Really enjoying your report and photos! :)
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Really enjoying your report and photos! :)
hey gerryg123..thanks a bunch for the props. yes the bus was getting rowdy...
there were 3-4 canadian guys on the bus...2 of them really had some pipes, In between stops, they would start a popular reggae song, usually a marley song, and some would join in...towards the end, all were singing along. it was really something. lots of fun. It would be like, woot woot on one side of the bus, and a hell yeah, from the other side, a yee haw from the red necks, and a everytings IRIE, mon, from the dread necks... A good time had by all. I will say that the pub crawl is something we will try to do on every reach...alot of excitement packed into one afternoon.
next stop..
Seastar...I am doing this pub crawl from a fuzzy memory. We took no notes from the crawl, so letting the pics jog the memory. Well, my camera and maybe the camera operators don't do very good after dark...hehehe. only one pic from seastar that was a little clear.
we have been to seastar several saturday nights, another can't miss for us in negril...well that is for another day.
We get to see the new renovations, very cool. we go to the bar, red stripe for janet, and a purple rain for me. Mi likes the frozen drinks...I do my walk, over by the pool is usually my happy spot at seastar
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Janet and I walk the property, checking out the villas. I see someone I recognize. It just so happens that the "Boardie Down" from the 1st stop of this crawl at MiYard, was staying here...Names have been ommitted to protect the ones involved. They invite us to their veranda for a moment...this is the guy that gave up his seat for Janet when we first got on the bus. She is feeling much better, so they joined us at the bar for some fun. A bunch of cheers and whatever were heard as everyone discovered the boardie down had regrouped....We shared drinks, stories from the crawl, laughter, and etc... I order a frozen overproof drink (rum runner???) since this was the last stop. I could tell I had enough to drink, so finish up strong...I don't do much drinking when not on holiday, but I do enjoy my subs on a daily basis...Janet doesn't drink much at home either, and it always amazes me how many red stripes she consumes when we are on vacation, and still maintain her stuff...no subs for her ever, just the stripes and an occasional drink...anyway at this point we tried to count her stripes for the crawl, 1 at every stop, plus one at peewees, and an extra a 1 or 2 other stops. we think the 2nd one at seastar is number 10. wow, I am impressed. I can tell she is feeling good, but still maintaining herself...we figure that u just sweat some of it out...lol...
ok, lenbert is rounding us up, time to head back to legends...all aboard...
All loaded up, the bus gets rolling. shortly after we pull onto the road, we take a right down another lane.
We pull up in front of Bella Donna's...So this is the last stop....Damn I shouldn't have ordered that last drink, it is still almost full, and so am I...hehehe.
Only 2 pics, so I am not giving this place its proper review. But gonna try. Here is what I remember.
Nice pizza place. has a stage in the yard I think she has live entertainment in high season... she had us use the bathroom in one of the apartments...Janet said it was a nice 2 bedroom place, very spacious.
nice size yard. remember its dark, so can only see a likkle. the 1st incident at Bella Donna that I remember was about the dog in the yard. Larry wanted to pet the dog, and asked and was told it was ok, doesn't bite...next thing you know, Larry and Lisa are running aroung the yard, trying to catch the dog. It would come right up to someone, and then, poof, off again...Larry let the dog off the chain so he could play with it. As soon as the dog got taste of freedom, it was on...finally after a likkle help from the party, we rounded up the dog, and all was fine. We all sat in the dining area, and found out we are gonna have some pizza. great, we like pizza, and need to soak up some of this alcohol..lol..Bella donna comes out to address the crowd...She had her heart broken, and had a song that the wrote about it...after some coaxing, she sang it for us...It is about the gigalo that broke her heart...you are just a gigalo, my friends told me you are a gigalo, and I say no. I ask you if u are a gigalo, and you say no, but you are a gigalo...all of this is directed at my buddy, two4today...he is the the object of her affection on this night....what a hoot, he caught a likkle ribbing for this the rest of his stay.
Then the canadian dudes started up, and before long the whole crawler crew were singing along, our own likkle canadian karaoke machine...lol...
