As I have already mentioned before, I went to Jamaica for the winter break. In case some of you guys might not know where Jamaica is, let me show you...
It's located at the Carribean Sea in South America, besides Puerto Rico and Cuba. If you guys wana know more about Jamaica, go wiki Jamaica
We flew to Jamaica at 5.45am from Chicago and transit in Atlanta for a few minutes - flight from Chicago got delayed but luckily we managed to fly to Jamaica on time. There was a slight problem before the plane actually took off. I managed to get my seat on plane and was expecting the plane to take off anytime soon...
Without realizing it, I was asleep on the plane and when I woke up, I opened my eyes widely and looked outside the window. It looked weird.
Yea, when I woke up, I was still in Chicago. No...I wasn't dreaming! I was still on the plane and that freaking plane had not flown yet!
We were on the plane for almost 45mins for goodness sake and I was still in Chicago. The flight attendant then made an announcement that they were having problem with the luggages in the kargo. So, I assume it wasn't a big deal.
It took off after one hour.
Luckily this time, when I woke up, I finally reached Atlanta which was a freaking 2 hours flight. I woke up and ran real quick to the terminal where I should be boarding. This time we were considered really lucky because we didn't miss the flight to Jamaica. So, off, we flew to Montego Bay that took us 3 hours from Atlanta.
As soon as we reached there, we went for immigration checking and changed our money at the currency exchange. Actually I didn't know that we can actually use US dollar in Jamaica instead of Jamaican Dollar.
We stayed in Sandal's Dunn River Golf & Spa resort which is 1 hour and 30 mins drive from Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay. It sounds like Gangster to me.
Then, we boarded a bus to our resort. On the way to the resort, I could feel like I'm at home; home in Bintulu.
The road, the cars, the weather, the beaches...
But of course, the Jamaicans look different than those in Bintulu. They are more 'tanned' =) Jamaicans speak English. It's their national language. So, I didn't find it hard to talk and do some 'business' with the Jamaicans. Oh ya, in Jamaica, thye drive on the left - like Malaysia!
When we reached the resort after an hour plus, we checked in and got ourselves a nice room. Oh ya, that night was a bit special. Every Monday, in the resort, they have this dinner buffet along the beach. Nice-r!
* will tell ya'll what I did on the second day in the next post - Merry Christmas!*
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