Montego Bay Travel Blogs

I didn't sleep a wink that night as the excitement was way to much for me to handle, images of crystal clear waters, white sands and rum based cocktails would not leave my mind. I couldn't beleive that in just a few hours I would be on a flight to Jamaica, away from London for 3 weeks for qualitly …

Digging into the archives to share another travel adventure, a decidedly posh retreat to the splendid Half Moon Bay resort near Montego Bay.  This was our introduction to Jamaica, birthplace of the Rastafarian movement.  Most folks are cognizant of the term ‘Rastafari’ without app…

We woke up to our usual routine of breakfast before hitting the beach. We planned a more active day than the previous day so we enjoyed the water after breakfast and went into the pool on the other side of the resort. A game of chess exercised our brain for 15 minutes before Finelle and I - eventua…

Sorry for the dreadful pun incorporated into the title of this section, but a trip to the Caribbean in January 2006 replaced the regular annual January ski fixture, and was yet another encounter with the American tourist, which was to be the last, for absolutely no reason other than ongoing co…

Leaving Jamaica was one of the hardest things I've had to do in a long time.  I was darn near tears when going because really, who wants to leave paradise?!?  We woke very early that morning, got our luggage together and waited for our driver to arrive and take us to the airport where we …

I went to Montego Bay for 1 week. Scuba, Waterfalls, and Beer.

It was great getting away to a new country. It was a much needed vacation.

I went to Montego Bay, in Jamaica for a caribbean vacation. Had a blast, walked up the famous waterfall, and basically hung out with friends and family.

A week in this paradise. Montego Bay, Ocho Rios (nice hills) and Negril amazing beach and nightlife)

So I did as I was told.  I arrived at the Montego Bay bus stops and made my way to the Police Station.  There were a couple of cops hanging  about but they told me to wait until the patrol returned and they would walk with me up to the hotel.  I was booked into the Blue Harbour.…

From Montego Bay in the northwest shore to Ocho Rios and the Falls!

yeah just arrive in MO-BAY (after a transit to ATLANTA), no hotel booked, nothing... so the taxi driver told us she knows somethingbut in fact not so nice, a the end of the airport... kinda full of hustlers, junkies and redlight district --- not so...mmmm... friendly. anyway, it …

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We arived Late in the night on June 8 seeking haven in  Montego Bay, Jamaica. There was a tropical storm that could have crossed our path but it didnt, it changed direction.We were able to spend the whole day(June 9) in Montego Bay.  It was a nice change after Haiti.

Christopher Columbus, when he first visited the island of Jamaica in 1494, named the bay Golfo de Buen Tiempo ('Fair Weather Gulf'). The name "Montego Bay" is believed to have originated as a corruption of the Spanish word manteca ("lard"), allegedly because during the Spanish period it was the por…