So...We are Home back in PA. and I'm gonna try to re-cap our adventures. We arrived and met our driver Kingsley in Montego Bay and after some confusion as to our arrival time got under way to our drive to Negril. We had a very Fun ride as we were sharing trans. with some crazy kids from Ohio. Including one very loud and slightly inebriated girl. She was funny, and maybe just a bit annoying but I give respect to our driver. Sometimes that job must be hard to take lol.don't know if that pic shows up. I can't see it , so I will press on! The rain let up and the sun came out and everything gwan be Irie! After getting checked in ( does everything take so long?) lol we got used to it. Any way we had our mandatory jump in to the carribean for a swim and took a walk down the beach. Isn't it funny how when you just arrive it's so obvious to everyone? So we were no different but laughed later when we saw folks doing the We're here Routine. After a bunch of newbie stuff. I won't bore you with the details. We got ready to head over to Seastar to Meet Rastastan and see Luciano.
Stan was very gracious and did a great job hosting the entire night. Yeah Mon! The opening band was good. The drummers, Dancers and Fire dude were amazing. But certainly the highlight of the night was seeing Luciano perform and the Powerful loving vibe of the music and message he brings to creation. I was up dancing and lovin it. We really had a great time and this is just the first day! I posted an album of pics if you can't see them on here. We spanked it pretty hard on our traveling day. So needless to say sunday morning was designated to No agenda and chill time. That didn't last long. haha we went on yea mon sunset catamaran cruise which included snorkeling, a swim into the caves down by Ricks and dinner on the boat with Red stripes and rum punch or soda if your like me. I drank my share and yours before having a liver transplant less than two years ago. So I am very careful to be grateful for the life that I been given and treat my body , mind and spirit with respect. I was proud of myself for getting into the water and braving the choppy waves to snorkel. Many didn't who are in way better health than me. Funny story though, when preparing to get in the guy says to me"are you gonna wear your shirt mon in de watah?" I say no. but know I'm gonna get a reaction from my scarred up abdomen and chest. So I take my shirt off and the guy takes a hard look at me and says " Are you from the Army Mon?" I say no, why do you ask? He looks at me and points to my scars and sez " Rude sade bum" you have to say it to get it. anyway I'm like no road side bomb...Liver transplant. lol anyway it was a funny moment but helped me to not be self concious about it throughout the week.
I fought that current hard to get back to the boat after drifting pretty far away, I was the last one in the water and eventually they swang around to pick me up But I almost made it. lol. It was well worth the price of 50 US with the dinner ,snorkeling , cave swim, red stripes and boat tour of the cliffs from about 3 to after sunset. I recomend it for anyone. Kinda of a blur for the rest of the evening Dinner somewhere on the beach tried some patties ( I love them ) especially a good veggie with a little spice. prob fell asleep in a beach chair for a while and met some of our fellow resort guests. Note to self Canadians rock! we met a great fam and friends that we spent time hanging with at the resort in the evening. Uday, John, and Marika I think. So that's day one and two. someone let me know if these pics even show on here. I'm so long winded this is gonna be about a 4 piece installment. lol. Love and respect to the great people we met and the good people of Jamaica. Here are some other pics from our 1st two days.
So that's a start..more to come.
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