Solar Power at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill
First it was the pool pump and now 4 guest rooms, the offices, gallery and managers’quarters are being powered by the sun at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill. This is phase one of what is to be a phased change to solar power. Timeline will depend on cash flow. We have reduced our energy surcharge by [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Caribbean Green
Caribbean Green is a great article about the Blue Mountains and Port Antonio published 21 June 2008 in the Guardian. The little paragraph on safety in Jamaica is just perfect, and says it just as it really is .
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New gutters and more water tanks at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill
The solar pool filter is working wonderfully using all that energy produced by the bright sun in Jamaica. We have also just had all the gutters replaced as the old ones were really beaten and worn and we were loosing a lot of water. In addition ro the gutters we have enhanced our rainwater storage [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Jazz in the Hills
On 12 June jazz came to Port Antonio. Mary Issacs and Dennis Rushton delighted a crowd of about 30 people with there smooth jazz melodies. Everyone felt that we should have this more often in Port Antonio, so look out for more jazz in the hills, definitely aqs part of next year’s Ocho Rios Jazz [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wendy and Ewan learn to cook Clipper Food Jamaican Style
After the crews leave Hotel Mocking Bird Hill and Chefs Anthony and Glen’s fabulous food they’ll be on anything and everything that comes in tins -definately not gourmet! so Wendy and Ewan are taking a quick cooking lesson with Chef Anthony to learn how to make the tinned food taste great Jamaican Style. They better [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Round the World Clipper Race arrives in Port Antonio
Finally, they’re almost here! The Clippers are expected to arrive in Port Antonio round about midnight tonight and we are all quite excited. At Hotel Mocking Bird Hill we raised the sails poolside this week to welcome the team members and their families who are staying with us and last night we threw a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Morlena and Andrew say “I do”
On 23 November 2007 Morlena and Andrew exchanged vows and were married at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, in a lovely, romantic, garden wedding in the hotel’s Gallery Carriacou which had been transformed for the occassion. About 30 family and friends attended the ceremony and enjoyed the cocktails and dinner prepared by the Mille Fleurs [...]
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