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[quote=Anonymous]We've been a few times with our little ones and with family. Husband still has family there too so we've gone out with them and can attest that you can without trying very hard run into Sean Paul and Usain Bolt at the local clubs in MoBay and Kingston, that is if you can muster the energy to party one of the nights. I personally love it but it's not for everyone. Jamaican culture has tons of flavor and the people are so great, friendly chatty and colorful, and great with kids. Food is also da bomb ;) but if you want to eat local it's not going to be at a beautiful resto overlooking the ocean... that's for tourists... it's going to be in a shack on the roadside w/o any a/c. Would you be cool with that? Of course you could compromise and get takeout from said shacks, and eat it back at your hotel, we did that a lot.

Like a previous commentor said MoBay is really bad right now in terms of crime and when we were there earlier this year they had an emergency curfew on. The crime is gang-centric but even our relatives were scared to be out and about too late. That said, we've never personally experienced anything threatening, and the resorts are heavily guarded and safe.

Here's what I'd recommend if you are still keen... fly to MoBay direct via Southwest from BWI, get pickup from your hotel in Negril, it's about 1h20m drive straight from airport but very pleasant drive, stay at Country Country or Idle Awhile, enjoy the totally shallow turquoise beaches and drinks at Margaritaville for more of a party atmosphere, and get dinner one night on the cliffs at Catcha Falling Star. For where the locals eat, there's a soup lady who runs a stand right on the road close to those hotels which is so good and my toddler loved that has changing menu every day, and several other local shack type places where you can get a proper Jamaican breakfast (ackee and saltfish) and dinner (oxtail, goat curry, stewed peas, escovitch snapper etc.) During the day vendors will come down the beach with fresh juices and coconuts and stuff like that. Shopping is mainly at Times Square, it's touristy but they have everything you want and the prices aren't bad at all. If you want more adventure, rent a car (use Avis) and drive to Ocho Rios for a day trip. Hope that helps! [/quote]

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