Day three in Jamaica!
The water sports guy is Dexter. The cleaning lady is Aisha, not sure on spelling.
They are very good about tell you to use hand sanitizer when you enter the restaurants and shops here, I get too much sometimes as they have this bulk container with a pump that will put out about half a cup if you give it the full pump.
We did a snorkeling trip this morning, it didn’t last very long and they made us wear life jackets the whole time snorkeling. It was odd especially since the salt water and my warm layer makes me float quite well anyway. The trip was short as well, I would have liked to have spent more time in the water. There was not a lot to see though, there is not a lot of reef here compared to Bonaire or even the islands off Colombia. There was a cannon and an old anchor that they probably dumped in for some added interest. The guide talked about it but I couldn’t get what he was saying. All guides probably have a different story or it changes on the group. It’s possible where they scuba there is more. The scuba people came back with a stringer of Lion Fish.
After our snorkeling trip we rested on the beach loungers before we took out a couple stand up paddle boards. The water and wind was active. I fell off my board twice, once while standing and the other while kneeling. Emily took the opportunity to do a little extra snorkeling.
We stopped and talked to the scuba shack guy about me doing some scuba. Emily likes the idea of scuba but isn’t as excited about it as I am. She likes the snorkeling better. As for me, I’m thinking I will go ahead and get open water certification while here. It will give me an activity to do. Emily is thinking about doing some water skiing classes while I am do my scuba.
I’m curious about the scuba certification class and if it will be full on or not. It is PADI certification so it will be what I want but they guy didn’t talk about the sit down part just the hands on stuff. I will know more Sunday when next week’s instructor is here.
While it is beautiful here, very green we have been comparing this trip to Bonaire. Bonaire is more arid, but smaller and there is a reef off the beach at the resort. Emily also mentions it more family friendly and international. We have talked about trying some of the other islands if we can before all the tourists come back, it has been nice to be here with less people. We can see that this place could be wild if it was at capacity! It would be nice to maybe find a place that is closer to Bonaire’s vibe but with more of a Spanish flair. We would like use our language skills some more. I think I would like a resort like in Bonaire with an area like Cartagena that we could access by scooter.
After lunch we hung out on some swinging chairs while it rained. It was relaxing. Then we went down and Emily did her workout routine and I got a lift in. The gym is fairly well equipped with machines and some free weights. I will see how it went tomorrow. Emily figures we will be sore from all the activities today. It seems like we also had a fair amount of down time.
We ate a little early at the grill place because Emily was going to have Spanish class but Alex ended up having to take care of something else. I did Duolingo for a while.
We are having a good time so far, I do think there should be more offerings to suit our tastes and our normal times. Most the evening entertainment is at 10pm. I don’t have a huge desire to change up normal routine.
Time for more relaxing! Hope everyone is well!
Traveling with Emily! 