Tropical Travel Experts
Continuing the 2013 Rum Therapy re-cap, here are our top viewed Island Posts of the year!
Ready for a little tropication and haven’t had a chance to read them yet? Check ’em out!
4. Sunset Bar & Grill, St. Maarten
8. Sarafina’s Bakery, St. Martin
9. Glass Bottom Kayaking in a Bioluminescent Bay
10. Rum Therapy On Virgin Gorda
11. Le Galion Beach, St. Martin
12. Rum Therapy Sailing in the BVI – Part 1
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Blog Directory by Island
It’s the end of another great year and time to re-cap the most viewed or top Rum Therapy recipe posts of 2013! To start off, we’ll list the 12 rum recipes that got the most views this year.
Are your favorites listed here?
2013 Most Viewed Rum Therapy Recipes
6. Frozen Rum Runners
7. Bushwacker
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Gearing up for a busy week filled with company and holiday activities? If you feel yourself getting a bit stressed, try relaxing Rum Therapy style. Choose a beach video below, grab a holiday rum drink, put your feet up and take a short escape…
Honeymoon Beach, St. John
Sandy Island, Carriacou
Cinnamon Bay, St. John
Key West Sunset
A few Holiday Rum Drink Recipes:
Enjoy the Holiday Season!
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It’s called a shooter because of the size of glass it’s served in, but we’d recommend sipping this holiday treat! More like a desert than a drink, it’s looks will impress your guests too! Get the nice layered effect by pouring each layer slowly over the back of a spoon. Use a nice rum for this one for a tasty full bodied mix with the eggnog and Kahlúa.
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Have you had a chance to explore the mile long stretch of picturesque beach called Long Bay on Tortola’s west end?
Of all of the beaches we’ve visited on Tortola, we’d have to say that the west end Long Bay is one of the most scenic – and Tortola has it’s share of scenic beaches! The soft, white sand combined with the vibrant blue water and views of Jost Van Dyke make Long Bay one of the prettiest around.
Looking for a lot of amenities? Not here. Although the recently renovated Long Bay Beach Club sits close to one end of the beach, you’ll likely enjoy the beach with only a few other lucky folks.
Need a cold beer or a rum punch? Walk down to Nature Boy Beach Bar at the far end of Long Bay and talk to Winston. He’ll serve you a great drink and tell you about how he built his bar and the history of the area.
Nature Boy Beach Bar
The best swimming on the each is on the far end of the beach – away from the resort because it is less rocky. Be careful entering the water anywhere on the beach though as the current can be very strong depending on the weather.
We love Long Bay for the solitude and love to walk it and take in the a gorgeous scenery and beautiful soft sand.
To see more posts on Tortola and other islands, check out our Island Blog Directory.
All information is correct to our knowledge at the time of writing, but be sure to verify current information before your visit.
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When arranging accommodations for our recent trip to Jamaica, we wanted to stay part of the time in an area close to Ocho Rios and then move closer to Negril so we could explore more of the island.
We chose Jewel Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort as our accommodation on the north side of the island as it seemed to be close to, but not in the middle of Ocho AND included golf! Jewel Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort is a very nice mid-range all-inclusive resort and one of three Jewel resorts in Jamaica.
The resort is about an hour away from the airport in Montego Bay, and we used a shuttle service that we arranged prior to our arrival.
The entry to Jewel Runaway Bay is fairly unassuming, but once inside, we were welcomed by the friendly staff with a rum beverage – and the adventure began! The following are pictures taken during our visit.
Welcome Drink
View from our room – darn, should’ve reserved a room with a plunge pool!
Our room. The rooms at the resort are in the process of being updated, but ours had not been yet. Despite that, it was clean, comfortable and quiet. Our room had a laptop sized safe, good sized TV and a coffeemaker (with Blue Mountain Coffee!)
Well manicured grounds
One of 5 on site restaurants
Delicious Jerk Chicken Pizza from Court Jesters – one of the on site dining options
Wonderful plated meal served at the Manager’s Dinner
Drink of the day – different every day. Served at one of three bars at the resort, or brought to you by a waiter at the pool or beach.
Speaking of the beach…
And did we mention three sparkling pools? One with a zero edge and a swim up pool bar.
The all-inclusive price also includes evening entertainment and green fees at the golf course.
And if you’re lucky, you might just catch one heck of a sunset over Runaway Bay…
We enjoyed a very relaxing 5 nights at Jewel before heading over to Negril. Would we stay here again? Yes! The resort is not huge, but has a lot of amenities and activities, a great beach, very friendly staff and it’s a good base for exploring the northern part of Jamaica. Would we do anything differently? Just a few things, like upgrade to a plunge pool room, bring our own snorkel mask so we had one whenever we wanted it, bring a sleeve of golf balls, glove and tees for our golf rounds and order a lot more Jerk Chicken Pizza – SO good.
Kudos to the staff and new General Manager, Scott Robbins. All were very friendly and accommodating and made our stay very enjoyable!
