Estate Home is affordable and it provides an intimate connection not available in the large convention properties with their crowded halls and beaches and jet skis. It is located less than ten miles from the noise and congestion of Montego Bay and one drives along a pleasant seascape through the small town of Hopewell to get to Sandy Bay. The one-bedroom flat is tastefully furnished, has appliances of good quality and Derma Christie is a charming hostess. There is a decent white-sand beach, Orchard Beach, just outside of Hopewell before one gets to Sandy Bay. It is not Negril but the seafloor is pure sand, the water is clear and there are no crowds; there were four other persons on the clean little beach when I went there with my girlfriend. There are no gourmet restaurants close by, just functional concerns that serve Jamaican fare of which chicken is a staple. Still, less than 200 metres west of Hopewell Square, turning left off the road, we found an ordinary-looking place that served, as well as chicken and fish, the best pork and rice dinner I have had in years for the equivalent of US$5.21. We had a rented car which helps if one wants to go for a swim or dinner or sightseeing. One point of interest is the old Tryall Sugar Estate. The property, Estate Home, lies in the heart of a residential development of upwardly-striving Jamaicans, Tryall Heights, and is both pleasant and quiet. I am a teacher and a writer and a New York resident.