Day 3 Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Ocho rios has long been one of Jamaica’s most popular vacation spots. The town has a coast that is lined with pristine white beaches and lush green hills. Located just a few miles from town is Prospect Plantation, an old plantation from colonial days. It is no longer a working plantation but we saw the natural habitat of the crops in this land including bananas sugarcane, coffee, pineapple and papaya. We traveled with a guide on a tractor drawn jitney. At Sir Harold's Viewpoint the Jitney we stopped to enjoy a cool refreshing drink made from some of the native fruits. At one of our stops we watched a native climb a 30 foot coconut tree to demonstrate how to harvest coconuts. Tasted the fresh coconut water and saw some local fruit as our guide explained the unusual uses of the region's plants and flowers.
The highlight of this on shore excursion was our climb up Dunn River Falls. We first walked to the bottom of the falls and the group of about 20 to 25 people joined hands forming a human chain. We were able to help each other climb up the rocky falls 600 feet. It was quite exciting and an awesome experience, a little scary at first but we really did have fun. As we climbed up there were times we had to step down into waist deep water. The picture gives an idea of our escapade.
