Matt and I woke up around 4am to get ready for our 7:30 flight to ATL. \u00a0We showered, dressed, got our things together and headed for the airport. \u00a0The security line was actually pretty long considering the time and date but the process was smooth and we were able to get through pretty quickly. \u00a0I grabbed some breakfast and looked at FB while we waited for our plane.<\/p>\n
On the flight to ATL, we met an older lady from Raleigh. \u00a0She was sitting on the aisle seat next to Matt. \u00a0We hit a patch of rough air and she grabbed his arm. \u00a0She\u00a0immediately\u00a0apologized but we laughed and told her it was fine. \u00a0We started talking to her and found out her and her daughter were on their way to Jade Mountain<\/a> in St Lucia. \u00a0Talk about WOW! \u00a0Not only that but they had a mountainside room. \u00a0Jealous! \u00a0It was a gift from her son in law for the\u00a0daughter’s\u00a0birthday and mother’s day.<\/p>\n The layover in ATL was pretty uneventful and soon we were on our way to Jamaica. \u00a0The flight was nice and I got some cool pics from the plane. \u00a0We think we might have been over Cuba but we weren’t really sure. \u00a0The flight was a little under 3 hours so Matt watched a movie while I read.<\/p>\n We landed in Montego Bay around 2pm local time (they don’t observe daylight savings time). \u00a0It was a pretty long walk to customs and once we were through we found the Sandals lounge. \u00a0This place was CRAZY! \u00a0There were people everywhere and unlike the lounge in St Lucia, we barely had time to freshen up before our bus was called. \u00a0A porter, un-associated with the resort grabbed our bags and walked us outside. \u00a0Matt wasn’t extremely happy about this because we weren’t told this up front, and of course you have to tip. \u00a0We got on a bus with 2 other couples and waited for a driver. \u00a0A few minutes passed and the decided to move us to another bus. \u00a0It turned out the girl that sat beside Matt on the ride down was on the other bus (she was an AL grad).<\/p>\n On the bus ride several of us began to talk and we found out one couple was from the ATL area. \u00a0We ended up staying with them while we were checked in and walked to our rooms.<\/p>\n The bus ride took about an hour and a half. \u00a0The roads were awful and I’m sure the trip would have been greatly shortened had we not had to come to a complete stop to pass over most of the pot holes. \u00a0The scenery was nice but in a\u00a0dilapidated\u00a0way. \u00a0There were numerous houses\/structures that were mid construction, only you could tell it was finished. \u00a0No one was coming back to complete the project. \u00a0The houses were mostly small and many had large rocks on the roofs holding down the tin. \u00a0I didn’t get any pics from the bus. \u00a0The windows were tinted and well…yeah. \u00a0About an hour in we finally got to a point where we could start to see the ocean. \u00a0You could see the beautiful bright blues.<\/p>\n We finally got to the resort around 3:30 pm. \u00a0There was a long drive that took us to the main building. \u00a0We were greeted with cold towels and then proceeded to the lobby to check in. \u00a0Our group was seated and we were brought Champagne while we waited for the paperwork. \u00a0Somehow all the guys ended up filling out the forms so the girls went to the desk to put credit cards on file.<\/p>\n We got to our building and parted ways with the couple from ATL. \u00a0They were in the next village but we didn’t exchange room numbers. \u00a0Matt and I went to our room which consisted of a king sized 4 poster bed and a small love seat. \u00a0We had an amazing view of the pool and the ocean. \u00a0I not so patiently waited for the bell boy to bring our luggage. \u00a0I was ready to get in a swimsuit and grab a drink. \u00a0Finally our bags arrived and we headed out to explore.<\/p>\n There was a bar in front of our pool so we picked up drinks and headed for the main pool. \u00a0We noticed the sky was looking pretty dark but we kept going and by the time we got the main pool it started to rain. \u00a0We grabbed more drinks and ran to an umbrella to wait out the rain. \u00a0It only lasted 10 – 15 mins and then we headed back to our room.<\/p>\n We laid down for a little while then got ready for dinner. \u00a0We had no idea what we wanted so we walked to the main plaza and settled on Bayside<\/a>. \u00a0They served breakfast in the morning but had a nice set up for dinner and we were able to sit outside. \u00a0After dinner we walked around just checking the place out when we ran into the ATL couple, Lauren and Chris. \u00a0We decided to have a few more drinks and headed up to the martini bar. \u00a0Everyone was pretty tired from the day so we turned in early but we told L&C we’d save chairs the next day and we’d see them in the morning.<\/p>\n ***I’ll actually add some pics to this post when I get home and have access to my pics but for now here is the link. \u00a0These should be mainly from Wed and Thurs.\u00a0http:\/\/www.kellysuzannephotography.com\/?page_id=201<\/a><\/p>\n ~k<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Matt and I woke up around 4am to get ready for our 7:30 flight to ATL. \u00a0We showered, dressed, got our things together and headed for the airport. \u00a0The security line was actually pretty long considering the time and date but the process was smooth and we were able to get through pretty quickly. \u00a0I grabbed some breakfast and looked at FB while we waited for our plane. On the flight to ATL, we met an older lady from Raleigh….<\/p>\n