Well, I hated missing my first night but I felt great the next morning too. Up nice and early and right into the ocean!Originally Posted by MoFromMonroe
Well, I hated missing my first night but I felt great the next morning too. Up nice and early and right into the ocean!
I will never fight you for it! It's a great spot but I don't mind moving, so long as Eric sets up an umbrella for me. I also love being under the palm trees by the way. Nothing wrong with that!
How much money is always a tough one for us, too. But there is an ATM in town at the Scotiabank which you can walk to (long walk) or take a quick cab ride to. My husband did that one morning and he was back in 1/2 hour and I think the cab was $10.00. Also, many restaurants take credit cards so that cuts down on how much cash you need. You will love room 205! Upstairs, right on the beach (where we stayed the first five nights of our trip) overlooking the restaurant. You are kind of in the tree tops so that blocks your view a bit but provides lovely shade and you can still see the ocean through the trees. There is a blender in the kitchen, it's a pretty well appointed kitchen and I remember thinking all it's missing is a microwave. You will love it, believe me and the suite is really, really gorgeous. Have fun!!!
Love the floaties!!!! They never seem to mind people stopping by and it's a great place to stop for a meal!
Thank you all for the comments! I am so missing Negril this morning and our early morning dips in the ocean. We would get up in the morning, go for a dip and by the time we came out King, Needle or Sonia would have a pot of coffee and two cups waiting for us at the table. We ordered coffee one lazy morning in our room and almost by the time I had hung up the phone they were there with the pot! My husband had been sitting on the upstairs balcony in his underwear and didn't expect them so quickly. Thankfully he threw a towel on around his waist before he opened the door as he has a tendency to become way more relaxed in Jamaica than he is at home! Although, honestly, I doubt they would have batted an eyelash if he had opened the door in his skivvies. I think they see a lot of let's just say "different" behavior there!
We always have these great plans to go to different places for breakfast and lunch but that old sand gravity kicks in again so most days we had breakfast and lunch right at Idle Awhile. Some of the lunches came from the beach vendors and those were my favorite (with a freshly made banana milk shake from the restaurant). I mean how can you beat sitting on the beach having your food choices paraded in front of you for you to choose from?
View from our table at the restaurant.
Looking back through the tree at the restaurant.
Looking back at the front building from the walkway. That's the room we stayed in for the first five nights on the top floor, room #205 (for you Cleome).
The balcony of Room 205.
The view from the balcony.
We did manage to get to Treehouse one day for a very nice lunch and very cold Red Stripes. We were in Negril last July as well and it was balmy and warm. This year it was HOT and once you got away from the water it was so humid!!! I always felt soaking wet whether I was in the ocean or not! The air just sticks to your skin and turns to water as soon as it hits. When we finished our lunch at Treehouse the waitress sent Gail the owner over to our table and introduced us to her and we had a very lovely chat with her. So hard to imagine Negril as it was when she first arrived and one of my few regrets in life was that I didn't find a way to get to Jamaica sooner with my kids!
My husband on the walk to Treehouse. I like that you can see the beach and water behind him and then reflected in his glasses as well.
Treehouse! You can see that even though it's off season Treehouse was pretty busy!
AAHHHH. Can't you just taste that ice cold Red Stripe with the ocean breeze blowing?
I love the pictures! 205 looks great, I can't wait! The picture taken at Treehouse with the sailboat in the background is vibrant!
Loving this report!
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yes! the picture of your husband is perfect . . . irie is written all over his face
Loved our lunch at Treehouse but can you believe that Treehouse is as far as we got on the beach in that direction? We were soooo lazy this trip!
We did rouse ourselves one morning to go in the opposite direction up to Mariposa's restaurant (darned if I can remember the name of the restaurant, eaten there a few times can never remember the name, it's Italian) for breakfast. Aside from one other man we were the only people in the place. I was disappointed to see the place a little bit run down but we had a really good breakfast. The coffee there was the best I had all week. The waitress was the only staff on duty (don't know her name) and she brewed us up a fresh pot and then steamed the milk! It was really yummy. After she made our coffee she announced to us that the chef wasn't in yet but not to worry she would cook our breakfast but just know that she would be in the kitchen for awhile in case we needed anything. Again I thought, oh no this can't be good but I was completely wrong. The breakfast was very good, cooked perfectly. I had a bacon omelette with bammy, which was very good and my husband had the $10 special and again everything was great. I don't have any pictures of the food but here is one of the entrance to the restaurant and the dog that was hanging out there and some other pics from our walk up and back.
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