Christmas in Jamaica

I've seen this picture before? Jamaican Treasures Facebook page I think?

You can’t accuse moi of not getting into the Christmas spirit. Oh no! I love Christmas and of course the Christmas songs and I don’t mean the Christmas Carols. Growing up I was a Slade fan and as everyone knows, unless you lived in a cave for the last 40 odd years, Slade did one of the all time best Christmas songs “Merry Christmas everybody” those were the days.

I decided I would search for items about Christmas in Jamaica and up popped a song by a very lovely girl called Toni Braxton, called “Christmas in Jamaica” and so, thinking you might like to sing along to this very pleasant Christmas song, here are the lyrics.

Chorus:
We'll be having fun
Under golden sun
Christmas in Jamaica here we come...
We'll just sail on, just sail...

Lovers frolickin'
Playin' in the sand
Got my Coppertone
Getting on my tan

Exotic setting for a
Lady and her man
A perfect little holiday
Sounds like a plan

We can stay in bed all afternoon
We can make out to some cool Reggae tunes
We can sail under the light of the moon
Wish we could freeze this moment
then it wouldn't end so soon....

Chorus

Unplug the phones , y'all
Don't need no calls
No callin' home
Take a break from it all...

'Cause we both grown
And we can do whatever, see?
Baby, it's just you and me
Let's live out a fantasy

Hiking in the mountains, romantic rendezvous
Bathing in the fountains, stop-let me look at you
Just in case you're doubtin', let me paint a view
Picture you in heaven, everything is true

Chorus



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Cut price holidays in Jamaica - Villa Elysian Plain, Tryall Club, Jamaica

 

Villa Elysian Plain - A pool with a view



Another fantastic bargain offer from Jamaican Treasures has to be Villa Elysian Plain. This wonderful villa in one of the most select areas of Montego Bay has a special offer. STAY FOR 7 NIGHTS, PAY FOR 5 NIGHTS ONLY!!

 

Dine in style at Elysian Plain

Elysian plain has all the ementies available, this includes a great swimming pool, views that are top class, a full staff that included a Cook, Luandress, Gardener, Butler and Housekeeper as well as all the mod cons and luxuries associated with a villa of this quality.

 

Style, comfort, views..what more would you want?

2 minutes to the beach and 12 minutes to Montego Bay airport as well as being right on the doorstep of the bright lights and tourist attarctions on Montego Bay. Don't take my word for it, take a look for yourself at the Villa Elysian Plain page. You'll be glad you did. Elysian Plain Link.

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Bargain holidays in the Caribbean, Bargain holidays in Jamaica, Cary Island

 

Cary Island - Ochos Rios, Jamaica

 

BLOG UPDATE: 17/12/2011

I would like to remind all you dear readers that Cary Island is on the list of Jamaican Treasures "Villa Specials". Cary Island offers you 1 night FREE when you book for a week. Follow this link to the Cary Island Page for more details. Link

This is a comprehensive list of luxury villas in all parts of Jamaica that have either Price reductions or special offers, such as “Stay for 7 nights pay for just  5 nights” and other great offers. You could also contact Lisa direct to see what other up to the minute bargains are available.

305-767-2596    lisa@jamaicantreasures.com

 

 

 

Booked as either a 7 bedroom or 4 bedroom as the accommodation is shared between the main house and an adjoining cottage. This is one of the top villas in Jamaica. See more details from the Cary Island page. Link

 

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Have you been to Jamaica or do you live on Jamaica? Add a comment about your favourite place For those who have never seen Villa Cary Island, you are in for a real treat. Old world style with modern amenities. You have a beautiful private tennis court, great swimming pool and a gezebo with views to die for.

Bargain holiday in Jamaica - Villa Ah Selah

Ah Selah - Runaway Bay

Villa Ah Selah, Runaway Bay offers you ONE NIGHT FREE when you book for a week, pay for 6 stay for 7. See the main website for full details Ah Selah Link

A SUMMER PLACE - DISCOVERY BAY, JAMAICA

A Summer Place, Discovery Bay - discounts available



Another fantastic Jamaica Villa offering discounts is a wonderful villa called “A Summer Place” is a Luxury beachfront, 7 bedroom, 7 bathroom villa, it has a brand new full size tennis court and air conditioned indoor gym! As well as a fantastic swimming pool.

