Hey VT I had blue mountain coffee when I was in Jamaica every morning! I long to return there, besides Amsterdam it's my favorite place in the world. I recommend Negril - 7 mile beach area. We landed in Montego Bay and rode an hour amongst some of the craziest frigging drivers I've been around in my life. It's like these folks have a death wish. There would be these guys on motorcycles going around us doing no less than 90 and people driving like maniacs. I had to stop watching them because it was making me anxious. Instead I focused on what was flying by on the sides of the road and it was very sobering at the extreme poverty.
They have little shacks literally thrown together made up of scraps they find along the road. Big pieces of tin roofing and discarded materials or perhaps hurricane scraps that were blown all over the island is what their typical homes consisted of. There were lots of school children walking from school in religious school uniforms, lots of road side fruit stands and Jamaican jerk chicken/pork stands everywhere you look. I was a nervous wreck by the time we reached our resort from the insane drivers.
We checked into our room which had a nice marble porch with a swing and a beautiful garden of flowers. The first thing I notice is the maids cleaning the rooms, they are whistling and singing and SO HAPPY as they worked. They truly seemed to love their jobs and loved their life.
I found the folks living in the little ramshackle shacks on the side of the road super content and happy with their lives. Everyone smiled a lot and constantly said "no worries mon".
It was idyllic yet the little shanty towns at nite can become scary so it's best in the evening to stay in the security areas where you are staying.
The water was so turquoise, the beach so lovely and clean. After putting our suitcases in our room and stopping for a delicious lunch of jerk chicken and rice and peas (looks like rice and brown pinto beans) we walked down the beach a ways and I see this table of beautiful jewelry, a fresh fruit and vegetable stand and the most beautiful sight of all: A Rasta man!
I bought a necklace from the jewelry lady, then bought pineapple and bananas from her mother who ran the fruit stand. Then Rasta man speaks up and says are you looking for anything else? So we stepped behind the fruit stand and bought the most stinkalicious skunk and chunk of hash! The buds weren't anything special to look at but the smell was strong and superfunkalicious skunk! We bought a pipe from them for the hash and then went back to our resort where we discover on one end is a church and the other end is a store that sells bongs, papers and any supplies you might need!
We go back to our room and proceed to get super stoned and relaxed....it was the nice beginning to one of my best vacations ever....not to mention my husband's birthday.
This is our view from the balcony during breakfast each morning...
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Big fan of her voice and super talented lady. 
