11-07-2016, 07:26 PM
As far as you can get from the all-inclusives in Negril and Montego Bay, a night in one of the Great Huts in Port Antonio starts at the ridiculously low price of $35 for the Granary Hut, modeled after an African millet silo. One of 17 eco-huts on the northeastern coast, $83 will buy a night in the Tabernacle Hut, which is more like a low-impact, high-style, 40-foot-long tent with two king beds and two single beds, crushed limestone sand floors and a big cowskin-covered sofa. Built on a plateau, the funky huts are gussied up with local artwork and come with breakfast and Wi-Fi in the communal areas. Chill-out extras include a cliff-side swimming pool, hammocks on the calm-watered sandy beach, awesome views of Boston Bay, Blue Mountains and the Caribbean Sea, and a library stocked with books about Bob Marley and Rastafarianism. Look no further for cheap eats than the Boston Jerk Center at the end of the road. With names like Miss Ivy’s and Mickey Junior, a dozen or so thatched or tin-roofed makeshifts with open pits fired by pimento logs are manned by grillers who fill paper plates with everything from chicken and ribs to pork and lobster. Add a "festival" or sweet hush puppy to mop up the extra sauce, rice, breadfruit and a cold Red Stripe beer and you’ve got a hefty dinner for less than $15.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/caribbean/2016/11/07/budget-caribbean/93309094/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/caribbean/2016/11/07/budget-caribbean/93309094/