Jamaica ~ Day 1

I'm finally able to get to my pictures from Jamaica! I'm not sure how many posts I'll get before I leave tomorrow though...Makena and I leave for Road Trip 2011. Road Trip 2010 was so much fun that we're off for another adventure this year.

Getting to Jamaica, from Oregon, seems like a never ending journey. Our flight left at 11:20pm on May 24th and we arrived in Jamaica around 2pm on May 25th. We tried to get as much sleep as we could on the plane...but that never works out well. After traveling through a few time zones, states and countries, we had arrived.

It took us much longer than we had hoped to get through Customs. Someone (apparently me) had forgotten to completely fill out the return Custom forms (because we weren't yet returning, so I didn't see the point), and by the time we got back in to line other flights had come in.

We were given free beer (Red Stripe) at the airport and loaded in to a van (very small van with 15 people and their luggage) to make the hour long drive to Couples Negril Resort. Unfortunately, it was rush-hour in Montego Bay, Jamaica and we were stuck for a short time.

Jamie had no problem sitting up front in the van - he likes crazy driving.

I sat behind Jamie and talked to a couple on their 5th time to the resort. The husband had lived in Hillsboro for a couple of years and they were now living in Texas. Small world...

The jungle was beautiful. The humidity was not. Photos from the window.

Then, by the time we arrived at the resort, filled out our registration paperwork and got the keys to our room, we were exhausted and hungry. The other 6 couples had spent the day in the pool, and were still enjoying the pool bar by the time we got down there.

Then the rain came. When you are in a tropical place and it rains, it's nothing like being in Oregon. It's actually refreshing. Although when it rains in the jungle, it really rains.

But we didn't mind spending some time catching up on our sleep so that we could enjoy the rest of the week.