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Diane and Aaron Traffas

Aaron's house-made ice cream

Diane's sorbet sampler

Diane's chicken

Aaron's lobster

Aaron and Diane Traffas at the Eight Rivers restaurant

Aaron Traffas at the Eight Rivers restaurant

The sorbet pallet clenser

The lobster bisque

The spices for the lobster bisque

The ceviche sampler at Eight Rivers restaurant

The ceviche sampler

The seafood cakes at Eight Rivers restaurant

Eight Rivers restaurant

Menu at the Eight Rivers

Diane Traffas a the Eight Rivers restaurant

Eight Rivers restaurant

Eight Rivers restaurant

Final pictures from the top floor

Final pictures from the top floor

Final pictures from the top floor

Final pictures from the top floor

Final pictures from the top floor

Final pictures from the top floor

Final pictures of the island

Daine's Tom Collins with cranberry

Aaron returns his SCUBA gear

After the dive, walking back to the SCUBA office

Diane gets ready

The coastline through the storm

The divers about to dive

The coastline through the storm

The storm

Final instructions

Receiving the final briefing

Douglass, our diving instructor

Gear on the side of the boat

Headed to the reef

Not an encouraging sign to see a bunch of wrenches on a rusty towel

Hold on!

Aaron and Diane about to board the boat

Diane Traffas walks in the rain from the SCUBA desk to the boat

Aaron Traffas in a wet suit

Aaron and Diane Traffas in wet suits

The Baby Seals

Aaron Traffas with the SCUBA gear

Aaron in the SCUBA gear

Diane and the "Baby Seals" dive class

Aaron Traffas helps the locals push the ski boat off the trailer

The dive boat

Aaron Traffas floats in the Caribbean

Diane Traffas floating in the Caribbean

Someone had some fun with a hollow tree

The watersports board

Someone built a sand castle last night

The Friday activity board

5:30 a.m. Jamaican Sunrise

Last picture of the night.

The house band with a different singer on the main stage.

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Diane's duck

Aaron and Diane at the Bayside restaurant

The bayside deck over the sea

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Aaron at the Bayside

View of the resort from the Bayside restaurant

Diane at the Bayside

The Bayside restaurant again on Thursday

Aaron writes

Thursday's activity board at Couples Tower Isle

The sign outside the park

We completed Dunn's River Falls

Diane Traffas

Nearing the top

In the waterfall

Aaron and Diane

We climbed that.

In the falls

Getting ready to climb the tallest and steepest part of the falls

Diane in Dunn's River Falls

Climbing

We all got to slide down part of the falls for the video

The other group climbs while we take pictures

In the water

The videographer was everywhere

Aaron and Diane under the bridge

Aaron and Diane

Under the bridge

Videographer bringing up the rear

Love the waterproof camera

Aaron and Diane in Dunn's River Falls

We started out towards the front of the group

Climbing up Dunn's River Falls

Our first picture. We would get much wetter.

Climbing up

The bottom of the falls by the beach

Walking down to the beach

Our first glimpse of the falls from the steps

Walking down to the beach

Steps down to the beach

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This must be the waiver that we signed by walking by it.

Walking in to the falls

Waiting area outside the falls

Entrance to the falls

Scenic parking lot at the top of Dunn's River Falls

Trinket shop in the Dunn's River Falls parking lot

Water shoe rental bus stop along the way

The piano bar

At the Bayside

At the Bayside restaurant

The "Bob Marley" shot - nearly as hurtful as a 151

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The entrance to Couples Tower Isle

Crabs on the pier

Local cuisine

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Jamaica streets

Local restaurant

Hard Rock Jamaica

Drum set in the Hard Rock cafe used by Rush on tour (Hi, Mason!)

Taj Mahal shopping center

Taj Mahal duty-free shopping center

The Taj Mahal duty-free shopping center

Going shopping

Reaching into the safe in the closet

In the SCUBA office, watching the video

Wednesday's activity board

Birds roam free on the patio, eating leftovers

House band on the main stage

House band on the main stage

Aaron at the Verandah

Starfish

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Diane's pork

Aaron's snapper

Diane at the Verandah

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Snorkeling instructor holding a crab

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Puffer fish!

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View of hotel from end of pier

Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball

On the Aqua-Cycle

On the Aqua-Cycle

On the Aqua-Cycle

On the Aqua-Cycle

On the Aqua-Cycle

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View of Diane on kayak from just below the water

View of the sea floor from the kayak

Aaron on the kayak

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View of hotel from the water

Diane on the kayak

Diane putting on the jacket

View east from the water sports desk

View of the swim-up bar from the water sports desk

Raining, view from the water sports desk

Tuesday activities

Fun times in the gift shop

Hammocks

Parrots

Walkway between spa and hotel

The mineral pool, also called the Buddha pool

View of the main pool from a restaurant

View of the main pool from a restaurant

View east from the beach in front of our room

Diane in the sand

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View of main beach from SCUBA desk

View of pier from SCUBA desk

View of the water sports desk from the SCUBA desk

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View northwest from balcon

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Jamaican sunrise, looking northeast from balcony

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