Ocho Rios, Jamaica

The final stop was Ocho Rios on the Northern shore of Jamaica. Jamaica was very different to our other destinations, I guess because it's much poorer than islands like the Bahamas and Cayman. We were hassled a bit to buy souvenirs, take taxis or buy drugs (or seeing Bob Marley as they put it), but it was nowhere near as bad as places like Bangkok or Indonesia.

I'd been told by friends that a visit to Dunns River Falls is a must so we headed out early to beat the crowds. We weren't disappointed as it was like nothing I'd ever done before. Groups were formed of about 20 people and we proceeded to literally climb the falls from sea level to 180 metres above. Through most of it everyone's linked together and led by guides who rev up the group and take photos and film the climb as shown below.

At several spots there were compulsory dunkings which were great fun, especially as the water was nowhere near as cold as waterfalls back home.

After visiting the falls we headed to the beach for the afternoon, but not before Jody succumbed to having her hair braided (she'd been um-ing and ah-ing and finally went for it).

The beach - again just beautiful.