Today was our field trip day to Ochos Rios and Dunn’s falls and get some of our Touristy needs out of our systems. Climbing the falls was a great and walking around town was fun, but in reality I couldn’t escape the idea that walking around the pseudo-town that lives and breathes solely for the luxuries and fantasies of the tourist’s island dream. I needed to find something that was innately Jamaican – somewhere where the locals went and that the locals appreciated. Thankfully, Richard came to the rescue with a brilliant piece of research and foresight! Richard had thought to ask one of the dive masters at the Marine Lab, a bona fide born-and-raised Jamaican, where to find the most quintessential Jamaican food item to Stony Brook night time snackers: the Jamacian Beef Patty.

Snow had told us to go to a place called Mother’s Patties. I got the cheese and beef patty and yes, it was deeeeeeeelicious. Roxanne, Lucia, Richie and I all had to sit around trying to cool off the fresh patty for a good before eating it but it was oh so worth it.

It’s $100JA to the $1US, don’t worry!

– Emily