Sorry to butt in, but had too say that we had a wonderful time in Jamaica.We didn't do a Barrett Tour in fact we docked in Ocho Rios and booked a private tour and driver with a guy called Chef Thompson. We had the bus to ourselves and he was a fraction of the cost you guys are paying, even with the seperate admission fee's and lunch!
If anyone is going to Jamaica and docking at Ocho Rios I'd give this guy a call, he also knows other good drivers, he was helping load up a bus of 25 family members when we came out .
The Dunns River waterfall is really something and you can do river tubing but we didn't opt for that. We loved Bob Marleys place and saved loads on t-shirts and towels at a store. Had a really good spicy lunch at a local place we decided to try, I had pepper steakwith peas and rice and my lady tried the curried goat, she liked it! the kids stuck to fried chicken and fries, all cost less than $20. We got to go where we wanted, we chose where to eat, he never pushed us anywhere at anytime and even better we could understand nearly everything he said. Although he is a Jamaican he had lived in England for many years this helped alot in the craft market, only place we didn't really like but Chef kept the over persistant sales people at bay.
You can contact Chef at cheftours2000@yahoo.com or his website is www.sealawncoralbeach.com. He and his wife also collect donations for local schools like pencils, balls books, so pack an extra bag.
Happy sailing to all...this was my first and wont be my last, just loved it. But not taking the kids next time
