We
made it!! We had no complications with
the flight other than a few first time flyers *cough cough Dom and Andy K, who
were very concerned about seat belts.
Arriving
in Montego Bay was a real shock to our internal thermometer and external AC, as
there is none in our base. At the airport there was only one major issue
involving a messy immigration card from Adam. But everything turned out alright
and after a long wait in the sweaty airport we finally made it out.
Driving
is really different here, they drive on the left side of the road. They drive
really fast with hardly any space in between cars and side walks. And they cram
as many people in a vehicle as possible.
There
are also really big cockroaches here. We found an extremely large and ferocious
roach in our bathroom the first night here. We had to hunt it down with all of
our skills, with shoes on our hands and feet, standing on the furniture, and
screaming every time it moved. Finally
we cornered it on the back of the dresser and smashed it several times before
Madi was convinced that it was dead.
Our
eventful and long day was ended with an
awesome view of the city lights twinkling across the bay, and a crazy kid from
the base beating on our guys with a plastic hammer.
Ps the view was everyone’s favourite part
about Jamaica so far.
