You just can t imagine how scary it is for Americans as tour buses go flying down the roads, driving on the left side instead of the right. I must have died a thousand deaths on that bus, only to open my eyes and find nothing had happened at all. Ha, I thought, as I brushed imaginary glass out of my hair and checked for imaginary broken bones. Unharmed by the many near misses, I later had a chance to visit the real Jamaica for the biggest adventure of my life - climbing a waterfall. Yep, one of the big tourist attractions in Jamaica is Dunn s River Falls.
American tourists pay good money to get in rapid water and climb up sharp, slippery rocks.
Heck, I didn t want to be the only tourist in Jamaica that hadn t climbed the falls. I could have gone to the beach, I could have gone sightseeing, I could have gone shopping - duty free. My mistake was being too cheap to buy special climbing shoes. I figured I could make it just wearing a pair of gym shoes. Wet gym shoes weigh a ton.