Thursday, 9 Feb 2017 Montego Bay

We followed our regular morning pattern again today. After a while we took out a pedal boat and Sprungs took out kayaks. We didn’t go for long – too much like work.

Our resort from the water.

We returned to some reading in the shade by the beach/pool, then lunch, more lounging, then back to our rooms to rest up from our strenuous day and prepare for the chore of going for dinner.

Ron and Cheryl came by our room for a look. We went out on the balcony and observed three boys that seemed to be picking bottles outside the resort boundary and talking to people on their balconies. After a few minutes one of the boys worked his way down to us. He asked us to throw down a dollar so he could get something to eat. I responded that I did not know how I could get a dollar to fly over the wall. He said to put it in a bottle with some water and throw it over. Not his first rodeo. One bottle and one dollar later, we were on our way to eat.

Today we went to the “fancy-pants” restaurant, which we had nicknamed because it was more upscale and because it had a requirement that the men had to wear pants – i.e. full length pants, rather than the shorts that were acceptable in the other restaurants on the property. Its real name is Kulinarium. Excellent meal! A little jerked chicken wrapped in dough and deep fried, pumpkin soup with a dollop of goat cheese, an excellent fillet, although Celeste had a lobster dish, and a delicious chocolaty dessert.

Tonight’s entertainment was an award-winning steel drum band. But not just a steel drum band. It was an eleven-member troop that combined steel drum music with dance, acrobatics, and break dancing. A very high energy show. We made it to our room by 11 and to bed by 12.