I'll admit I had some trepidation about going to Ocho Rios. Jamaica has a pretty sketchy reputation. I was totally expecting to be hassled by some Jamaicans. Guess what? We got hassled by Jamaicans. We didn't have an excursion booked. It seems like practically every excursion involved climbing Dunn's River Falls. I'm just not sporty like that. I didn't really want to climb anything so we went into town just expecting to do some shopping. Instead, we met Annie. I couldn't believe it when we agreed to go with her on a private tour in her car for $30 each. She took us into the rainforest and shopping. She was very personable and informative. She was great. We stopped at a little hut on the side of the road in the rainforest and we had an educational experience about indigenous plants and fruits. I really enjoyed it. Annie took us to a beautiful viewpoint and we took pictures...and were hassled to buy stuff. It just seems to me that sooner or later Jamaicans might learn that Americans are not going to respond well to pushy pushy pushy. All I wanted to do was escape and buy NOTHING. Which is what we did after our tour ended. If it weren't for Annie we wouldn't have lasted 30 minutes before we went back to the ship.  

Ocho Rios

For Grand Cayman we booked an excursion. We did a Stingray City and snorkeling tour. The seas were pretty choppy that day so snorkeling was just more work than it was worth. The stingrays were cool. I got to feed them and kiss one and hold one. Note - if you are taking pics with a waterproof camera keep in mind that the water is moving for you and your subject. We have 25 shots of half faces and parts of stingrays. Hilarious!

Grand Cayman (Georgetown)

Oddly enough this was our favorite port. We have been there 3 other times and had considered not even getting off the ship this time. Boy, are we glad we did. We booked an excursion of a Mexican Cooking Class. What a great excursion. Not only do you have a cooking class but you also get access to the Playa Mia resort including an open bar and a buffet and the beach and hammocks and shops and non-motorized water stuff. The cooking class was a lot of fun and included plenty of drinking. We learned to cook an appetizer, entree and dessert. The instructor, Luis, was very personable and funny. The food was good. It wasn't horribly difficult to cook but it was fun. Afterwards, I went and made sure the bar was ok and chatted with one of my classmates while the GF went and played on the beach. She kayaked, sailed on a sailboat, and hung out on the beach. As we were waiting for our ride back we saw a little iguana porn. The line was long to get back on the ship but it wasn't too bad. We people watched. It's always fun to watch the drunks coming back from Senor Frogs.  

Cozumel

I loved being so close to the elevator and just 1 floor away from the Lido. Some people think it's too noisy by the elevator and we did hear some noise from the elevator but not too bad.

I understand from my tablemates at dinner that the shows were good, but to be honest, there is something about being on a ship that just plain rocks me to sleep.The food on the Lido was good too.

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