The pizza was served, and it was very good...Janet loves her pizza, and she commented several times on how good it was....
cant remember much else about this stop, sorry, wanted to give each stop its proper review, but this is all I got.
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Lenbert dropped us off at Legends. I am gonna recap the pub crawl, for those who dont wanna wade through all the pics and ramblings that I do.
This was the best day yet that Janet and I had with all of our runnings in Jamaica. The people made it what it was...I recommend this trip to anyone...anyone.
It gave us the chance to hit many pubs that we would have never hit, and that is great.
It put us together with a bunch people, all from different parts of the world, different ages, etc, and all with one thing in common...fun
got to meet people, see places, enjoy views, taste samples of jamaican cuisine, drink and be merry, and was even able t take a dip in the sea.
a can't miss to all that visit, imo...
lets count the stops
1) MiYard
2) Swordfish
3) Jennys/C&D Country bar
4) No Limit Bar---
with an unauthorized stop at peewees
5) Choices--with snack sampler
6) Xtabi
7) Sir D's Love Nest
8) Seastar
9) Bella Donnas--with some pizza
met some great people, Lenbert, Rob and Lisa, Rina and Larry, Jim and GiGi, Eric and Stephanie, NYCgirl and Gwen, Matt ELVIS and Austrailian buddy, 3-4 canadian singers, and I can't remember the names of the conn couple, the tampa couple, the other canadian couple, and I know I missed some...
we got picked up at our resort at about 230 and dropped back off at about 830
great day was had by me...did I say that before?
to finish off wednesday night, we get dropped off at legends, shower, and chill for a little while. we decide to walk to bourbon beach to see what wet and wild is all about.
It is about 10 oclock...could hear the music from our deck. DJ Alli is spinning the mix. We have our bubba keg filled with rum punch, share some with mi friends, since Janet and I have already had our fill for today. BB is giving away several pairs of tickets for the peter tosh tribute. On one set, the question was asked, several wrong answers were given by the same blonde girl...she really wanted those tickets, or she really wanted to flirt with alli...it was the latter...the next thing I know, Janet is walking on the stage....what...wait a minute...is that really Janet? the same Janet that would not get up and speak in front of family, much less on stage in front of strangers, what....stop the train...come on, now....now i hear, what artist was just signed today to play the andrew tosh show...Janets answer--Albarosie--Alba Rosie---who...who is albarosey....Alli says, you are correct, and gives Janet the tickets. the blonde girl was still on stage and janet said the appeared to b happy just being there..Here she comes back, I look to Dwight and Fast Car, who hang with us most nights, no we dont know what is going on, they say...when she gets back, she said some guy came up to her and told her the answer, I was sitting there enjoying the vibe and didnt even notice. turns out he is an artist, came by the table..I gave him some rum punch, and bought a cd from him for 500J. the tickets were 1000J each and we were going anyway...His name was ras marko, and the cd is not bad at all, have listened to it several times...Janet also met a canadian lady named Jane, Jane ahd a good buzz going this night...her boyfriend was a jamaican and a driver. he was very cool, shared some time with him tonight and also another occasion later in our reach..really liked kevin and jane...
called it a night at about 1100...very eventful day, and glad we decided to see what BB had to offer (got our tickets)..btw, no wet and wild due to lack of participants...small crowd.
guess it is time to continue the journey...this is thursday, sept 6th...It is our moving day..we move from legends to catcha...I'll get going in a few.
Legends to Catcha is a big step up ....
We get up on this beautiful morning. Our plans are to hang out on the beach til lunch, we love the beach, and know we will be missing it. We will check in at catcha bout 1 or so, hang out and then head to canoe for the webcast. we made plans yesterday to meet our new friends, rinakim and larry, two4today and gigi...friday, we had plans to chill at catcha, our 1st time there, and then do the 100 candle dinner at Ivans for our anniversary. We are not the type of people that would spend that much for a meal, but this is special. Janet does not know of the meal yet. Saturday was going to be a repeat of relaxing, checking out eddies debar, sexy rexy, and then the seastar party...sunday back to the beach...
Funny how plans change.
I just love your sand gravity picture:
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