[henry]

Never been to Jamaica and would like to know if Kingston would be the airport to fly into if I were staying in Negril, and to you who have been there how about some opinions on what kind of area this is. Four guys are going, in our 50s, want to dive, like to drink beer, party some and don't need any thing fancy to sustain our needs. From what i read so far Negril sounds like our kind of place, what do you think? We went to the west end of Roatan last year, had a blast, but Jamacia would be closer and less expensive.
Thanks

[green]

You would fly into Montego Bay if you are going to Negril, the west end of the island. Kingston is in the far southeast. Negril is wonderful. I don't know about how good the diving around Jamaica, others will have to advise. If you are looking for a relatively inexpensive place to say towards the centre of the 7 mile beach you could try the Wistling Bird. A number of us stayed there a few years ago and quite enjoyed it.

[ann]

When I went to Negril last year, flew into Kingston, then took a 20 minute flight to Montego Bay.

Negril is amazing!!! I love it!!! I went with me and 3 of my guy friends also, like you're doing. We actually didn't do any diving. We had too much fun meeting new people, meeting locals, and exploring. We stayed out on the cliffs. No matter where you stay, make your way out to the cliffs!!! It's GREAT! Definitely go to Rick's Cafe! And for a nice dinner try Rockhouse Hotel. And our favorites on the beach were "Mom's Bar"...having beers with your feet in the sand watching the sunset? Come on, can't beat that!
And "Pizza Barn" for a bucket of Red Stripe and pizza!
I definitely recommend a "booze cruise" type thing, they're a blast and you see the beach and the cliffs!
If you're into Margaritaville and stuff that's kinda fun too, but mainly younger crowd which got obnoxious, and fast haha. But Enjoy! Do you know where you're staying yet?