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Your trip report is getting me even more anxious to get there already! At the rate your going you will be partied out in another 20 days! Nah, who am I kidding? lol. I don't know HOW you can manage waking with the kids less than 2 hours after you went to bed....you deserve a medal! Changing money sounds like a pain in the butt. I usually just go to the ATM machine and bypass the cambio all together.
Well I'm resting up and hoping and praying my stupid knee is mostly normal by the time I get there on the 28th! I will have to cut back on the dancing so I guess you will have to show me how to do your "Eye Dancing" lol.
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Ok let me tell your your outfit the blk leggings with white top and wedge sandals is HOTTTTTTTT! Where did you purchase? Oh and love the headtop pic LOL you're my kind of girl. We can sleep when we're dead! Living through your report as I won't reach the island again until the summer.
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tic all you have to do is walk out to the roundabout and catch a route cab--100 J to LTU or just about anywhere on West End. Change money, even if you have to stand in line. You need your J dollars so you are not stuck.
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why not just pak a wad , keep it low ,and ..u will never have to think about it again
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Friday after Travellers beach resort I hung with the family in the beach and TOMH came by and introduced me to his friend Bill who is now coming to the party on the 30th.
Bill plays guitar and sings and very well too.
Friday was Bertie boys final full day as his transfer was early Saturday morning.Earlier we had discussed our evenings plans and I mentioned LTU for pull up fridays and I thought a few others may have been there that we know.So we said about 7pm.
Bert did not seem definate that he was going as he mentioned Alfreds too and then I had no ride or money so I was thinking OKAY what do I do?
So I called from the hotel to LTU and said is my friend Bertie boy there so they said yes,
so I asked to talk to him and asked was he okay up there or did he want to move on?
So he said he was fine and I said I will be there soon.
I changed some money on the street on the way there, the taxi driver charged me 1000j from shields to LTU he said if I called him to return later he will drive me cheaper but he did not he charged me 1000j again and had some girl in the back too! CHEEKY so I did not keep his card.
I arrived at LTU and the place is lit up really lovely for christmas a tree up and everything , it looked really pretty, nice set up by the cliffs so you can see the sea.I TRIED to get a rum punch , it was my turn and I asked for one but then 3 other people got served first before me so I thought hmmm so I waited a little longer it was quite a long time because Bert had actually got up looking for me wondering where I had gone.So I gave up waiting and sat down with no drink.
We then was going to wait to get a waitresses attention that was another WAIT .
Last time I brought all the family to LTU a couple of years ago they had us waiting over an hour for a table which I did not mind but there was a plastic table right behind us not being used and I said we would sit at that but they said just wait which we did and waited and waited , drinks took 45 minutes to get served with so we left that time.So when I did not get served my rum punch I thought here we go again. ROLL EYES
The music was retro old songs some really old songs oloder than me I did not know a lot of them.2 songs were good.When I heard it was called pull up fridays and dj was called 22pac I kind of got the impression it would be a reggae Jamaican dance party.It was just not mine or Berties thing I don't think.
The setting was lovely , the decorations are lovely but the service was rubbish and the music was sending me and bert to sleep!They had a dance competition which was good fun to watch.
I would recommend the place for a nice dinner party, go before sunset eat a meal and then enjoy some old slow music.It is nice for that kind of thing but not a PARTY as we know it as such.
I doubt I will go again as the service is poor.But you may love it the setting is very nice.I will be updating my photographs later tonight or in the morning for you all.
The night was quite sad as it was Berts last day and we were both sitting there in silence so not like us, staring into our drink thinking about things.Bert said he could not make Alfreds because of early transfer so now I knew he was upset.Bert and Alfreds are inseperable he LOVES it so we got a taxi and said our goodbyes and I was really sad little tear came to my eye because I don't know when I will get to see him again.
HE IS MY NUMBER 1 PARTY BOY AND FRIEND!
Bye Bertie!, I am secretly hoping he did not go home and he will suprise me at Seastar tonight because he is fun like that but I know he had to go home he got responsibilities.Still I hope he returns or is still here hiding!
Bert has so much energy he really enjoys life in Jamaica and he is NOT a party pooper and he sings a funny song about party poopers it makes me laugh! He has a lot of funny songs.
So I said goodbye to Bert and went back to the hotel to see if anyone was online to hang out with but there was no-one so I decided to head next door to Travellers beach resort as they still had some music on it was just finishing though then I spotted Bill Tomh's friend from earlier, he is staying here a long time so I said oh no the party is finished what can we do?So I remembered he sings and plays guitar OMG instant party!
