Jamaica, Day 2

Hi ho, guest blogger Jim here (Wendy's other half). She is busy pacifying the natives tonight, so I have the privilege of blogging about day 2 of our recent trip.
After finally catching up on our sleep Monday night, we ventured out Tuesday morning in search of all the stuff we saw in the brochure. Breakfast was buffet style at Bayside, and we decided to try the Jamaican national dish: ackee and saltfish. Ackee I liked, saltfish... not so much. We didn't see the waffle & omelet stations (made to order) until we had eaten, but we resolved to check 'em out tomorrow.
So with the ocean a mere 30 yards from our balcony, we did what anyone else would do: we got in the pool (seen above, at night). The resort has four pools, each with its own personality: sedentary, relaxed, quiet party, or full on par-tay. We chose the pool outside our balcony, which was the "relaxed" pool -- no swim-up bar, but still plenty of places to sit and drink. We sat and drank the morning away with not a kid in sight or hearing. Bliss!
Lunch was at Bluefields, which gave us our first crack at "real" Jamaican food. I got the jerk chicken, and Wendy got jerk caesar salad. While the salad was lacking in chicken, my 2-piece plate was plenty and plenty good. Moist, fall-off-the-bone chicken with just the right level of jerk spice. Yum! Here we also met the first of many birds on the property who seem to have learned a thing or two about stealing customers' food. Be warned: they are smarter than they appear.


Here's another tip: book your extra stuff (tours, etc.) before you get to the resort. After lunch we went to the tour office to see about some fishing, but the boat was booked for the week. Rats! We decided to do scuba instead (quite the story there) so we signed up for classes the following day.
Now what to do with the rest of the day. Hey, didn't someone mention a patisserie? Why yes, I believe they did.
All-inclusive resort, I think I love you.


Finally, we discovered a chess set that was originally used by the native inhabitants of the island (who were 18 feet tall):
Neat decoration, but I liked some of the other games better. That's where our story ends for today, kids. Tune in tomorrow for adventures under the sea and the weirdest 4th of July celebration on record.