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The
trip started with a 1st class flight to Jamaica's International
airport in Montego Bay.
We didn't stay there long. It took about an hour by
bus to get to Grand Lido Braco.
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This
is a view of the au naturel beach, from the balcony of our room.
It was a very nice room on the 3rd floor. There was a
living room, bedroom,
and 1.5 bathrooms.
This was also a good place to watch the sunset,
although there were a lot of clouds. |
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| The
whole resort was very beautiful. This is the requisite
fountain shot taken by a kind stranger who happened to
be walking by. |
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| Benia
and I love sushi.
We had it for dinner two of the nights that we were at
Braco. The chef, Oneil, was very cool, but notice
that he didn't trust me with a knife. |
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night of our wedding day, we decided to eat at the French
restaurant. There were two other new brides there
that evening. The food was pretty good, and it looked
pretty too. |
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was a wide variety of dining choices. One evening
they set up candlelit tables on the beach and served a
very nice buffet. There was a live reggae band playing
also. I was so moved that I painted this picture
of the scene. |
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| This
is the prude side pool. We never actually swam in
it, but I thought I would take a picture because it looks
cool situated in the center of "Braco Village".
Maybe Benia should have stayed here instead of going in
the ocean and stepping on a sea urchin! Off to the
Krankenstation
we went. |
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| Each
night featured a theme of some sort. If you guessed
that one night was a toga party, then you are correct.
There was also a PJ party, but a lot of people don't wear
much to bed at Braco, so I cannot post pictures of that
here. |
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Throughout
the day, the Braco entertainment directors hold little
contests that involve things like drinking and trivia.
The prizes often consist of a bottle of rum. As
you can see, I won two times. Once for trivia,
another for tequila drinking. I lost a beer drinking
contest... damn that carbonation.
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Benia
wanted to stop and smell the flowers, so I took a picture.
The grounds were well kept and there was a lot of interesting
plant life to be seen.
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| Outside
of Braco is the "real" Jamaica. It is
not exactly a paradise, although I think it might be cool
to explore someday. On this trip we never ventured
away from the resort, except for the bus ride, to and
from the airport. |
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| I
like to take pictures of gas prices, so I wanted to add
a Jamaica example to my collection. Gas is sold
by the liter in Jamaica. Also keep in mind that
one U.S. dollar buys more than a Jamaican dollar. |
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