One of seven Jamaican Sandals properties, this even more intimate resort in Ocho Rios is a romantic favorite because although it offers fewer amenities - just one pool and five (!) restaurants, along with a fitness center,
Served by its own very nearby airport (the Caribbean's biggest and busiest), the third largest city in Jamaica (as well as the English-speaking Caribbean, with a population of around 110,000), MoBay has since the 1960s been an ancho
These tropical isles usually rank high on the list of V-Day getaways, and offer an embarassment of riches when it comes to hotels and resorts. So this year a writer for USA Today put together a list of nine for couples to consi
Read more…
In the market for a nice place to call your own on a warm-weather vacation getaway this winter, for example in the Caribbean? Instead of the usual resort, give a thought to renting your very own luxury Caribbean villa, which can be as or more afford
Read more…Sunset at the Palms, an all-inclusive, adults-only resort in Negril, Jamaica, garnered a lot of attention this spring when its staff expanded to include Betty, a female goat who became an instant hit when she was adopted by the hotel’s grounds keepin
Today, many across the USA are watching in fascination a rare solar eclipse as the moon's shadow makes its way across the country this afternoon. These days that fascination is astronomical, but before astronomy, for much of the world it was apocalyp
A bit over 25 years ago, the wife and I made a trip to Jamaica to kick off our travel life together. We stayed at a wonderful, all-inclusive, called Eden II that was party central for young couples like ourselves.
Now, we' closer to retirement tha
Read more…
You have every right to have a stress-free vacation. An ideal vacation is free from the hassles of matching the best hotels with cheap air tickets. It should allow you to make savings even as you enjoy some time in the Cari
Read more…For our first-ever trip to the Caribbean (it was 1979), my friend Michael, his then-girlfriend, my then-girlfriend, and I rented a cottage on the north coast of Jamaica, about a stone's throw from Ocho Rios and the parish of St. Mary. This was in 197
My 14th visit to Negril's Hedonism II clothing-optional resort began June 15, 2019 and ended June 25, and in that time I had a chance to explore most, if not all, areas of the resort property and to experience most of what Hedo had to offer---and a
Visiting the Caribbean is on everyone’s radar, and it’s no secret that the reggae island nation of Jamaica is one of the best islands to visit.
With direct flights to most major US cities and several in Europe, Jamaica is a visitor’s paradise wi
Globalization has been a sometimes controversial mixed bag in different areas and different parts of the world, but I think we can all agree that on the plus side, one of its grooviest benefits has been to bring to spread many of the exciting cultu
The island has been promoted as beach, beach beach. 7 miles of it in Negril in the west seems to be the islands great claim to fame along with other beachy things. But there is a lot more to Jamaica - a whole country with wonderful people, about 13 m
Read more…I just published a selection of my travel writing, amounting to 56 pieces and 71,000 words, for the Amazon Kindle:
Snakes Alive and Other Travel Writing
The paperback should be out by the end of the month. It has several pieces from my various visits
Read more…
Jamaica has of course long been in the forefront of Caribbean tourism trends of massive resorts and the type of visitor attractions designed to serve them and the cruise-ship market. But as a large, ecologically rich Caribbean island with plenty of
A fellow Tripatini member would greatly appreciate your suggestions - to help please reply not here but at this link to our Ask A Travel Pro forum.
Thank you!!
This was to be my seventh trip to SuperClubs’ adults-only, clothing-optional beachfront resort (just half the resort is nude), but I was still excited. On 22 acres toward the northern end of Jamaica's NegrilBeach, the longtime all-inclusive known as
