Brasi Trip Report: January 2012

Love the Disclaimer:D

Brasi - Today is the day!
Looking forward to your trip report
This is going to be "Legendary"
Time for the Barney Get psyched mix:cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuO-Qpd_JUE&feature=fvst

You remembered the book :o

Of course i did Manda it was saved just for the trip! And yea its a fishing pole! Thanks Clarity! Sandy-girl I am freezing in Newark right now, brrrrr. 11 degrees. Full report as soon as i get to the airport. I fly at 630. Up at 4. Ommmmgggggggg i am gonna be in jamaica TOMORROW!

have an awesome trip and can't wait for yet another report/perspective/adventure to get me through this bitter cold Negril-less winter! 16 degrees in NYC and not loving it one bit! I am not even bothering with pedicures (well done Brasi!) my feet won't see the light of day for quite some time.

Woo Whooo ...SO excited for you!!! Please keep us posted as some of us are living for these reports at the moment!!! Walk Good!!!:)

btw your suitcase looks very organized. Sorta kinda impressed over here--I never seem able to achieve much orderliness in packing. Have fun and let 2011 fall away--negril is sweet like that.

I'm at a hotel near the airport in Los Angeles, my friend suggested it was easier this way and got me a really good rate at a Marriott. Nice room. If this was Negril, it would five star room all the way, very nicely appointed. I will take Negril 3 stars any day tho, and I can't wait to get back. Brassi was just pulling into the train station when we last touched base -- I leave tommorow morning, too, but a few hours behind me, plus the time change. ..... East meets West. Gerry G and Brassi .... It's gonna be a good trip.

Brasi Trip Report January 2012 #4
Trains, Penn Station, Econosludge, and Boobs!

Hello all I am reporting to you from near the home of The Sopranos, (Elizabeth) Newark, NJ.

By the time most of you read this I will be on the ground in Jamaica! My flight boards in about 40 minutes and lands at around NOON. Is 6:30 AM too early for a Stripe?

I'll be honest most of this report is the dreary "how I got there" stuff so, skip it if it bores you. I was bored and needed something to do on the train, and waiting for the plane. LOL. BUT…extra extra read all about it! I will promise you guys out there some insider information about boobs if you keep reading.

I knew that would keep some of you interested. LOL. But ladies, haha, you should read too because it might teach you something about YOURSELVES. Hehehehehe. I digress.

Anyway, I started my trip at 3 pm Tuesday. I took a train from Albany NY to Penn Station, New York City. Along the way I chatted with manda81 and got a few text messages from GerryG explaining the Trail of Ashes Tour he is planning. Oh my Melvin. Negril may not be prepared for what that man has in store for this reach. Negril may not be the same again. He’s predicting 100,000 hits to his trip report btw.

Limos? Dude. Really? This guy is John Belushi, Led Zeppelin and Motley Crue trapped in a man’s body and gone mad. The plans he has. I’ll let him report on his trip from now on, but you may want to build a bomb shelter near the roundabout. I can feel scandal coming...or the Negril PD. I kid I kid.

Back to the trip. Here are some photos of the Hudson River, it was nice relaxing train ride. The station is ten minutes from my house (first pic below) and then brown swamps near my hometown eventually open up to the majestic and historic Hudson. It does make a great vacation during the summer months…the Hudson teems with boats and marinas. Castleton, Ravena, Croton-on-Hudson, Riverdale. The bridges…the sunset…gorgeous…even in the frigid northeastern US in January!

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The trip turned “not so relaxing” when I got to Penn (bleh! NYC’s cool but Penn is a stress ball by nature):

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And then lovely Newark: Liberty Airport. Must be named that because everyone wants to be free of it LOL:
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And finally a shot of me when I got to my “hotel”, Econosludge, after getting to Newark via Penn. These kinds of things embarrass me, but I booked a real craphole near the airport to save maybe $20. Cold shower, no Interweb. 18 degrees outside last nite, and 65 in the room. Durr Brasi. I am a fool sometimes. Lot of times.