So I said get your guitar out so he did!
We sat on his little cottage porch at travellers and he did a few songs singing and playing.When that finished I still heard music, it was coming from Alfreds it was shouting my name TIC TOC TIC TOC!
So we started walking over there, that was almost finishing so I asked could we go in free it was right near the end they said no at first so I turned to leave and the lady said COME and let us in so we got some drinks and caught a couple of songs, well the night was still young the jungle had some party going on so we paid full whack 1200j OMG to get in and hardly anyone was there.It was a private hire thing tv lights crew were there and I was not dressed up so if you see me on TV casual I am sorry I did not know I was going out!
We strolled back to our hotels , people are fun here people older than myself know how to party here.Back at home if I said to an older person come walk a mile with me or go to a nightclub until 4am what do you think my answer would be?
My own mum sometimes will not go to our corner bar right near her house past 8pm :D
They need to go to the Bertie school of training.So last night was a bit sad because Bertie had gone
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So I finally made it to the cambio today and guess what? It was shut:D:D:D
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Guess where I am?
I am at The Seastar Inn HIP HIP HOORAY
HIP HIP...
I have one major complaint...
Where the hell have I been all week?
What was I thinking?
I never make the same mistake twice.
Well apart from the no ride no money thing!
I arrived at Seastar some guys here carried all my luggage straight through to the rooms.I have never been past the first room where I usually stay it is all nice.
I was thinking it is looking LUSH here nice and green and some cute flowers and palm trees.
There is my hammock on my verandha ooh how I have missed you hammock.The door was opened and I imediately noticed the high big comfy looking beds with TWO pillows each ones that I just wanted to sink my hungover head into they look so comfortable.My son shouted wow I love the beds.
Oh forgot to say GOT AN UPGRADE TOO woooooo
So I walked in the room and got sad again (don't think I am fully over the fact that bertie has actually left me)
I was sad because the room is perfect just like my grandmothers place and she was my best friend and she died just before I came on this trip,Just the way the beds were made and the pillows were plumped and the tie backs on the curtains and the flowers on the table cute clean and quaint just like my grandmothers house, everything in its place.I have free wifi here which works all over the hotel and in the bedrooms so I will really look forward to doing a live link with my parents back home to show them the hotel and that my son has learned to swim and he is scaring me to death diving in and swimming underwater!.
It is lovely and sunny weather here the hammock looks great I cannot wait to swing in it.I was supposed to having a total rest day and night but you know what nightit is tonight don't you?It is the Seastar party night and I think quite a few boardies will be coming down so it would be rude not to!
The updates to seastar are very nice and now I am settled in I will take lots of photos and vids for you all to see.
We all ordered some food after our luggage was in the room.Husband had jerk chicken salad wrap with fries , me and the girls had egg and fries and my son had chicken fingers with fries , there was bread jams and sauces.
Great price and I think they were home made fries the plates were cleaned very quickly.My son is a very fussy eater and has not found much he enjoys since being here which has left him very annoying and irritable to me and others !!
So I ordered him the chicken fingers and fries and I was waiting for the usual eww yuk I don't like it I don't want it , get rid of it why did you get me that dramatic scenario we get 4 times a day.So he sat there tasted a chip/frie and had a bite of the chicken finger and he said can I just say something so I thought here we go moan moan moan.And he said will you order me more of these , these are good
YAY hooray finally so he is happy now and if he is happy that means he is not annoying his father who is chief moaner and if annoyed moans even more then everyone gets unhappy so that chicken finger SAVED THE DAY!
Might get his some more later.Clairol waitress/bartender here gave us a warm welcome and service with a smile as always.It is a pleasure to be here and I just wish I had come sooner.
The speakers are working great we had some good Jamaican music on earlier while we chilled poolside and ate lunch.
It is all good here and I will report later but for now I have to swim shower and get ready for the party.All my clothes are dirty I have absolutely no idea what I can wear so if I look like a tramp on the webcast please excuse me LOL
I really need my rest and jetlag day feeling a little tired.Hope you are enjoying the report and I will get the photos on as soon as I can, Got a few places to go in the pipe line, Hoping to go to the waterpark with pool guy and family and doing a day trip with Joes family .My taxi fare budget has now been blown so no more hopping in taxis just for now.When my moneys gone its gone no more to come no back up!
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My review of Shields.Going to try to keep it short and sweet and to the point (try)
Security is VERY good tight.
No worries helpful friendly and good and plenty of staff for security.
Cocktails taste excellent and very low cost something like 3-400j and they do 241 at happy hour.It is a very nice spot for cocktails to watch the sun go down - pre party drinks.
