I was delighted when my husband and I received Betty’s invitation for a picnic lunch at the Sunset in the Palms Resort in Negril, Jamaica. The setting was lush and the food and wine enticing. However, conversation was a tad strained. Betty was there with her kids, and it was hard for her to attend to them and focus on her guests at the same time. She was also working hard to maintain the grounds. Betty is a very resilient goat—and one of Sunset’s favorite staff members.
Sunset is an airy, compact oasis in the middle of a jungle, wood-filled and woodsy, the abundant foliage making the transition from outside to inside seamless. It is so different from the many large, bustling, antiseptic resorts that line many Caribbean beaches. Here you’re a part of Jamaica, mon!