This Jamaica villa is offering you one FREE NIGHT when you book for a week or more. You can take full advantage of this offer by visiting the main website http://www.jamaicantreasures.com/prp001.php  or contacting  Lisa 305-767-2596 lisa@jamaicantreasures.com

BARGAIN PRICE LUXURY VILLAS IN JAMAICA

 

Ackee 8 at Tryall-Montego Bay

Here we go, areal bargain luxury villa. Ackee 8 at Tryall, Montego Bay, Jamaica. This villa has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms a great swimming pool, fully staffed and only 20 minutes to Montego Bay airport. You are also right on the doorstep of all the bright lights and tourist attractions as well as mega shopping in Montego Bay.

Ackee 8 Villa offer you STAY FOR 7 NIGHTS, PAY FOR 5 NIGHTS - 2 FREE NIGHTS! You just have to fancy some of this and if so, then see all the rest of the setails on Villa Ackee 8 from the main Jamaican Treasures website at Ackee 8 Villa Link or you can see what other great deals are on offer by contacting

Lisa 305-767-2596   

lisa@jamaicantreasures.com

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Cut Price Jamaica Holidays 2011 - 2012

Scrooge was disappointed, he had expected Bob Marley!

I love good news. I love sending good news and you have to admit, it’s nice to hear good news, especially in these financially troubled times. So, it is with a happy heart I am able to enlighten you, dear readers (I hope) and tell you about Jamaican Treasures special villa deals for the winter period of 2011 to 2012.

Jamaican Treasures have a range of luxury villas in places like Montego Bay, Runaway Bay, Ochos Rios, Discovery Bay, Silver Sands and many more great and glorious locations that are offering amazing discounts in the form of FREE NIGHTS when you book for a week or more.

Some of the luxury Jamaica villas are offering 7 nights stay and pay only for 5 nights! That can’t be bad now, can it? So, without further ado I will show you which villas are the best bargains to be had, if you want to choose for yourself, just go to the Jamaican Treasures special villas page and see what’s on offer. http://www.jamaicantreasures.com/villaspecials.php

You could also contact Lisa direct to see what other up to the minute bargains are available.

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Scrooge was shocked; “you look sod all like Bob?” he told the spirit

Dogs in Jamaica

Roof! Roof!



Just when you thought you had seen it all, something always manages to surprise or shock you, or both. I live in the countryside of Andalucia close to a white village (Pueblo Blanco) called Villanueva del Trabuco, which is north of Malaga city 800m above sea level. Yes, Redneck country.

The village is quiet and ordinary and not a lot happens, the odd murder here and there, you know an everyday village. The villagers are nice people, very kind and pleasant but they cannot park their cars, they just stop when they get to where they are going and then abandon the vehicle while they do their business.

A dog with a head for heights!

The Zebra crossings are the best place to abandon their vehicles as the blue and white stripes are a handy landmark for when they need to extricate the car, likewise roundabouts, driveways, pavements and bridges are all great places to stop and leave your 4 x 4 for a few hours.

They never turn up for appointments, well, when I say never I mean they never turn up on time and sometimes they just “forget” to turn up. This applies to all trades, not just builders and painters but literally everyone, their attitude is “mañana – mañana” (tomorrow..Maybe)

So you see, I’m used to things not working properly, people not turning up, lorries parked next to the school crossing, the local politicians handing house cigarette lighters with their names on prior to polling and any number of daft and unusual things.

So, when I was going to the shop in the village this morning, I wasn’t surprised to hear a barking dog, the village is full of them, what did surprise me though was the fact the dog was 60ft up on a plastic rooftop in the rain and it was barking like mad at me, why? God knows but it wasn’t on a chain or rope, it was barking down from the edge of the roof.

Is it possible the dog was shouting “Roof! Roof!”? Am I now a latter day Doctor Doolittle and can understand the languages of animals or is it just another unsurprising surprise from this crazy village?

If you have a photo of a braver (stupid!) dog in the whole of Jamaica or the caribbean then I would love to see it, come to think of it, I would love to see this dog on ground level, via the stairs if possible.

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Where to go in Jamaica - A Rain Forest Adventure

Zip lining through the Jamaica Rain Forest!

 

I may have mentioned on a previous posting that I am an ex – Army man? Well, I am. I was a proud member of the Irish Guards, her majesties finest soldiers. Well, in training we had an assault course that was the terror of the American Marines, they hated it, we on the other hand, we loved it. So, what’s all this reminiscing about? I saw holidaymakers in Jamaica doing exactly what we used to do; they get people to dangle you by a rope and then shoot you through the jungle tree tops as fast as a bullet!!

The Jamaica Rain Forest adventure trail.

I saw a video on YouTube whilst looking around for materiel on this wonderful and fascinating tourist attraction. The Rain Forest Adventure trail is at Mystic Mountain, Ochos Rios and it has lots of things to offer the tourists, not just being dangled from a cable and zipped through the jungle canopy at a vast rate of knots.

