super! thank you!Originally Posted by Jenn
super! thank you!
I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion
Whew that bus is CROWDED! Loving your report! What's up with the Rings?
The rings....One love rings, right? LOL
One of the girls from White Sands had a bag of them and passed them out after the second stop. We were all sitting in the front with Lenbert. My perch was on his cash box which was quite the topic of conversation. hahaha
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Day 4 in Negril:
On all of our trips, we've never had anything but dinner at Canoe. This morning, we decided to grab a taxi and head up to Canoe to have breakfast and hang out for the morning. What was I waiting for? OMG - canoe's french toast has ruined me for life. Seriously. Any other french toast just won't do.
We arrived and this was our view for breakfast.
Ordered a pot of french press coffee and just relaxed. Ordered breakfast. Amy and I had the french toast and the guys had Canoe eggs and an american breakfast. Below is my picture of heaven...
Everyone enjoyed and we moved out to the beach. I spent a lot of time looking for sea glass. Found some great pieces! Grabbed a couple chairs and wandered in the water. It's a bit rocky in spots, but once you get out a bit, the sand is soft. Lots of waves and I was in my happy place.
Grabbed a bucket of beers and settled in... and then maybe another bucket.
Patty was there and soon her baby boy was there too. Spent some time swimming with him - what a sweet little fish he is!
Tom and Amy headed over to the German bar to check it out and we went and chatted with Patty. Decided to split a grilled cheese and fries. Once they came back - we all had a rum punch and then decided to head back to Rooms.
We headed back down to the beach to jump back in the water. Chatted with a couple of others and eventually, called it a day. In to grab showers and figure out what we were having for dinner. Decided to hang out with Kelvin at Rooms bar. He called a friend of his and he brought us fried chicken and fries from Corner bar. This probably was my favorite meal. LOL Seriously - I don't even like fried chicken...but this was delicious! After Kelvin closed up - we headed next door to Sunnyside. Then off to bed....
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Day 5 in Negril:
It was HOT HOT HOT today. Weather was PERFECT until it wasn't...but more about that later.
Got up - walked down to Shamrock for some OJ. Not sure of the time, but we were too early - they weren't open. Walked back towards Rooms and stopped at Sweet Spot market and grabbed an OJ for hubby, soursop for me and a diet coke for the room. I'm a pop drinker at home. Here - not so much. That one diet coke (20 oz bottle) lasted me the rest of my stay.
Had breakfast and finally got out our floats. Floated for awhile and what do you know? Here comes my favorite waiter - Brian! Carrying out a round of RS Light. Overall - it was a lazy morning of floating and enjoying the sites. I swear to God - people watching in Negril is the best. I love that no matter where you come from or what you look like - everyone is comfortable in their own skin when in Negril.
Bought some gizzadas for a quick snack to share and back in the sun.
Awhile later - they others decide to walk down to the market by the round about. We were still feeling lazy....so we opted not to go. However, after a bit...we decided it wouldn't kill us to get up and go for a walk. We headed north. Stopped and had a beer at the Boat Bar and saw the tiniest sweetest puppy! AHH - he was so sweet and so little! Kept on walking up to Wavz. Hmmm...I had read about Dru's on here and FB, so what the heck - let's stop! 2 for 1 drinks - she was making pina coladas - ok - we'll have that too. They were too sweet for me...but I suffered through it.As we arrived, we noticed a power company (big) truck stuck in the sand over by the ladies that have shops. They were working hard to get it unstuck with not a lot of luck. Decided to split a chicken patty. The truck was still being worked on - they had to take the tent down as they were backing up the truck, an inch at a time. Then, it started to rain. It was a chilly rain - but it felt great! Patty was served. Oh. My. God. Dru's patty's are fabulous! Holy cow! It was raining a little harder and hitting me in the back. Clearly, I didn't care. I just stood up to eat. So we sat in the rain and watched the world scurry out of the liquid sunshine.
Meanwhile - the truck is still stuck - so they took a cable stretch line and hooked it around a tree behind the bar. Uh...maybe we'll move. It stopped raining - and we moved over by the side. It snapped. They tried it a couple more times - by this time, we decided to head back down the beach. Chatted a bit with Dru, paid our bill, and off we went. If you haven't been to Dru's stop by. His prices are low, the food is great, and drinks are cold.
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Day 5 continued:
The rain had stopped and we had our fill of patties and watching them try to unstick the truck *when we left, it was still in the process of getting unstuck*. Just sat and chilled for a bit on the beach when what do we hear? The ice cream man! Hmm...that sounds good. Brian and I split a cookies and cream and continued to just hang out on the beach.
Walked over to talk with Maureen a bit and have a drink. I was super sleepy at this time. It was like 3. WTH? Tom and Amy eventually got back from the market. Chilled a little while longer and then off to get ready.
Our plan was to go to Swordfish for dinner. We grabbed a cab and headed up there. Well...they were closed. Not sure why at this point, but on the fly decided to give LTU another try. We haven't eaten there in probably 10 years. We used to go every reach, but the last time we did, the food wasn't great and the service was ridiculously slow. Too many other places to try - so it sort of fell off our list.
We arrived before sunset and were hoping to sit near the wall. We sat down...it started to rain again, so we moved in a few tables. The rain cleared for a gorgeous sunset.
We ordered some drinks and soon after ordered dinner. Chicken lola was fantastic! Brian had lobster (which was great!) and Tom had the Santa Barbara shrimp (also great!) The service was fantastic and the pumpkin soup was as great as I remembered! Every bit of LTU was great - with the exception of one rude person. However, he wasn't going to kill my vibe - so whatever. Hung out for awhile and then back to the hotel. A nightcap and off to bed. Tomorrow we are finally heading to Calico Jacks. I'm so excited!
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Day 6 in Negril:
Again with the sleeping in...up at 7. Every other trip, I'm up early early. Usually - before the sun comes up. This trip we are up around 7 ish. Maybe it's because we are fighting colds. Either way....no worries...I'm on vacation.Had breakfast and spent an hour or so on the beach. Had our stuff ready and headed out to the road to find a taxi to take us to Calico Jacks. Grabbed a route taxi and away we went! Get dropped off and wait for the group in front of us to get checked in. She escorts them down to the beach and comes back for us. Paid for our entrance fee and boat ride. Tom and Amy got snorkels and fins. Down to the beach. Simply beautiful.
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If anyone is still reading this...sorry for it being drawn out. If you're interested - I'll work on finishing it up today.
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Still reading...get to that writing, lady...
Re: Takin' the Newbies along Part 2 - a trip report
Great trip report Jenn! Come on, give us more!!!!!!!
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