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Just a quick review of the Jamaica trip. The Rockhouse MORE than met our expectations this year. I highly recommend a trip to this hotel - it truely is PARADISE. Definitely worth upgrading to a premium villa. The other good news is that they are in the process of expanding their spa. For some reason, we didn't love hanging out at Idle Awhile as much as last year for our beach. Still, it's fun if you want beach though. We also heard a rumour that Idle is opening another outpost up on the cliffs near the lighthouse so that will be definitely worth checking out on the next visit.

Our off-site dinners were at 3 Dives and Norma's. I wanted to check out 3 Dives because Rob & Amber went there during the Amazing Race and it's right down the road from Rockhouse. The food was nothing spectacular, although they do have one of the best jerk sauces I've tasted and the the 4 grilled lobster tails for $20 with all the sides is a true bargain. Norma's is one of the only "gourmet" choices in Negril (Norma Shirley is considered a celebrity chef in Jamaica). The restaurant is in a small gazebo right on the beach. The decor was a little too Jamaica country for me, but the penne pasta with jerk chicken in a jerk marinara sauce was one of the greatest things I've EVER tasted and will be trying to recreate at home. A couple other notable dishes were the lobster fusili at Rockhouse and the grilled snapper sandwich with jerk mayonaise that they cook up on the grill at the pool bar.

We had Famous Vincent take us from Rockhouse down to the beach in his glass bottom boat. It was a fun ride until I hit my head getting out of the boat. Thank god the injury turned out to be just a good scrape and bump - I wasn't too happy with the thought of having to visit the tin shack known as the Negril Medical Center.