Montego Bay-Days 7 & 8

There's not much to tell after Saturday, so I've condensed it into one post.  Sunday was our last full day and I was bummed out, but we were taking it easy.  We started off with the breakfast buffet, as always and then headed back to the private island.  We wanted to see what it looked like in the daytime without the rain.  There wasn't much to do there, but it's very pretty.  Ryan ordered a drink and we played with the parrot, "Diana" who liked when you whistled "Pop Goes the Weasel" or sang "You Are My Sunshine." 



Diana

After that, we just walked around scoping out the island, checking out views and seeing what we could see.  Luckily, we were warned that the back side of the island was "clothing optional," so we made sure to steer clear! 



Some random island statue



Ryan drinking his drink in front of a bar that wasn't open yet



CRAB!!!



Our resort from the island







The Thai restaurant that we ate at earlier in the week



After we came back from the island we spent some time in our private pool for a while and then ventured back over to the main pool.  There was a game of "battle of the sexes" going on and we played while hanging out with David & Lo (the guys won).  We took a break for lunch, then met them back on the beach where they played beach volleyball.  After the fish incident earlier in the week, I refused to go back in the water, so poor Ryan swam around by himself and I watched David & Lo play volleyball.  On the way back to our room, we played a game of giant chess, where Ryan beat me.  I started off strong (got his queen right away!!), but he beat me in the end. 

We finally decided to take a dip in one of the resort's many hot tubs after that, but we didn't stay long.  The hot water seriously irritated my bug bites and it was obvious we were just trying to kill some time.  We headed back to our room after that and ordered room service for dinner. 

The day before I couldn't wait to go home and sleep in my own bed and eat American food, but by Sunday I was pretty bummed out.  It was our last night there.  We packed after dinner, then walked around a little bit looking for David & Lo again so we could say good-bye (they were leaving the next day too).  We finally ran into them and exchanged email addresses and last names to find each other on Facebook and we took a great picture of the four of us!

We hung out at our room that night with Zack & Robin having drinks outside and being bummed out about leaving.  Robin told us a cute story about her & Zack's one year anniversary and tried to implant some romanticism into Ryan (I'm pretty sure it didn't work) and then we called it a night.

Monday was pretty boring.  Our flight wasn't until 5:15, but checkout was at 11.  Neither one of us slept well Sunday night, because our butler phone was beeping through the night letting us know it was dying.  We didn't want to turn it off in case they tried to call us in the morning for check-out.  It died shortly after we woke up anway, so a lot of good that did...We ate breakfast, got a couple of drinks at the bar and waited until 10:30, when Calvin was supposed to come get our bags.  He didn't show up and we assumed (correctly) that it was because he couldn't get a hold of us.  So, we went straight to the concierge office to check out anyway and left our bags in the room.  They called Calvin to come get our bags and the waiting began...it was still only 11am by that point and our bus to the airport wasn't arriving until 2:15.  We had packed our bathing suits, so we couldn't swim or hit the beach and we were in our traveling clothes (which were jeans), so we were insanely hot.  We hung out in the lobby for a while until the lunch buffet opened at 12:30 (it seriously felt like we just killed time until the next meal all week).  Of course, we were the first ones in line and I ended up being much hungrier than I thought I was.  We played another game of chess after that where Ryan kicked my butt (I barely put up a fight this time) and it was only 1:30 by then.  45 more minutes to kill!!  We went back to the lobby and luckily, Zack & Robin were there waiting for the bus for their flight home, so we hung out with them for a little bit.  After they left, we were concerned that we hadn't seen Hector in a few days, because we hadn't had a chance to give him his tip.  Ryan told concierge and they called him for us.  He showed up at 2:15 almost on the dot and Calvin was right behind him.  It was the first time we saw them both together...and I'm still angry I didn't get a picture!!!  Our bus showed up a minute later and Hector loaded us on and we were off.  The ride was about fifteen minutes with a stop at the Montego Bay resort to drop people off.  We found out the American dollar is worth $84 Jamaican dollars-YIKES! 

At the airport, we waited in line for a while, but still had plenty of time to kill.  The guy across from us was eating cheesy bread from Domino's and it smelled soooo good!  I hate Domino's a lot, but it was so nice to see pizza!!!!  After I complained that Ryan was listening to his music and ignoring me, we walked around the airport until we found out where the Domino's had come from.  So, we ordered our own cheesy bread and Ryan got some pizza and then I found a store that sold magazines (finally!!!) and word searches.  Some entertainment for the flight!!!  There was a lot of turbulence on the flight, which bummed me out, because I actually kind of enjoy flying.  I had been nervous this time around, because I had never flown out of the country before, so my nerves were already on alert.  At one point, the turbulence was so bad, I literally felt the plane drop probably a hundred feet and I almost had a heart attack!  I was getting a little nauseous, which was unusual for me, but I had faith in our pilot and I was glad that child wasn't next to us again!  I was in the middle this time, so there wasn't much I could do, but Ryan was great holding my hand and letting me rest my head on his shoulder.  I spent most of the flight doing the word searches I had just bought.  I remember there being a Kit Kat bar in our in flight meal and we both instantly noticed that it looked different.  It was Nestle...It's probably bad that I knew instantly that Kit Kats are Hershey's and not Nestle, but we got a good laugh out of it! 

We called his parents as soon as we landed and waited a while at baggage claim and then waited even longer outside for them to come get us.  While we waited, I was using my phone to check Facebook and I finally got to see some great wedding pictures our friends had posted while we were away!  When we finally got back to his parents' house, he got a phone call from his sister, Jill telling us that she had just gotten engaged on Friday!!  How exciting!!!  We had an amazing wedding, a great honeymoon and came home to fabulous news, but we were happy to finally be home!!