The resort is fairly full now, beginning December 2010.
Last night the staff were putting Christmas lights in the large sea grape trees outside, and there is a Christmas tree in the lobby, near where I am typing this, covered in silver cupids (or angels) and glitter.
The guests are mainly American. The majority seem young couples, I think we must be the oldest, and being from UK, are more or less the only Limeys here. The American voice can be very loud and somewhat grating on the ear, but I am presuming that this is because the various states have different ways of expressing themselves. Not everybody is like that, of course.
A lot of Americans come from Florida, which is only about an hour away.
Another big group are from Canada.
We have spoken to from people living in the States who originated from Russia and speak Russian to eachother.
Also there are a lot of Jamaican guests here, particularly at the weekend. I think they can get day passes, and maybe they have a cheaper rate being residents - not sure about this. But some are obviously staying here over night. Last weekend there was a large group of young women staying.
I asked a few of the staff here if they get prejudice from the guests because they are black Jamaican, and was told that some of the black American guests are a bit rude and unpleasant, as was one couple of Russians. Of course this is just the experience of one or two of the staff, so maybe this is uncommon, I hope so - the staff here are without exception polite and charming.
And amazingly they remember names!
The group we met most were the Entertainment team, thank you, Jason, Sasha, Antonia and all the other boys and girls!
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