Rum anyone?

One thing that Jamaica is famous for is their Appleton Rum. We were such good participators that we earned A LOT of rum.

How we won the bottles:

1. Lovers Game: It turns out that one of our fellow travelers submitted our name into a drawing for participants in the "Lovers Game". It just so turns out that we were selected (much to my chagrin). The Lover's Game was like the old gameshow "The Newlywed Game", in which they take all of the ladies back and ask the guys questions. The ladies then come back and they have to try and get the same answer. Then they do the same routine with the guys in the back room. We didn't win the contest, but we still got our bottle of rum!

2. Returnee dinner: We received a bottle of rum just for showing up- again! Here we are during the cocktail hour of the dinner.
3. Beer Chugging Contest: The object of the game was to drink a bottle of Red Stripe as fast as you can. They then took the top few and made them do it again. Both Brian and I made it into the second round, but I was the one who ended up with the rum! To be fair... let me add that the second round for the boys involved drinking the beer out of a straw.













4. Relay: This was before Brian graced us with his presence on the beach, so he wasn't there. It was a compilation of activities with a team of 17 people. Activities included, rolling a basketball between the teams legs (hard to image... sorry no pics right now), passing a tennis ball with your elbows, jumping to a coffee can with a tennis ball between your thighs, a volleyball game, free throws and darts. My team won, well actually smoked the other team, so we each got a bottle of rum.


5. We earned so many points over the course of the week, that we got our last bottle. Points are accumulated by participating in activities. We played volleyball everyday and I did water aerobics in the ocean, we were part of a fashion show with our togas (more later) and a variety of other activities.


You are maybe wondering where the bottle of champagne came from. If you are not wondering, I'm going to tell you anyways. As a welcome to the resort the first night, we had a bottle of champagne paired with cheese and crackers waiting for us in our room. It was great, but since we weren't in our room very often, we didn't drink the champagne and decided to bring it back with us. I guess we will save it for a rainy day!