vacation needs! |
