Still working
June 20th, 2008 , 3:38
It’s been a busy couple of days!
Wednesday we got up early and were collected by our driver to go out to Ocho Rios. After a lovely drive though the gorges, we arrived at Dunn River Falls. You can take the path down along the falls to the beach where the river joins the sea and then climb the falls back up. Joe and I were watching and thinking it looked like a lot of fun. But a cruise ship was in Ocho Rios and the place was packed – the tour bus lot was full and there were boats pulling up to the beach with hundreds more coming up already in the congo line to start the climb. With that many people it just didn’t look that fun after all. It wasn’t so much a climb up the falls but more a queue up to wait to go up the falls.
But we enjoyed the walk down to the beach, then along the beach, and then just took the patch back up. It started to rain just as we were ready to leave so that was timed well. We just drove through Ocho Rios. About all there is to see is the cruise ship enclave and Reggae museum and both were packed with people. We then took a drive along the north coast braving the detours along the route and admiring the scenery. It was a lovely drive. We didn’t get to Ian Fleming’s house because of road blockages and detours but didn’t mind. Just nice to go for the drive and see the sights.
Back to work today as the conference started. Also put Joe to work taking photos in the morning. All is going well and we’ve just returned from having drinks at the Vice Chancellor’s home. Very nice with a wonderful garden.
Joe has added more photos to his site: http://www.panoramio.com/user/511198 and may make a gallery on the other website. We’ll link when he does.
Otherwise not much to report. Just work. Mind you, it’s work in a lovely lush sunny warm part of the world!
