Spratters Island Adventure....

Loving these! Looks like it was very windy, or just wavy, the days you were in Porty? I've been to Frenchman's, Winnifred and Boston on only glassy days - lovely for swimming like Negril at its best - but Long Bay always seems to have waves.

Yeah, it was pretty windy and the seas were up during our time in PA, but it was so beautiful....

So where was I ....lol

Well we love Portie and Bayview Villas on the hillside was a nice property for many reasons. Enjoyed our room, breakfast was included and always wonderful and a great proximatey to travel around Portie and the sights.

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Loved the balcony ....

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A lot of walking in PA...uphill, downhill...lol ( I guess that is a given...lol ) but it's all good. This is the trek from the room to the car....

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An evening view from the restaurant at Bayview Villas...

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I really wanted to see the Folly Point ruins....as we had passed them daily to go to town for money. The ruins sit in a park area on the edge of the bay so we drove in for some photos on our way out of town.

As we worked our way up the road....we saw all the tethered goats....



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It wasn't long before a young school boy found us and made sure he was our guide...not that we needed one :)

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I swear I heard this goat say to me....'You can pay me now...or just cut the tether....lol'..

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Oh yeah...that young boy....


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We chatted a bit, and I guessed he was 14....and I asked him if he was good to his mother. He smiled and said...'yes mam... I swear...I love my momma....' Do you work hard in school...'Yes mam..I do"...

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He asked right away for lunch money...and I said, we'll see...we just got here. He stayed around as we walked the perimiter of the ruins, which were fenced in.
This is the view....if you walk down to the waters edge...

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Hubby didn't want to go in, there was no real entrance per say, just a broken part of a fence where all the goats were hanging. Mmmmm

Hubby did not want to go inside....until the young boy said, " You can go in here".....From above a man said, " Come on in...you don't have to be afraid". I knew we could go in...just had to get past the goats. Many photographers have done videos here, and model photo shoots, so I thought we are here....we have to! :)

We climbed in the wire hole in the fence past all the goats and their droppings....lol ewwww

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A great view of the island across the way....

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We walked up the side of the building....still a bit apprehensive.....

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This was the first view we saw....after walking the goat path to arrive into the main area of the ruins....

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Just a variety of photos from various rooms .....what a place...
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This actually looking from the front entrance....

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We trotted around, to the roof and down..http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_1149-1.jpg

These tiles throughout the house were slick and slippery from water, goat droppings....you get the picture....

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This is the lovely Jamaican man who invited us in...and told us not to be fearful. What a smile.... He was cooking and must live and squat there by the looks of things. His smile was so inviting, I would have loved to visit and chat with him, but it was time to get on the road. ( I could sit and talk to many people...lol, but I guess I can't do that everywhere...hubby has to keep me on track )

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I can only image and envision this place in its' hayday. What a beauty it must have been...

Top floor...

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