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BoB’s neighBours
hateD his LifestyLe. their
CompLaints inspireD
him to write the tune
Crazy BaLDheaDs
ride the waves at insane speeds in a craft that is a cross between a
speed boat and a jet ski.
And then we were taken on a tour to witness one of the most
curious sights in the Caribbean, dog sledding. It’s a sport that is
usually practised in the more desolate areas of the world. Google
it and places like Lapland come up, as does the Arctic. So it makes
no sense that Jamaica should have one of the world’s best dog
sledding teams. But they do and they are based at Chukka in Ocho
Rios and compete around the world.
After a presentation from the mucker (dog trainer/pilot), who
explained that the dogs are all rescue dogs from the JSPCA, some of
us ventured into the kennels to meet the animals, which jumped all
over us in their friendliness.
About eight of them were harnessed up and taken round the
adjacent field a couple of times to show us what they can do.
Dolphin Cove
If the dog sledding was mad and the sea safari exhilarating,
swimming with dolphins, carrying iguanas and huge parrots and
watching snakes shed their skin was a bit of both. It was also what
we experienced at our next stop, Dolphin Cove.
Set in five acres of tropical rain forest, almost next door to the
famous Dunns River falls, you could spend a week at Dolphin Cove
and still have things left to do. You can swim with sharks, stingrays
or dolphins, take a tour of the ‘jungle trail’ and see the spiders,
iguanas, snakes etc that live there, go out to sea in a glass-bottomed
boat or just chill-out on the white, sandy beach.
Swimming with the dolphins was the highlight. You’re in the
water with a life jacket on and the trainer gets Flipper and his mate
to perform a series of tricks: clapping at you, kissing you, pulling you
along. The climax is when the two dolphins propel you along with
their noses under the soles of your feet and launch you skywards.
You shoot up about 20 feet into the air and dive back down into the
water. It impressed even this bunch of jaded old hacks.
Day 4
Lime Cay
Back to Kingston and finally we get to take some time out, and boy
was it worth waiting for. As the women in our group went to get
in some last-minute shopping, the lads spent the morning at Lime
Cay, a desert island in the middle of the sea, about 15 minutes off
the coast of Portland. Apparently, at the weekends Lime Cay is
busy with the haves and the have-yachts showing off their bling
to the pretty young things that adorn the beach. Today, though, it
was just us, a couple of sunbathers and a guy clearing up from the
weekend. Which, you kind of thought, was how it should be: clear
water, white sand, hot sun. It’s a hard life!
To experience any of the activities in this article, contact Sackville
Travel on 0207 274 2242 or at
sackvilletravel.com
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