![]() We started playing pool, and it got kind of competitive. That evening at the hotel, we had drinks and some more food - not that it compared to Belinda’s. The water is so clear, very shallow, completely quiet, with rocks coming out of the water. The whole experience puts you at ease like that: There’s a little cooler with water and drinks, and you can stretch out and sunbathe on the raft. We saddled up with life jackets and got on rafts, and then one of my friends was like, “We really need some weed for this ride.” The raft captain stopped a couple minutes out and brought some weed down to the rafts - I don’t know where they procured it from, but they were more than happy to go find it. Geejam booked our tour for us with Rafter’s Rest, and we took a 30-minute taxi to arrive around 11 a.m. Before it became a tourist attraction, it was a form of transportation. The rafts are long bamboo galleys with a seat for the passengers and a guy standing up and pushing you along with a pole. The Rio Grande runs into the ocean at some point, and the different river outfits take rafts around it on a loop throughout the day. ![]() Rafting on the Rio Grande River and lunch at Belinda’s was on the books for Saturday. After eating, we decided to walk around and ended up finding a bar in Musgrave playing 1990s R&B videos and were just like, We’re home. The Boston jerk seasoning is very specific to the region I can’t tell you exactly what it is, but we indulged. I didn’t buy anything, but I did buy a sign from Rockhouse by Nurse Signs, a really well known local artisan who does the signs for Pushcart. ![]() My friend Pam bought a beautiful wooden sculpture of a bust of a woman from this guy Rock Bottom sculpture, who’s kind of a local legend, and we tried on some knitted crochet pieces that some of the women there had made. Our driver was super informative and showed us landmarks, and we went to the port in town before going to Musgrave Market. Geejam coordinated a tour for us through Owen’s Transportation Tour Agency. In the morning we had breakfast at the hotel, and some of our crew started organizing to buy some weed before we set out for the day, which ended up being easy: The hotel sells pre-rolled joints in packaging that honestly looks like it could be for an expensive candle. Here, Carlos outlines her favorite spot for goat curry on the Rio Grande River and the best blue-green lagoon for paddleboarding. ![]() ![]() They started off in Negril at Rockhouse Hotel (one of the most “COVID-safe” hotels, according to a Strategist survey) and ended up in Port Antonio, where three more friends joined for a stay at the resort (and recording studio) Geejam Hotel. In July, journalist and podcaster Marjon Carlos spent a week traveling across Jamaica with five friends. In this recurring series, we find those people who’ve done all the work for you and have them walk us through a particularly wonderful, especially well-thought-out vacation they took that you can actually steal. Photo-Illustration: The Strategist Photo: Marjon CarlosĮveryone knows that person who spends weeks sniffing around travel blogs, going deep into Tripadvisor rabbit holes, collecting Google Docs from friends of friends, and creating A Beautiful Mind– style spreadsheets to come up with the best vacations /itineraries possible. ![]()
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