Madison's Point of View

Overall, I thought that the overall effort of the staff that was involved with our trip and helping us along the way was excellent. We really enjoyed getting to know each person at Smoky Manor, as they treated us with respect and helped us to get excited about the trip. The things that I feel that our group struggled with was sometimes trying the food. I thought the chef did an amazing job of creating Jamaican meals for us and that it was just hard for us to adjust so quickly. I was proud of our group for attempting to try new things, but at times we wished there were other options. When a lot of us have been out of the states before, there were more Americanized options since we might have been at resorts or other places where there was more flexibility. I thought there was a lot of variety of the activities we did and each person in our group had favorites of what we did. We learned a lot about a variety of topics, some within agriculture and some outside of it, which was good for us to expand our horizons. My favorite part of the trip was probably touring the Craighton Estate and getting to sample Blue Mountain Coffee. Additionally, I was nervous for Port Royal because I wasn't a huge history person but the tour guide definitely made it interesting.