Good Ocho Rios Excursion

[mam11]

Just returned from Emerald Princess with Ocho Rios stop. We pre booked a tour with Mark Morris. He gave us a very good tour focusing on the way of life of the residents of Ocho Rios. Very little emphasis on the touristy part of it. Mark speaks very well and is easy to hear and understand. We had his air conditioned van all to ourselves. We had lunch at Scotchies, a local place that had wonderful Jamaican style pork and chicken. He then dropped a couple of our group of 6 off at the ship, and took the rest of us to the shopping area nearby. His fee was very low and he got good tips from our group- seldom do we double the excursion rate but we did this time! Jamaica is really just now reopening its tourist trade and they are happy for our dollars.