groove16 - if you say something good about Frank Beamer around our crew, you'll be our best friend too! Go Hokies!
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groove16 - if you say something good about Frank Beamer around our crew, you'll be our best friend too! Go Hokies!
12.2 miles, eating and drinking, and still going after midnight? ........Very Impressive!!!!
day 3, dec 30, 2015...baby face moves over to Pure Gardens...we meet Just Chuck, aka the Rev, along with his posse...beachKat, PuffPuff, and Smokey....mess around the pool and beach until about 2...then we flag down lenbert, as he is headed to pick up th A/I folks for a pub crawl...he saw us twice walking on this trip already, and both times turns his bus around to offer us a ride...love me some Lenbert....he picks us up on teh way back after filling up the bus... we take our normal places on the bus, baby face by the door, and me somewhere taking pics and videos...
stop 1 is Grace Lee's place----we've been there many times...no pics
stop 2 is horizon west----
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when i talked to Lenbert about Docs 420 club, he was intrigued so we went there....
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next up was xtabi...no pics from here...had a couple folks wanted to jump from the cliff with me
we did a pub crawl while we were there in thanksgiving...lenbert is building a new house and took me to check it out...very cool..got some pics...today he took me to see the progression...coming along great...
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the water collection system...his source of water...he has 6 1000 gallon drums, 6000 gallons of fresh water at all times, all from the rain...
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and then on to Bella Donnas
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House looks great!
just to claify...i'm a toker, my buddy is the drinker...a machine...lol..we kept up and he drank between 18-20 beers on this day....but he drinks nearly that many on most days...me, on the other hand, a couple drinks a day---beer gotta be ICE cold, or frozen girly drinks....hehehe....mountain dew, juice and wata for this dude...and lots and lots of spliffs...lol...was there for 13 days, had a dozen cookies....my buddy got one from me and thought he was on acid...lol...out of it and in bed at 8pm lol...groggy the next day...I love the edibles...cant get them at home very easily...Quote:
Originally Posted by beachballler
Wow....what a report!!! Wheeeww!!! Yeah Lenbert mentioned to me about his "new" house he was building. Looks Great! He should have a big-ass party there when it is finished. Cool runnings!
dude i saw your name everywhere we went...you get around yourself...saw some cd's you left behind with your name on it...saw your name on a sticker in some random bathroom from 2014...lol...saw your naame on many flags at many diff barsQuote:
Originally Posted by rocknrollfarmer
from bella donnas, we went way up the westend past out of town pastry, bear right and way up here is the sunset pub....he took us here for the 1st time in thanksgiving...
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on to sir d's for sunset...then a "one more stop" chant gets us a stop at canoe....we get off here for dinner and catch a ride home after...
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let me tell a little story about one of the girls in the pic above...first time to jamaica...she booked at the negril yoga center across from travellers..wanted a nice peaceful place, the pics online were nice, etc...of course, anything but peaceful, didnt really feel safe alone there...so she tried to move but they refused to refund her money...she left anyway...no reservations, she walked across to travellers...they only has one room left for one night, everything else booked...she took it, about 100 bucks...i think she had 11-12 days total...she found one day at country, country, the nicest place she stayed for about 150, pretty good deal,...again only one night and then no vacancies...while there, she walked to negril palms, and they had 3 nights, 200 a night...wow...this took her to jan 1st, she couldn find anything else, online she was fed up and booked the riu in mobay....i think she had 6 days left...she loved negril, didnt like mobay...riu was great, but not her style...so she found 3 days at travellers and came back to negril...i sent dwayne to pick her up....what a first time trip...she was a trooper and enjoyed her trip and will be back
What a shame with that lady. Hopefully she paid up front with a credit card and can do a chargeback. I'm not sure if I have met Dwayne, but would appreciate his contact info. Please hook a buddy up.
Groove,
I know a ton of stoners, however I have yet to meet anyone who blazes as constant as you do. Impressive endurance my friend. Also, it was really cool to randomly bump into you last month on the beach. I was on a mission to find Tiz and her man and regret that I did not make more time to hang out. By the time I made it down to her place I was absolutely soaked to the bone from the pouring rain. Ready for another bus trip? LOL
Oh, and I'm not sure you can find a better place to take in the sunset than Sir D's/Firewater/Lovenest. The angle to the sun, the cove, the bar, the bartenders, the items available for purchase. Those folks have it figured out. One could beotch about their beer prices, but yet where else on Earth can you take in that vantage point and find a beer for less?
