Mo Bay

Going to Montego Bay for a day as stop on a cruise. Is it worth diving there or are the sites very ho hum?

"JS" <reevecg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Going to Montego Bay for a day as stop on a cruise. Is it worth diving
there or are the sites very ho hum?

I was just in Montego Bay during a 5-hour layover. If presented with the
option again, I would choose to stay at the airport.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "JS" <reevecg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:lceNb.14589$1K1.33218@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> > Going to Montego Bay for a day as stop on a cruise. Is it worth diving
> there or are the sites very ho hum?
>
> I was just in Montego Bay during a 5-hour layover. If presented with the
> option again, I would choose to stay at the airport.

I kind of like Montego Bay, but it does matter which area you go to. The
area around and near the airport is expectedly crappy. A few miles away
there are great beaches and excellent services. I don't know anything about
the diving but given the choice of staying at the scant First Class lounge
at the airport or sitting on a beautiful beach for a few hours the choice is
a simple one for me. Sitting in the sweltering duty-free area or along the
depressing concourse corridors would be the absolute last thing I would do
at that airport.

>
> I was just in Montego Bay during a 5-hour layover. If presented with the
> option again, I would choose to stay at the airport.

that's pretty bad. Their airport is pretty boring.

They do have a bar or two, but about the only thing
to eat once you are in security is a little pizza
cart, (and that pizza sucks).

There is a Jimmy Buffetts Margaritaville there
in the airport though i forgot....


As for diving in Mo Bay, I've dove in Negril and
it was ok. but I'd prob just opt to sit on the beach there.

Dunns river falls is neat, but it's not worth the 2.5 hour
one way bus ride to get to it from Mo Bay. Nothing else
much around besides shops on the streets and the shack
market (flea market) where they sell tourist trinkets,
carvings, etc thaty they "hand made" (which is a lie).

mike