Solar Power at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill

Posted on December 20, 2008. Filed under: Blogroll, Jamaica: Environment, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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Wendy and Ewan learn to cook Clipper Food Jamaican Style

Posted on May 22, 2008. Filed under: Cook-up Jamaica: Cuisine | Tags: , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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Round the World Clipper Race arrives in Port Antonio

Posted on May 22, 2008. Filed under: Jamaica: Just Another Day, Round the World Clipper Race, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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Save Pellew Island

Posted on February 6, 2008. Filed under: Jamaica: Environment, The Caribbean: Beaches | Tags: , , , , , |

Many of us are concerned about the very negative environmental and social impacts the planned ‘development’ of Pellew Island located just of Jamaica’s coastline in the San San area. The island is part of our natural heritage. The planned ‘development’ will see the construction of villas on this beautiful, pristine tiny fleck of land. [...]

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Morlena and Andrew say “I do”

Posted on November 25, 2007. Filed under: Jamaica Romance | Tags: , , , , , , |

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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