day 4 for the boyz...dec 31, 2015...the girls arrive today...we both have been given specific orders by our ladies to have their supplies ready...all they want to do is drop the bags and get with it...so we both run our errands and get ready for their arrival...when they get here, we get started...we start with beers at travellers, have our coolers loaded with beer, big bottle of champagne, lots of party supplies, chinese lanterns, noise makers, silly hats, etc....we meet the rev and his gang (Just chuck) at errols...hang there for 30 minutes or so...then on a tour...hit up Jamrock for a beer, stop at barbbarn, looking for my neighbors, on to mom's place, then bourbon beach, a beer stop at alfreds, sunnyside, and then set up camp on the wall at room on the beach, with sunnyside hooking us up with drinks...this is the most crowded i have ever seen the beach, sunnyside, and the road was at a standstill as late as 2am
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JustChuck, Groove, and BabyFace
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the ladies have arrived
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running back from alabama getting loose at Mom's Place
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bartender Tat Miller---we met him a couple years ago when he worked at errols
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at bourbon beach...bartender Dave on right and Shabba(beach maintence with the funny glasses) are the only 2 left from the kevin days when we stayed here in 2012
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and alabama again on the tv at bourbon beach
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all day every day mi brother...lol...i have proven that it is impossible to od on smoking bud in jamaica...
yep, roy had left earlier and it was my last day....you were on a mission...and the rain had just started coming harder when we met...about a minute after u passed, i remembered seeing that tiz had taken a trip with godwin that day...i called out to you, but too much distance separated us...i was at fun holiday, waited on the deck for a little, but u didnt pass by while i was there...next time, my friend...we all just booked last week of april...i gotcha on dwayne...Quote:
Originally Posted by booger
so we set up camp on the wall at rooms on the beach...the fireworks started at midnight...it was a decent display...where i am from, we see fireworks alot...and some fabulous displays...i was more impressed with the chinese lanterns...they were lighting the sky all night....never saw anything like that...i bet there were 10000 set off over the night...constant from about 8pm on through 1am or so...I was told on facebook that they were bad for the wild life...lol...my reply was that it seem very good for the WILD life i saw on the beach...everyone was having so much fun....(didnt feel the need to tell her we are very much animal lovers, bring 5-8 lbs of dog and cat food every trip for the strays, and paid extra to make sure our lanterns were biodegradable....)
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look at the people at sunnyside
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we finally left oour camp alittle after 1...we walk to woodstock, where they had a big bonfire...cut up to the road at fun holiday, and headed back...tried to get some chicken from marshall aka the original step a side...this is why it is crazy to stop the street vendors....marshall chicken was not ready, just sold the last ones that were done...needed 20 minutes or so....janet tried to talk him into selling it anyway...it looks done enuff for me....no, cannot do that, mi lady...love us some marshall
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we walk back toward the house...traffic is at standstill, maybe a snails pace...we notice this one car, it is slowly rolling beside us, but we are pulling away as we walk...lol...i stop and grab us 4 fried egg and frankfurter sandwiches and a half of chicken to share from the guy in front of Las Vegas, which looks to be closed...there was activity there in november, but none these 2 weeks...as we walk into pure gardens, after waiting for my sandwiches to cook, tha car we were racing just now passes by...lol...we grub down, and janet and i walk back to travellers...boourbon beach for a nightcap, where we run into cindyrella again...
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all in all, a great 1st day for my lady...
I finally squeezed it out of Marshall this last trip as too many times I have rolled up and he has just sold out. He reluctantly recommended a barrel man at 1 mile, and let me tell you the chicken from that man was nearly as good. I say nearly, as Marshall's chicken is always great, never dry.
Hey groove, since you e been a bunch of Aprils, can u tell if there's a chance of catching a big name reggae artist while there
Thanks for writing a great report, I've always said that you write the greatest reports. It was a lot of fun hanging out with you and your group.
always a chance....luciano was there last april....
This (T's by da Sea) looks like a great place to stop on the way to Negril. Putting it on my "must do" list for next month.
Nice to see the Tide on the tube. #16.
Mighty fine report, as always, Groove!
I see they have some grinders at Doc's. Do you remember the price? Pretty sure I overpaid for one at a craft vendor who gave me song-and-dance about them being imported. Said he would lose money if I paid below his asking price.
Lenbert picked up one of the biggest one and asked the price...30.00...it had several chambers....i broought my own a couple trips age, and leave a small bag behind with my friend shane...always thee when i get by...a small tip for storing my crap works for me...
Now being legal for more then a year is higher quality more readily available??
Is it legal or decriminalized?
Decriminalized up to two ounces, and five plants.
So basically legal if you have less than 2oz? And not smoking in public places!
It's a civil infraction, $5 ticket, but they do have the latitude to label you a "habitual" user or some such thing, which ramps up the penalty I assume.
Madness!! One step forward 2 step backwards
next day...Jan. 1st, 2016....
