点评:There are tours and tours ...if you know what I mean ! We found a mention of Sun Valley Plantation in our guide book and were so happy to have booked a driver to take us to this paradise plantation based inland, in Jamaica.
We were greeted by Lorna who has lived at the plantation for many, many years. She was so welcoming, kind and knowledgable. You don't often meet people like her. She gave us such a thorough and informative tour where we saw and learnt so much.
Seeing all the exotic flowers and trees growing so happily in these lush conditions was fascinating ..and this was winter! It's hard to imagine any more flowers, but apparently spring and summer is even more colourful with butterflies everywhere.
On our visit flowers included alamanders, hibiscus, ginger lily flowers in every shade imaginable, starbush etc. Wonderful fruit trees including many varieties of bananas, cola nuts, ortaniques, mangoes etc and the spices - wow, vanilla, cinnamon, turmeric, arrow root, to name a very few.
Everything is beautifully labelled and we were lucky enough to drink fresh coconut water and try some of the fruits. We also loved seeing all the stunning and tame hummingbirds in the garden. If you get chance do make this tour a priority. It was only 20 minutes or so from our hotel near Ocho Rios and the memories of these few hours will stay with us for many years. Thank you to Lorna and her team of plants people.
翻译:有很多旅行团……如果你明白我的意思!我们在旅游指南中发现了对太阳谷种植园的提及,很高兴能预订司机带我们去这个位于牙买加内陆的天堂种植园。
我们受到了 Lorna 的欢迎,她在种植园住了好多年。她非常热情、善良、知识渊博。你不常遇到像她这样的人。她带我们进行了一次非常全面和信息丰富的旅行,让我们看到并学到了很多东西。
看到所有奇异的花草树木在这种郁郁葱葱的环境中如此快乐地生长,真是令人着迷……而且这是冬天!很难想象还有更多的花,但显然春天和夏天更加色彩缤纷,到处都是蝴蝶。
我们参观的花卉包括荸荠、木槿、各种颜色的姜花、星灌木等。还有奇妙的果树,包括许多品种的香蕉、可乐果、欧亚木、芒果等,还有香料——哇,香草、肉桂、姜黄、竹芋,仅举几例。
所有东西都贴上了漂亮的标签,我们很幸运能喝到新鲜的椰子水,尝到一些水果。我们也喜欢在花园里看到所有美丽而温顺的蜂鸟。如果有机会,一定要把这次旅行作为优先事项。从我们奥乔里奥斯附近的酒店出发,只需 20 分钟左右,这几个小时的回忆将伴随我们很多年。感谢 Lorna 和她的植物团队。