To find out more about Jewel Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort, visit their website:
Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort
Find Jewel Runaway Beach & Golf Resort on our Jamaica Map
To see more posts on Jamaica and other islands, check out our Island Blog Directory
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We enjoyed a fun visit and a hike up the falls at Dunn’s River in Jamaica during a stop there years ago and when we heard there was a set of falls equally or even more beautiful than Dunn’s River and a LOT less crowded, we decided we really wanted to see them! Actually, there were 3 things on our list of things we really wanted to see in that area and were able to find a tour operator that could personalize a day of exploring for us. Carlton, of Turner Taxis and Tours, was an excellent, knowledgeable and fun guide that made our day of touring one that we won’t forget.
We left our resort at about 8a.m. that day to tour the SW side of Jamaica. First stop of the day was YS Falls. The journey to YS from Negril was about 2.5 hours and may be a little shorter most times, but there was a bit of road construction that slowed us up down around the Sandals Whitehouse Resort (remote and on a gorgeous quiet beach by the way!)
We passed by fields and fields of sugar cane, many fresh fruit and vegetable stands with offerings of ackee, breadfruit and peanuts and as we got closer to the coast again, fresh fish stands. We passed the Peter Tosh Memorial, which we wish we would have made time to visit, then on to Black River (where they have alligator tours???) and up into the hills towards the falls.
Apparently no one really knows the exact origin of the name YS, but most think it was either a combination of the first letters of the original founders surnames (John Yates and Richard Scott) or was taken from the Gaelic word “wyess”, which means winding.
Upon arrival, we paid an entry fee of $15 per adult (the credit card machine was down, so we paid with cash) and caught a 10 minute ride on the tractor up to the falls.
The number of visitors at one time are apparently limited to minimize the impact on the area, but it also created a serene and peaceful experience.
YS consists of seven falls and there are areas to climb or just sit and enjoy. If you don’t want to get wet, there are wooden stairs next to the falls that will take you to the top. The water was flowing fast and hard the day we visited, and the water was a churned up and a bit murky, but from what we hear, the pools are quite clear.
In one pool there are two rope swings – one that glides out over the pool,
and one for the more adventurous!
In addition to the swings, you can also take a zipline down the falls! Unfortunately it wasn’t running at the time we were there but it looked like it would have been a blast! You can see the line over the falls in the picture below.
At the bottom of the falls there is a freshwater pool to swim in and numerous places to sit, relax and enjoy the scenery.
Near the pool there are changing rooms and a small gift shop with lockers and tube rental.
Beautiful, relaxing and refreshing. We think YS Falls are well worth a visit while if you find yourself on the south or southwest side of Jamaica.
Find out more on their website: YS Falls
Find YS Falls on our Jamaica Map
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Peppermint, chocolate and rum…ahhhh, what’s not to like about that combination? Here’s a recipe that can be used with the Candy Cane Infused Rum we featured recently. This decadent dessert is a treat for your palate and your eyes and is sure to delight your holiday revelers.
Cheers to the holidays!
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Creamy Candy Cane Rum
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Last spring we infused our first batch of Strawberry Rum and loved it, so as the holidays rolled around, we began thinking of infusing rum with a holiday taste, such as Candy Cane. We tried it out and found it’s easy to put together and if you divided it into small 8 oz. mason jars with lids, would make great little gifts for your rum drinking friends. Just add a ribbon with a candy cane and maybe a recipe and voilà!
Talk about getting into the holiday spirit(s)!
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Watch how easy it is to make!
Now use your infusion to give as gifts, serve to guests in Peppermint Flavored Candy Cane Edible Shot Glasses 
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We received an email recently from Ed Robinson, author of “Leap of Faith – Quit Your Job and Love on a Boat” to see if we’d be interested in reviewing his book. Being the Caribbean sailing enthusiasts that we are, we were anxious to receive it. It was a good read and we finished the book quickly. We particularly enjoyed the chapter on Debt Free Equals Freedom which outlines steps Ed and his wife Kim took to get rid of their debt in order to embark on this journey. A phrase used several times in the book sums it all up.
“We gave up everything. Now we have it all.”
After finishing the book, we wanted to find out more about Ed and what inspired his writing.
This is what we found out…
1. Tell us a little about yourself such as where you lived and worked before taking the leap. I was a reporter and editor of a weekly newspaper, The Smyrna Times. I was also a contributing writer for The Mariner Magazine, a Maryland based publication covering all things boating and fishing. After twenty years working for a major utility, I quit my job and moved onto a boat. Me and my wife Kim are somewhere on the west coast of Florida, drinking rum and watching the sunsets.
2. Your book gives some very practical advice on downsizing and getting out of debt to make a move to a better life. Was this something easy for you to do once you made the decision, or was it a bigger challenge than you thought? The whole downsizing thing was not that hard, Kim was initially reluctant, but she go on board one I got the ball rolling. As I say in the book, the more stuff we got rid of, the less burdened we felt.
Leap of Faith: Quit Your Job and Live on a Boat
Ed’s second book, Poop, Booze, and Bikinis
