North Bound- Negril Trip

I know, two posts in one day, but I am making up for last week!

As part of our training we were to visit a current serving volunteer.  I visited a volunteer names Angela who is living in Negril.  The trip was a great experience.  It started off in Ewarton where we were to catch a chartered cab/bus to take us to Ocho Rios.  The bus was an hour and a half late, when it arrived, another bus showed up at the same time, so six of us piled in the second van that was cheaper and less crowded.  A cab tried to block us in and make us get in the other van.  We refused and drove off.  The chartered bus then refused to drive the rest of the group to Ochi.  They chartered two cabs to meet us at the bus park in Ocho Rios.  We waited for a hour for them.  One of the taxi cars had a radiator leak.  The driver temporarily fixed the leak by cracking an egg in the radiator and adding black pepper.  Apparently that helped for a while, then the taxi had to fill up on gas.  The egg wasn’t holding up so they had to go to a repair shop.  We got a mini bus to take our group to Montego Bay and he was willing to go up Fern Gully to pick up the rest of our group.  From there we took that bus to MoBay and then caught another bus to Lucia where we caught a taxi to Negril.  About 7 or 8 hours later we were in Negril where I met Angela.  We drove around the Negril area dropping off Earth Day poster materials to the local schools for a competition.  It was great to see some of the area and the schools. 

The next day we did much of the same, driving around to schools and talking to principals.  We were able to take a mid day break to swim in Blue Hole a fresh water/saltwater cave.  It was a great experience to talk to a current volunteer and see the organization that she works for.  It gave me a better idea of what I would like to be doing while I am here serving in Jamaica.