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re: Montego Bay - anything worth seeing off of the resort?
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:39 am to bad93ex
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 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.
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