Vacation with Jewels

I'm such a procrastinator! I got back from my vacation Thursday night and I told myself I would blog about my vacation the next day while it was still fresh in my mind ... but here I am two days later! Well, better late than never I guess :)

So my family's default place to go on vacation when we all (my non immediate family goes on vacation with us also so it's usually more than one family traveling together) can't agree on a place to go is our home country. Jamaica!

This time we stayed at an adult resort (18+ meaning everyone can drink since Jamaica's drinking age is 18) called Jewel Dunn's River Beach Resort and Spa. I was not really impressed with the resort because I have stayed at many all inclusive hotels with my family in Jamaica and this one was a lot smaller by far. Don't get me wrong, the resort was pretty but if you have stayed in as many hotels as I have in Jamaica, this one wasn't very special.

The beach was rather small but I got some killer pictures from it. Instagram camera is soooo good! I wonder if I'm the only one that thinks that, let me know what you think.

I basically took the opportunity on this vacation to drink (alcohol), rest, and hang out with my family.

There was not many notable times in this vacation other me being able to see my brother and my mom. I mean there was the time when the resort peacock attacked my food... good thing I escaped before it actually stretched it's neck and pecked my food!

I also got to see outside of the resort when we did our usual market day. Market day is when we take a day out of our stay in Jamaica and basically go to the (cheap) souvenir market and buy gifts for our friends. I hate going on market days. I want to buy my friends things but I hate all the attention the merchants give you! They're like come take a look, you can pick it up, blah blah blah. I'm like give me time to think and stop breathing down my neck!!!! I wish there was a way I could buy my friends souvenirs and not go to the market...

However, a perk of this market day was that I got to see my country! People are usually only concerned with the beaches and the resorts when they go to Jamaica for vacation. There is a lot more to Jamaica besides beautiful beaches and it had been a while since I have seen a lot and walked around so I was happy.

So I discovered a delicious tea when I was in Jamaica! I like a lot of things fruity like alcoholic beverages and tea. I thought I would share my discovery. It has no caffeine and it's all natural. I had it every morning after I switched from the lemon black tea one. I don't drink tea that much but since I had been drinking the whole trip I wanted to drink the tea to settle my stomach.

I just had to talk about my food encounters! I had some island fruits I hadn't had in a while, which was mango and ginep (guinep). Ginep is what I'm showing bellow. It's so good but if you feel funky about certain food textures this can be a hit or miss for you but I do recommend it. It's sweet and delicious!

I had an overall good time on my vacation. It was much needed after my job worked me hard the weeks leading up to it.