Free Birds

Jamaica day 4!
Sun sun sun. Again. Of course! I love being in the sun. And the water is amazing. It's like swimming in silk. Me and Albin went on a little snorkelling tour along the cliffs. Saw a couple of puffer fish and some other fun stuff. Found a coconut floating around which we quickly turned into an underwater football. Fun! 

We went to a Jamaican restaurant nearby that Drew had recommended for pizza. We weren't too hungry so decided to order two pizza's to share between the four of us. Turned out one would have been enough - those were probably the biggest pizza's I have ever seen. But they were yummy!

After lunch we had a bit of a rainy afternoon, so we decided to have a siesta. Everyone went resting, sleeping or watching movies. Me and Valle watched "Free Birds" - an animated movie about turkeys going back in time to stop Thanksgiving. It was actually a lot of fun. "Man, those are some angry birds!"

We then went to Alfred's on the beach where we had dinner and where one of the girls from Drew's band were supposed to sing with another one of her bands. Dinner was so-so and the band that started playing didn't even have a singer, and pretty much sucked. After listening for about 40 minutes and finishing our food and drinks we decided to leave and went for a walk on the beach. (We then found out that her band had gone on stage about ten minutes after we left... of course.) The walk however was really nice, the moon was up, smiling at us and the whole place smelled like weed. In all it was very relaxing.

On the way over there we'd ridden with a very energetic taxi driver. The guy who drove us back was his complete opposite and very calm and friendly, which pretty much summed up the end of our night. We got back home at about a quarter past eleven, which is by far the latest we've gone to bed since we got here. The sun really leaves you tired by the end of the night! And I guess we are still a bit jet lagged. Which at this point I don't mind - the sun sets pretty early and it's nice to get up and get as many sun-hours as possible. Sweet dreams!

One Love

Jamaica day 3!
Lazy day. Resting in the sun, swimming, snorkelling. Saw a turtle, cuuute! Me and Albin went to the little supermarket to buy some water. On the way back we passed by a man who smiled and said (to my brother, not me): "Respect man! Your wife go barefoot, Jamaican style, one love!" - just everything Jamaican possibly squeezed into one sentence. I love it!

Went for lunch at a sort of hamburger-place with Drew and Liz. These burger-things were HUGE, and Delicious! We all smashed them, and then went into a deep food coma. Walked back in the rain (oh yeah, it rains at least a little bit every day. It is the Caribbean after all.) 

Me and Valle moved into a room in the castle today. Apparantly there was some misunderstanding with the lady who owns the place. I don't know. It was all very annoying and energy consuming.  But we ended up here and it feels quite nice to be in place. The bed's not as comfortable though and we have to switch rooms about 3 more times during our stay. Ohhhh well.

Studied and slept early. Exhausting day! Oh, and while sun bathing the hotel's dog decided she wanted to share my sun bed. She jumped up next to me and posed for the camera (better than me) before drooling all over me. Afterwards I decided it was a good time to go for a swim...

Happy Hour

Jamaica day two!
Woke up super early, heyoo jet lag. Me and Valle pushed it until about 7,30 then walked over to the Castle to wake up Albin and my dad. We had breakfast. Ackee and salt fish - Yuum. Then layed in the sun for a while, and went swiming. Oh my, the water is so warm. I love it! A bit cloudy today, so didn't get much sun. Which probably isn't such a bad thing on the first day in the sunlight after coming from a Swedish winter. (Leaving our jackets in the car before heading over to the airport wasn't too much fun). We went for a walk towards the beach area and had lunch at the Canoe restaurant by the waterfront. Beautiful. At two o clock their happy hour started - 2 drinks for the price of 1. We ordered four drinks, thinking that was a perfect way to end the lunch - and got eight. The lady laughed, it was obvious that she had understood this was not our intention. Anywhooo, we did end up drinking them all, having a blast ding so. Colourful! Then went back home (the walk back was a lot more fun, for some reason...) and got some rest. Then played yatzee since the weather didn't seem to clear up. Then we had dinner (yum, more food) before heading to bed, still a bit jet lagged. Realized that I know Devon, who me and Valle are staying with, since last time i was here - he's the one who brought me and Julia to "the blue hole" and the weed-plantation about 4.5 years ago. Ya man!

Jamaica

Landed in Jamaica after a lon loong flight. The first words we heard were "Yah man" - of course. The first thing that happened after exiting the airport was that our driver brought out chilled Red Stripes for everyone in the bus. Good start. We drove from Montego Bay to Negril and the Blue Cave Castle where Drew was already playing his drums. It's good to be back.

We had some food and then got hit by a heavy food coma. Chilled for a bit before heading over to the Push Cart bar where Drew and his Jamaican band were playing. Absolutely awesome!