Jamaican Me Crazy!

When Ed and I got married in 2009 we decided to wait a year before we went on our honeymoon and it was completely worth it! We celebrated our honeymoon/first year anniversary at the Grande Ocho Rios in Jamaica!

A few days before we left for Jamaica we learned that Hurricane Tomas was headed straight for Jamaica! I was a nervous wreck the whole week, I had been planning this trip for a year and I wasn't going to let a Hurricane ruin it for me! I was on the internet watching the storm every 10 minutes till we left. We left Denver at 1 a.m. and arrived in Jamaica at 11 a.m.

Our honeymoon had officially began!

  Our villa in the hills of the resort. We love being able to escape from everyone and this is exactly what this villa did for us! The villa was up the hill from the lobby, bars and restaurants and it was quite a hike to and from our room; that is it would have been if we wouldn't have been upgraded to butlers! We had two butlers at our disposal who came and picked us up whenever we wanted to go somewhere. They were amazing.

   These are our amazing butlers Jackie and Shelly! They took us to breakfast and dinner every day and turned down our beds every night. They also made sure our room was flawless! We loved them and miss them now that we are back home.

Towel art that was on our bed every day.

Although we didn't get to participate in any of the water sports thanks to Tomas, we still had fun in the ocean! Swimming, laying on the beach and playing with the waves. 

 The pool that we spent most of our time at! The swim-up bar was the best part. They make the best island drinks.

Relaxing at the pool! This is what we did everyday after breakfast and most of the afternoon.

Out to dinner. The food was amazing! Four star dining every night, great views, and all you could eat.

Having a blast at the nightclub on the resort. Ed had more fun than I did! 

The fire-eater at the beach party! 

Ed and Matt (a great guy we met) singing at 1 of the 11 bars on the resort. They sang for an hour and they have great voices! 

Jamie and I making shots for the boys to judge! We had a blast trying to imitate the bartenders that were constantly creating shots that they had never made before! Our shots didn't measure up to our bartender Baboo but they were still good.

Matt and Jamie are a couple that were celebrating their honeymoon and we had a great time with them, I can't imagine our vacation without them.

Jamaica's version of American's Next Top Model and American Idol. We were 2 of the 12 white people in the room. It was such a fun experience.

On the pier looking over the ocean. We ate on the pier the first night and it was amazing.

Our rose petal bed. This was our butlers way of saying thank you and that they enjoyed having us! 

Downtown Ocho Rios. We went shopping in this area and it was an experience. We had people grabbing at us trying to get us to buy their merchandise. When we told them no they started asking if we wanted weed.

    

Relaxing while we wait for the Jittney! Jamaican's drive crazy, they put speed bumps all over the resort to slow the drivers! We loved how fast they drove; it was a so different from the USA. On our way to and from the Resort to the airport we had our bus driver make a two lane highway into a 3-way. They pass cars even when there is a car approaching in the oncoming lane! 

  Our last day in Jamaica. We were very sad to leave this island paradise!