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Montego Bay - anything worth seeing off of the resort?
Posted on 5/4/24 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 5/4/24 at 3:18 pm
Heading to Montego Bay in October but wondering what is worth the time to see off of the resort?
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Posted on 5/4/24 at 4:03 pm to bad93ex
Jamaica is pretty dangerous . I wouldn’t get too far from the resort if at all .
Posted on 5/4/24 at 4:07 pm to bad93ex
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what is worth the time to see off of the resort?
The weed man, and he ain’t hard to find, but that’s about it.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 4:12 pm to bad93ex
A different resort?
Seriously, though, twenty years ago, there were still a couple of decent tourist shopping areas around that you could visit. I don't know if those still exist.
Seriously, though, twenty years ago, there were still a couple of decent tourist shopping areas around that you could visit. I don't know if those still exist.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 4:14 pm to bad93ex
When in Jamaica, don’t leave the resort or golf course.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 5:12 pm to bad93ex
Stay on the resort.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 5:20 pm to bad93ex
Went to Dunn’s river falls on honeymoon 5 years ago and never felt unsafe. Pretty cool tour
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:07 pm to AUVet21
Dunn's River Falls is in Ocho Rios, about an hour and a half from Montego Bay. We did have fun climbing it.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:07 pm to bad93ex
Stay at the resort. I did not feel safe in surrounding areas.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:16 pm to bad93ex
Jamaica is very third world outside of the resort areas. I’d urge against leaving the property
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:17 am to bad93ex
We took an excursion to the luminous lagoon and it was a lot of fun. Also went and played golf and that was fantastic as well
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:39 am to bad93ex
Everyone's mileage varies, but I found the prevailing wisdom in this thread to be untrue when I visiited Jamaica.
The big resort cities/towns (Mo Bay, Negril, Ocho and just don't go to Kingston period) do feel unsafe and have a lot of tourist hassling occurring, because the people there have a parasitic relationship with tourists. When you get away from the big tourist draws, the Jamaican people are wonderful.
That being said for Mo Bay: Dunn's River Falls or Blue Hole are the most frequent daytrips, I believe. Any of those popular day trips are going to involve a lot of people tryiing to sell you crap and being very pushy about it, though because they're tourist areas.
The big resort cities/towns (Mo Bay, Negril, Ocho and just don't go to Kingston period) do feel unsafe and have a lot of tourist hassling occurring, because the people there have a parasitic relationship with tourists. When you get away from the big tourist draws, the Jamaican people are wonderful.
That being said for Mo Bay: Dunn's River Falls or Blue Hole are the most frequent daytrips, I believe. Any of those popular day trips are going to involve a lot of people tryiing to sell you crap and being very pushy about it, though because they're tourist areas.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:21 am to AUVet21
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Went to Dunn’s river falls on honeymoon 5 years ago and never felt unsafe. Pretty cool tour
Was coming to say this - it was awesome. We did the ziplines and bobsled too. It was a guided tour through our resort (Sandals).
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:16 pm to hogfly
What hogfly said. Don't believe the hype.
I've been to Jamaica 15 times and have never stayed at anything resembling a resort.
I was there for three weeks in February, rented a car and did a loop around the entire island, including Kingston.
If you're with your family a trip to YS Falls and an Appleton Estate rum tour is worth doing. If you're with friends just a simply country pub crawl is a blast too.
I've been to Jamaica 15 times and have never stayed at anything resembling a resort.
I was there for three weeks in February, rented a car and did a loop around the entire island, including Kingston.
If you're with your family a trip to YS Falls and an Appleton Estate rum tour is worth doing. If you're with friends just a simply country pub crawl is a blast too.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:20 pm to TommyCheeseballs
Also, to add to what TommyCheeseballs said, you need to get some jerk chicken/oxtails/beef patties from a street vendor away from the resort.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 9:55 pm to bad93ex
Take a private shuttle to Doctors Cave Beach for the day. Just check the port schedule to make sure no cruise ships are scheduled in that day. Will be packed if a cruise ship is in port.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 10:39 pm to bad93ex
all kinds of stuff to go see. we hung out at rosehall beach. then we went on a boat and went snorkeling. was a blast. pay no mind to the chicken littles in this thread who are scared to go anywhere there.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 2:23 pm to KirbySmartass
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The weed man, and he ain’t hard to find, but that’s about it.
Don't even need to leave the resort for that.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 2:46 pm to jchamil
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Don't even need to leave the resort for that.
Or the airport for that matter
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