"Jamaica Tours"

Here's the deal for nearly all Americans who trvel to Jamaica:

Most folks will only get one or two weeks vacation a year and may choose to spend one of those weeks in Jamaica.

They will fly into Montego Bay, wait on line for custons where they don't need to show a passport - - if you're Jamaican you will need to go to another line and have your suit cases carefully inspected and show proper trvel documents too.

Nearly every American who travels to Jamaica who enters the country at the airport will wait in a special reception area that the large resort they're staying at provides at the airport.

The truck pictured above gathers the luggage so that it arrives before the coach bus does to the resort from the airport - - pretty cool eh?

Once at the resorts, the Americans are likely to spend their entire time at the resort, rarely traveling outside.

Amantha and I haven't yet travelled in this fashion and we're happy for it too. However this confuses some Jamaicans as many thought we came into Ocho Rios via one of the large cruise ships that dock daily and leave nightly each day at Ocho Rios, Negril or Montego Bay. Those folks might see one or two attractions, shop at duty-free stores before departing.

Point is most Americans have limited contact with Jamaica and Jamaicans while vacationing there. They might not go to the same stores, eat at the same places, swim in the same waters, lie about on the same beaches, etc. This might be their loss.

I want to recommend Jamaica as a travel destination to those willing to honestly travel. Amantha and I had a wonderful and relaxing stay in Jamaica.