Ulis Welt
[12/14/2015 Monday]
After a very exhausting night the sun rises at 6 o’clock and I use our very well working mosquito spray and go out to take pictures of the huge area. It is already at least 25 degrees.
Punctually at 8:30 we reach the main house, outside breakfast is brought to us: there are scrambled eggs, pancake with maple syrup, toast with jam and a fruit plate with papaya, banana, melon and pineapple.
After a manageable breakfast, the shuttle bus takes us to the airport in the drizzle at 8:30 am.
By the time we are through baggage claim and hand luggage check, it is 10 o’clock. The Frankfurt airport only uses body scanners, but there are no delays.
With a delay of 45 minutes the Boing 767 finally takes off, we will spend half the day in the plane. Due to our height, the flight is really exhausting although we have only minimal turbulence and can watch movies.
[11/12/2015 Friday]
Finally we start, Harry and I sit in the IC to Frankfurt. Today we have finished packing our suitcases. I have a trolly with 60cm diameter, Harry’s suitcase is much bigger. There is still surprisingly much space in the hand luggage. Checking in online with Condor was no problem, unfortunately the seat was fixed.
Basti kindly drives us to the main station and 17:30 we sit in the train to Frankfurt.
Our room is right at the airport. We have decided to stay in a hotel, so that it does not come to a stressful car ride through the night. In addition, I did not want to travel by car, because then it must stand for a month in a foreign city, which is also not cheap.
With a 20-minute delay, the train arrives at Frankfurt Airport at 9:36 p.m. We have Chinese food for supper.
The hotel bus shuttle no longer runs, so we treat ourselves to a cab to the 3-star Hotel Meininger Airport. The entrance area is modern with emphasis on social media elements (Facebook Likes).
The room is small but perfectly adequate. At 10:30 tomorrow boarding is, so still enough time to have a nice breakfast.
A shuttle bus to the airport for 8:30 am is booked, just like breakfast. Just one more sleep! 😀
The planning
After the key dates (start and end of the trip) are fixed, the concrete planning can begin. Who knows me, I am a planning person, which means I like to research and organize very much and actually very accurately. My boyfriend finds it a bit exhausting, and probably sees me more as a control freak;-) but a little planning must be.
AccommodationShortly
we had the idea to book us rental cars and hotel vouchers through a travel agency that specializes in Jamaica individual trips. The offer sounded very good and we would be very flexible with accommodation vouchers – but after two phone calls with the service provider and some mail contact it became clear that it just sounded good, but could not be implemented by the travel provider in the price segment what his website promised.
In retrospect, we came with their own planning of simple but very individual accommodations from forums or via Airbnb with a rental car for 15 days almost 600 euros cheaper than the offer from the travel provider – so we have done everything right:-)
Among the accommodations can now be found a “typical Jamaican bamboo house” in the middle of the jungle, a guesthouse that is operated by father and daughter with much love in the Blue Mountains and a blue castle right on the water with caves where once already pirates hid their booty. Sounds great at first, how it will really be I will report!
Order system
For the vacation I bought eBags, which are simply three bags in different sizes to keep order in the suitcase. On the Internet there were many good tips for packing, in waterproof bags are now the bathing utensils that can leak. The handling of the suitcases is usually very rough on the plane.
In the end I had almost all items packed in bags, with system:)
Harry’s system, on the other hand, was to simply put all the items in the suitcase loose and then we’ll see:D
A detailed and informative article on the packing system, packing list, what to take and tips can be found here.
For a long time I have dreamed of traveling more and seeing more of the world. There exist many mystical, beautiful, exciting places in the world that are worthwhile.