Family (Cruise) Vacation: Day 3

First port of call was Ocho Rios, Jamaica, which means "Eight Rivers" literally translated (even though the town doesn't have eight rivers). The family went ashore in the morning and my nephew, who had previously been to Ocho Rios several times before, hustled us up a taxi driver named "Tony" to take the family all over the island. I was only able to travel for about an hour (I had a snorkeling excursion already booked for the afternoon). The mini-tour was pretty cool. We stopped at an overlook for Dunns River Falls, as well as drove up into the hills to see some of the expensive estates. One of the nice things about Jamaica is that the water streams (for the most part) are not polluted, so if you are thirsty, you can simply pull over by a river and get a drink (which we did at one point).

The snorkeling excursion was at a site called "Laughing Reef", which was a pretty shallow reef (probably 5 feet or less for the most part, since I could stand up) that had some coral formations and some small fish. The snorkeling was OK, but it certainly wasn't the best snorkeling excursion that I have been on. I was pretty happy that all of my snorkeling equipment worked good though (especially since it took me several days to get it picked out prior to the cruise).
Comparing notes with the other family members at dinner, it seems that it would have been funner for me to continue on the Ocho-Rios mini-tour. They ended up going all over the island, including a stop at a very nice beach (can't remember the name).