Rain, Rain Go Away

Today is our last full day in Jamaica, and even Jamaica is crying! It's been raining pretty steadily since about 8:00 this morning, right after Dave took towels out to beach chairs to claim or spots for the day 😣. So, since I'm stuck inside, I'll take this opportunity to review the last couple of days. 

On Monday, I posted a couple of shots from our room, and a bright, sunny shot of the beach. Not long after that, afternoon showers rolled in.

This forced us off the beach and back to the patio, and it put a bit of a kink into Monday night's plans. The scheduled beach party and entertainment had to be moved inside, too.

Tuesday was a different story. Dave went in search of towels early to stake out some chairs for after breakfast, and there were no towels to be had! Everyone was ready for an early beach day after the rain, apparently. After breakfast at Cucina Romana (yummy waffles and an omelet), we did manage to find a couple of unoccupied chairs, and my shoulders can attest that the sun did, in fact, come out.

After lunch at the Bayside buffet, we visited the more shaded main pool for a bit before getting ready for photos on the beach. We were also invited to the Sandals Select Guests cocktail party and dinner, an evening with members of management for returning guests. Steak, lobster tail, wine, and pistachio mousse were served. Some guests who have stayed many more paid nights than we have earned free weeks, and every couple took home a bottle of Appleton Estate rum.

Wednesday would prove to be a sunny day, as well. Dave wanted to try the kayaks, so after a quick trip to the breakfast buffet, we headed over to the water sports desk and got equipment.

This lasted about seven minutes. The kayaks were extremely shallow and very uncomfortable. I think we were expecting the kayaks we've used on the river float that have you sitting down in the kayak, with higher sides and a seat back. These had no back support, so we were both hurting pretty quickly (and I don't have a bad back). No worries! We just headed back to the beach!

We hung out here until it was time to catch the 11:45 shuttle to Sandals Royal Caribbean.

There are three Sandals resorts in Montego Bay, and there is a 3-in-1 aspect since you can shuttle to the other two during your stay. We stayed at the Royal for our honeymoon almost three years ago, and we loved the cabana on the private island, so we knew we wanted to revisit during this trip. The cabanas at our current resort are out in the middle of everything, but the cabanas on Royal's island are more isolated, and they can be rented for smaller increments of time. No need to rent for 8 or 12 hours. We booked ours from 1-5pm. Plus, the island has an amazing jerk chicken lunch shack!

After a lovely afternoon, we shuttled back to our resort for dinner at Cucina Romana - so good! If you're planning a visit, you need a reservation for this dinner.

And now, here's the current situation.

The sun is trying to peak through, so we're going to make the best of our last day!

Ya, Mon!

My travel blog was so lonely in 2016, but 2017 will be a different story! Dave and I arrived at Sandals Montego Bay yesterday. We previously stayed just down the road at Sandals Royal Caribbean, so we thought we'd try the sister (and original) Sandals this time. We booked a walk-out beachfront room in the Palms building, room 503. This is club level room with a patio (stocked liquor cabinet, free wifi, concierge help with reservations, but no butler). We are feet from the beach bar, and just a bit farther from beach loungers. Ahhhh! 

We were super tired last night after an early flight (even earlier due to Daylight Savings Time), and it was a bit rainy when we checked in, so we had drinks at the beach bar and ate dinner at the casual restaurant Stew Fish. We both had steak and lobster - yummy! 

Pictures are struggling to post. I'll try to edit them in later.