First day in Jamaica

Day one:

After an eventful trip to the airport, all twelve students and two professors left Toronto around 7:00am for Jamaica.

 Pearson International Airport, 4:00am        

         

  

         
    Upon arrival in Jamaica, we navigated through immigration. Jamaica is one of the only countries to require visitors to go through immigration on their way in and out of the country.  This complicated our process as we had to retain some forms for our trip home. Finally we got on a bus to take us to our resort.

       

Bus ride from the Montego Bay Airport to the resort, 12:15pm

            On the twenty minute bus ride, we all experienced a bit of culture shock. We had been prepared for the fact that the life in Jamaica is very different from Canada, but to see it in person was a new experience. The houses range from huts by the road to million dollar mansions up on the hills. We were all surprised to see vehicles that we also see in North America (Toyota, Honda, etc,) and a motorcyclist with his helmet hanging off his handlebars instead of on his head.  Driving on the left side of the road was something very strange for us.

       Once we got to the resort we dropped off our luggage and set off to explore the resort. We spent the afternoon chatting with the resort staff and napping since many of us had not slept the previous day. We are all beyond excited to start our first full day in Jamaica so stay tuned for day two! 

                      Exploring the resort, 1:30 pm. 

-Kerri Sawyer