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Jamaica the island is a lovely place, We stayed for 3 weeks (2 would have been enough by the end of the holiday it was starting to feel very restrictive), There are beautiful beaches, stunning scenery, Dunns River is excellent, Dolphin Cove is ok but a bit of a let down, Montego Bay (Mo' Bay) is ok not much to see and do there we much prefered Ocho Rios the shopping there was much better (less hassle and better prices)and there were far more things to see and do, it's unfortunate that everywhere you go you are hassled by people selling just about everything, (got sick of hearing braids for the lady?) this is the only country we have been to where we were openly offered drugs even our 14yr old son was offered them openly, Police just seem to stand by and ignore what is going on (probably been bribed to look the other way), we hired a licenced taxi driver when we wanted to go out and about as hiring a car was overpriced and deposits of $1000 are not very often returned, roads are in a really bad condition and signs are non existent, we stayed at the Starfish trelawny, the hotel is nice but it took them a week to lock the adjoining door between our room and the next room so spent a week of wedging the door shut and reporting it to reception, The entertainment was non existent at night, so most nights were spent in our room watching the tv or downloading the photos to the laptop, the internet cafe was expensive and very slow we achieved a better speed by using our laptop via our mobile phones, Food was ok but far too much salt was used in the cooking, the fresh fruit and veg was not in abundance as you would expect, and all inclusive at this resort did not quite mean all inclusive (some of the restaurants charged a surcharge and motorised watersports were extra)Security guards were stationed on the beach but this did not stop you from being hassled by pedlars and pushers by the end of the 2nd week they recognised us and left us alone (peace at last) if all you want is a beach holiday great, but if you want to explore the island try somewhere else (Barbados is better) as Jamaica just isn't ready for this, don't think they'll be ready for the cricket world cup either.