There is the Bobsled ride, the Canopy Zip Line (See the video) Mystic water slide and much more. If you are a Green tourist (No! I don’t mean if you are as thick as Whale Sandwich I am referring to those people who are concerned with the welfare of planet earth.) Then this is one tourist attraction you just cannot miss.

I must just add that if you are a bit scared of heights you had better give the Sky Explorer a swerve as it is a ride that takes you 700 feet above the Rain Forest on what looks like a swinging park bench. Mind you, there are cracking views of places like Dunn’s River Falls and the Caribbean Sea.

You can spend a day at this wonderful Eco tourist attraction and have the time of your life. There are also other attractions close by, such as the beautiful Dunn’s River Falls, The Coyaba River Garden and Museum and Dolphin Cove, just to name a few. Go on, enjoy yourself!

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Coyaba Gardens & Mahoe Falls



SITES OF GREAT INTEREST

Here we go again folks. My plea for help in finding the best places for tourists and local people alike has Bourne fruit. Lisa from Jamaican Treasures has pointed me to a truly wonderful website for Coyaba Gardens.

The Coyaba Gardens website is a delight to read, it looks beautiful and is easy to use. There are some splendid photographs on the website as well as new features that are a must to the visitor Link.

If you visit this site and you like the look of the Coyaba Gardens and Mahoe Falls (how you couldn’t is beyond me!) and you would like to get married at the waterfalls and have your reception there, Jamaican Treasures can arrange for you to do so. Jamaican Treasures have wedding packages that cover events at Coyaba gardens and other fantastic sites.

Take a loom at the main Jamaican Treasures website for full details on wedding packages Jamaican Treasures Wedding Packages

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Jamaica's Botantical Gardens

The Royal Botanical Gardens

Jamaica's Botanical Gardens

I love stories, any stories, true stories, lies even as long as it’s entertaining. In my army days (The Irish Guards) I met many a fellow who could tell tall tales, some of them were so adept at telling fables that you actually believed what they were telling you, even though the narrator looked as if he had never heard a Madonna record, never mind been on a date with her and Beyonce Knowles.

One great story comes from the time of Christopher Columbus, you know, the chap that “discovered” the Americas, much to the relief of the people that were already living there.

Well, when Columbus was asked to describe the island of Jamaica by Queen Isabella of Spain, he was at a loss to do so. The best he could come up with was to make a model of the island, using napkins from the table to illustrate the terrain (perhaps he used lettuce for the green hills and some custard for the sandy beaches? Who knows for sure?) But the main point Columbus made, was, even though Jamaica was lacking in gold it was “otherwise a paradise and worth more than gold” How nice of him.

Jamaica fact:

The Caribbean Island of Jamaica has more than 3,000 different kinds of native flowering plants, of which 1,000 are endemic and over 200 of which are different species of orchids. For this reason, Jamaica is considered a horticultural paradise.

Botanical Gardens in Jamaica

As is normal for this Blog, we like to point you to the best information so that you can peruse at your own leisure and so we advise lovers of flora and fauna to head to The Jamaica Gleaner to see a comprehensive list of all the botanical garden sites in Jamaica.

If, like thousands of others with great taste, you have booked one of the villas from Jamaican Treasures then a visit to at least one of these nature sites is an absolute must. Do enjoy yourself and if you are stuck to find the nearest nature site, please, call Jamaican Treasures and help will be at hand.

Enjoy yourself.

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Nightclubs in Jamaica - Amnesia



"Wow! that's what I call a spliff!"

I was trawling the Internet, as I often do, no, as I always do, looking for items of interest on Jamaica and the Caribbean Islands. A lot of the time people will point me to this site or that and in this posting, this is the case. I was pointed in the direction of one of the hottest nightspots in the Caribbean. Where this place is and what is it called?

Amnesia!

No. I don’t have a problem recalling the name of the nightclub, it is called “Amnesia” most likely because you get so “out of it” that you can’t remember where you’ve been and what you got up to (Great in some cases!)

Getting down in Amnesia

Nightclub Amnesia can be found throbbing away nicely on 70 Main St, Ocho Rios and according to the great and the good, the music is roots but does tend to drift to international tastes at time. Judging by what I’ve seen myself, Amnesia is a place for a “lively” night and by the reviews it gets Amnesia seems to be one of those “Must see” places.

Any regulars at Amnesia who would like to add to this posting, please, fell free to do so and send in some photos while your at it.

Amnesia. 70 Main St, Ocho Rios · 876-974-2633

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