The food is so so and higher priced than I wanted to pay so rarely ate there even bert laughed at the special saying whats so special about that price.
so drinks are low priced and good but we did not rate the restaurant side although the female chef is very good at her job.I think one day a man stood in for her and he got a FAIL from one of my kids
They said they ordered grilled cheese and fries and the woman chef made it delicious and presented it nice but he just got 2 pieces of bread and threw on a cheese slice did not even toast the bread or melt the cheese properly and the ice cream was all runny and melted.
The rooms are ok they have everything you need I loved the ceiling made out of wood.Unusual
I had the two bed apartment air con in front bedroom did not cool the place down but I don't like using air con anyway so I did not care but you might.
No view at all from front verandha.Cement wall.Back verandha overlooks ansells cottages.Not much of a view there but like I said you get what you need in the rooms it is okay as a base.
Nothing to write home about and I did not take any photographs.The swimming pool is fine and clean and I loved just watching the sunset from the tables on the beach and like I said cocktails tasted good.
None of my family were feeling the place I cannot explain why.
Front desk staff were wonderful infact all staff except one person was very nice with us all
but that one member of staff who ignored/did not hear me that first day just put me off the whole place so I did not hang at the hotel eat or drink there that often .I do not do bad vibes.I do not give them to people and I do not appreciate getting them from people LET ALONE PAY for the privilege!
That 5 minutes of her bad mood lost the hotel a lot of money this week.Maybe it was her hotel so maybe it does not matter to her I do not know who she was.All I wanted was a drink.
My kids stayed in the room a lot which is very unusual for them , I was saying go in the pool "NAH"
Come on the beach "NAH"
And I did not want to particularly spend my time at the bar so we was in the room a lot more than usual.The pillows seriously need changing but everything else was okay
I was just totally put off by that first day which is a shame because I would have liked to hang at that bar with those cheap tasty cocktails a lot watching the sun go down.
If you do not pay your bill on the day you get your bill then they will phone your room and phone and phone
and the phone was in the childrens bedroom and it is very loud like a shrill alarm
So a couple of times the children were woken up by it over a 5 or 6 dollar bill which ended up with me and husband ROLLING EYES to put it politely and he said where do they think we going to run off too?
They have my flight details they have my address I am not going to leave the country or swim home to avoid a 6 dollar bill.I do understand that is how their system must run but it is just a pain in the butt constantly worrying about changing money getting my purse taking purse back to room unlocking things.Especially when there are 5 people all doing their own thing.Here at Seastar they just put it on a bill and then you pay simple no shrill alarms and having to drop everything immediately.
Wifi at Shields only works in reception not in the bedrooms so if you are thinking of doing a trip report you will spend a lot of time in reception!
I would stay again if I got a good price but I would not take the children back there.They just did not really enjoy it.Probably because they were not made a fuss of which kids like and I think they got sick of hotdogs!
As a low cost base and somewhere for good cocktails to sunset watch I would do it again as a single or as a couple
It could have been a really nice stay but for me unfortunately it just was not.
Staff on the whole were lovely and security was good any questions just ask.
No cambio near by
taxi to roundabout or walk.
The 2 bed has two beds in one room and one bed in the living room, I have 3 children so the plan was they would take the room with two beds unfortunately for me my room was also a living room connected to the kitchen so the kids were constantly in and out of my room for food and drinks so I had no privacy at all.There is a lock on the door but if I would have locked it they would have just kept knocking on it!
It may not bother some people but I like privacy after having a shower or getting my make up on ready for a night out.
Shields only takes cash not credit card or bank card for booking so I found booking there a hassle I had to call from overseas and also e-mail , I like to plan and pay in advance so they said perhaps someone on island could pay it for me but I did not have anyone to do that so then they said get a bankers cheque which meant me having to go into the city and getting an appointment at the bank MAJOR HASSLE
so I suggested money gram even though I did not really like to do that so they said they did not know where the money gram places were so I found out and gave them the details.I sent a deposit first time by money gram then paid the remainder.Both times I paid the fee.At one point I was going to use a bank card and they wanted me to scan and fax passport and credit card details at that time I had not even picked up my new passport and I never had a credit card.So booking was not simple at all.Maybe best just turning up with cash but then you may not get a good rate.
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Cali I am rocking dollar store promotions this trip for all shoes and clothing LOL had to keep the budget down most things were just a few dollars lol
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Irie world I would not feel happy about walking to the roundabout area in the darkness alone at night and I just would not recommend it.Not seen or heard of anything happening but I personally just wouldn't .