The Ladies first full day...had breakfast at our resort...went across the street to visit baby face and ginger...JustChuck and his crew are also there...they have plans for a pub crawl with Lenbert today...well twist my arm, and I'll think about it..lol....we love the party bus...the ladies have not been yet, so it is on...we relax at the resort until about 215 then head to pure gardens to meet up with the gang...havent contacted lenbert yet, but he will let us on....lenbert comes by, sees us walking, and stops...we jump on, and instead of meeting at pure gardens, we just stay on to do the pick ups...
1st 2 stops are the first time Lenbert took the bus to these bars...they are up in the community of white hall....i forget the names of the places, but it was cool...
check out the pretty toes of Mi lady...
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the first of the 2 new bars...
heard a song here that i havent heard in awhile..."I like rum.....and red bull"
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"Hennessy make mi heart full"
the 2nd of the bars in white hall
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the rest of the pub crawl went to all the same places as the one we were on 2 days ago....horizon west, xtabi, for a jump and swim, bella donnas, sunset pub, sir D's, and canoe....walked to german bar for dinner...pizza for the ladies, and snitzel for baby face and myself....best meal i had all trip...lol
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Great stuff, I've got just about the same kinda pics and will have some up soon!
Lovin' this trip report! Especially thank you for posting the beach at NBCC. We are staying there next reach in the condos and appreciate the pics. For sure we need to try out the One Love bus! Stayed at Xtabi last reach and agree, their Dirty Bananas are the best. The house looks awesome, much different then the house we helped build for our driver last reach. 5 gallon buckets of cement up and down a ladder was brutal!
Thanks Groove.....you did it again. You da Man
You made me clock in late from lunch at work Groove. Enjoying the trip report.
glad i could help....lolQuote:
Originally Posted by never2many
Today was saturday, Jan 2nd 2016....
this will be a long day with several stops...one of our best days in Negril...ever....
My wife and I dont have any kids, been married 26 years...we all know Jamaica has a lot of poverty...we have been bringing gifts since our first trip...been to schools, donated time and stuff to St Anthonys soup kitchen(alot of people dont know that many kids in negril meet there every morning for a free breakfast and ride to school... we donated gifts to Joan to give out for perfect attendance, good grades, incentives, birthdays, etc...)and to kids we run across during our tours of negril...this trip we wanted to give to some who may never get anything....we were gonna do this last trip, but it fell through...Dwayne volunteered to do this for free, because of the kids....so this reach, i called and asked if he wanted in...he jumped at the chance....and insisted on doing it for free...Big ups to Dwayne...karma works it magic, too, cuz I gave him a nice tip and then he got a transfer from mobay later in the week because we told someone about it......
we hit sales all year long for small toys, make up for the ladies, sand paper for the carvers, back to school sales for stuff, and after halloween and christmas sales for candy...we get 2 suitcases and 2 carry ons...1 suitcase and 1 carry on just for this stuff....i have had to leave my stuff back because i have no room...lol...
just like we all do, sometimes i catch grief because i refuse to buy someone a beer(Im not even drinking, not buying you one...how about a water?) or buy whatever from them...you dont like us, why do u come here....I help many, i reply...just cant help everyone....lol....it is all part of the experience...
anyway, we organize it into age groups, gender, etc and below is what we got...Dwayne just laughed when he pulled up...this is just a little more than half...much more left in the room to give out along the way...
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after Dwayne picks us, we head to T's by da Sea in Green Island...T's friend, Anthony, aka Barracuda, aka shooter, aka supersonic...lol.., is a spear fisherman...hunter of the barracuda.....anyway, he knows several spots in the Hills above Green Island that have kids that rarely get visitors...so he is our guide, along with Dwayne, who is also from Green Island....T has a guest staying in her guest house..her name is Giulia, and she wanted to come along for the ride...
view of the sea from the bar at T's by da Sea
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and at the bar
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our cast of characters...
Dwayne---formerly of Rockies, now on his own---Dwaynes taxi and tours
baby face---my best friend...one of the friendliest and most generous guys ever...never meets a stranger...exchanges pleasantries with everyone he passes...sometimes, when we are on a mission, roy will stop and talk to someone, and the rest will keep walking...he'll catch up...also puts down red stripes like wata....
Ginger---my holiday wife, my sista, the lady who has a great big heart...if we dont watch it, she will have the whole room in tears...lol...when i surprised her by showing up during her thanksgiving trip, she started screaming and balling...love her to pieces...
T---of T's by da Sea---she helped me set this up, when i told her we wanted to go to places where noone else goes...beautiful Cali girl...be sure to stop and have a beverage or two
Barracuda---our super guide
Giulia---she was so fun.....
Janet Claus and myself----we have taken things to schools, donated time and stuff to St Anthonys soup kitchen, taken stuff around negril and pass to the kids we see....but this was the most rewarding to us by far....during different times during this trip, i think we all shed a tear or two, seeing the joy in the little ones faces...and the sincere appreciation they showed...
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