I'm back from honeymooning in the Caribbean, where, thankfully, Jamaica escaped most of the rain and wind that Tropical Storm Alberto was whipping up down there. The first couple days of our week were a bit wet, but the rest of the week was sunny and/or dry.

As a result, despite a lot of laying around outside drinking drinks that consisted mostly of rum, I have a mild tan, but nothing too bad (SPF 45 sunscreen works). I saw a few people who were actively pursuing skin cancer though... pursuing Darwin's theories I guess.

As this is a biking site, it would be crazy of me to make my first post here without atleast some biking content for all you fine people, so I'll share with you a couple (out of many) photos from the honeymoon. I'll share the rest later for those who are interested.

First is a couple photos from us biking down Blue Mountain on one of the tours we did (the other was swimming with dolphins). You'll notice I'm wearing the swanky blue I Bike T.O. shirt I got from the CBN Poster Auction... and you can bet your ass that every single person on the trip had to ask me what "T.O." meant. Don't even get me started with Americans thinking that 30 degree weather with a bunch of humidity is something completely alien to a couple Torontonians. We do live in igloos and drive skidoos to the corner store to buy firewood, after all. Haha.

In the mountains we saw coffee plantations (on very steep hillsides), how coffee is made, different fruits like pineapples and jackfruit growing wild, super waterfalls, and cute Jamaican children who ran alongside our bikes joyfully yelling "white tourists! white tourists!" in Patois, an English/French/Jamaican dialect.

The resort offered a lot of watersports, and one of the first we tried was the "WaterTrike". It was big, slow to get going, and clumsy to steer, but once you got going, the paddles on the wheels made you get some okay speed up. The other watersport which I would definitely recommend is the Hobie Cats. A resort staffmember will take you out on a little sailboat made from a couple pontoons with canvas stretched across, and those things fly. I had a great time. Tracy, who is wary around deep water, had less of a good time, but agreed it was cool.

Finally, a quick shout-out to DarrenJ who maintained this site over the past 10 days or so... keeping BikingToronto alive while I was drunk, napping, and eating down in Ochos Rios. Thanks Darren!

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