Day 7: caution falling mangoes

We woke up and had breakfast on our own. Gogurt and strawberry apple sauce has never tasted so delicious!

I feel the need to tell you that I wore electric blue pants today and they were hot.

We went on a short drive through Kingston and arrived at our first stop of the day.

Bob Marley Museum 

The Bob Marley Museum is the the home he purchased from his second manager. And after Bob passed away, his  widow Rita Marley and a few of Bob's close friends transformed the home.

Murals of pictures 

It was terribly interesting learning about his life and history. Thanks to Jay Cooper, we watched a documentary on Bob before we came so alot of the things mentioned on the tour was very familiar to me. It was crazy to see the place where Bob was shot and the bullet holes were still in the wall.

Bob Marley was multicultural and the entire time, I never saw a picture of his father until the museum. He was a captain in the British Army.

I couldn't take pictures inside but we saw so many personal possessions and relics. The coolest thing ever is the records room. We got to see Bob'sGold and triple platinum records and then His lifetime Award from the Grammys .

A life size scuplture of Bob Marley...he was short

Such great things from his life. He was so interesting.

Also, we saw a celebrity! Miss Universe and Miss Jamaica came to the Bob Marley museum. So cool didn't get a picture but others did!

We left the Bob Marley museum and headed to the water by way of Port Royal, one of the largest ports in Jamaica if I remember correctly.

We arrived at Glorias, a restaurant by the sea and placed out orders and then we went to Fort Charles.

It was a fort that used to be surrounded by water that after an earthquake, the ground rose up and the fort became unusable for defense. 

I have learned that Jamaica has had quick sizable earthquakes that have played significant roles in the country's history. 


Well anyway, there is an old ammunition house that is known as the Giddy House. When the earthquake hit the Giddy House, it sank and is now something like out of an amusement park. 


It is slanted and you can walk in get a trippy experience. 

The Giddy House

Emily doing the matrix!

As we were hiding from the shade, a man who lives n Brooklyn but was born in Jamaica came up to us with an odd fruit called Tamarind. I knew it was used alot in Middle Eastern cooking and for making candy. He offered us a piece. It was very jelly and it was soooooooo sour. But a sour that subsides to comfortableness. not bad. 

Fresh tamarind

It was bloody hot that day and I couldn't enjoy the fort as much as I wanted because we were all about to faint. 


We went back to Gloria's after we finished with the fort. 

Unhappy hot cmapers

Now, I did not care for Gloria's but everyone else had a better experience than I did. (The shrimp was overcooked beyond belief and three other people tried it and agreed that it was so I wasn't beng a stuffy American). 

The view from Gloria's 

We went to the store after Gloria's to shop for meals for the week. I spent waaaaaay too money because I was hungry so I am now trying to finish all this food. 


It was a rough hot day. But we all made it. 

Falling mangoes