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In any case, life is sweet. I will be in Jamaica in about 5 hours! I thought about it on the train: it’s the only place I could ever go with 3 bags of anonymous clothes, gadgetry, junk, and miscellaneous crap…and only pack 2 pairs of socks. LOL Random.

I am close to paradise, I can feel it. SOON COME!!

Tomorrow:
My FIRST Day On the Ground!

OH, and I almost forgot, the boob stuff: you’re the boob for thinking I’d write about that stuff. LOL. I’m the innocent brotherly guy remember?

PS Security checked and double checked me. They must know I'm a dangerous man! LOL

You're finally on your way.... I see the GW bridge. Watch out Negril Brasi's on his way! :D Safe flight!

Wooo-hoooo! You're almost there! And excellent reporting/photos along the way.

HaHaHa....Love it!
Enjoy the trip, I know we will be!

Excitingggggggg

Brasi, boots on the ground for you,. I hope those guys that checked your bags didn't get away with the twistlers! My first email this morning was from Delta,"time to check in."
Excited to hook up with you and Gerryg. Last day of work for me, my boss gets rattled the day before I leave. I always change his screen saver to one of Sprats wonderful trip pics, it reminds him that he needs to get a life and books a trip for the day after I arrive back in the office. (not Negril) but somewhere warm. Thanks Sprat! Brasi, you look like one of those guys on Broadwalk Empire, no wonder they checked your bags.

Safe Travels...

Omg. On the tarmac in charlotte. "At least a twenty minute delay while we check some electrical problems" and worse "we'll keep you on the plane for now while we change a part"

Nooooooooooooooooo this is not happening!


Edit: thirty min delay, but Phewwwww taking off in ten!

Brasi is on his way ..

P.S I can account for the "boob" talk .. it happened lol

Brasi getting closer to da rock!!!~Bless!

Now that I'm all cought up I can get going on the new trip report!!~~

I remember you saying you left on the 4th for your trip so I'm checking in to say Happy and safe travels. Good start so far! I see you packed some Twizzlers... always a good staple to have.

Too weird. I packed red vines ..... I am on layover in Miami .... Soon come!

I heard thru the grapevine..........your there :D ........ crazy stuff getting ready to happen..:eek:

I am so psyched that as some trip reports trail off others start, while some are still ongoing. This is the fuel that is keeping me warm through this winter--lacking a trip on the horizon, this will do! Plus my kindle was stolen and this stuff is good reading for sure. Welcome home to Negril Brasi--you must be on the ground loving it after this east coast freezing insanity.

. . . and the adventure begins!

I am here and living it up. Lots to say but the night beckons....

This right here.....will be good reading...so excited for you Brasi. Have fun enjoy

*knock,knock* Brasi, time to get up and give us last nights details. :p

"And finally a shot of me when I got to my “hotel”, Econosludge, after getting to Newark via Penn. These kinds of things embarrass me, but I booked a real craphole near the airport to save maybe $20. Cold shower, no Interweb. 18 degrees outside last nite, and 65 in the room. Durr Brasi. I am a fool sometimes. Lot of times."


lol, i am sure the Econosludge memory is long gone by now and the $20 worth of red stripes were DE-LISH! thanks for the play by play. this is way better than Days of Our Lives:)

Brasi Trip Report 2012 #5
Seastar, Nite One, and that Awesome Ride from the Airport

I’ve only been here 20 hours but wow. Just wow. All the thoughts and goals of not partying hard my first night went out the window…about ten Stripes last nite.

I got to Seastar Inn and my room is awesome (#16), holy smokes, it’s perfect. Chris and Samantha have already made me feel at ease, and it’s an understatement to say it is “nice” here. Seastar’s amazing.

I have already me Rob and Lisa (I was feeling no pain when I got back here and they were still celebrating Rob‘s bday), and had breakfast with boardies Tawnee and Randy, and GerryG popped in too.

I also checked out a bar called Jam Can just down the road from here, last night’s watering hole. I chatted for a long while with Crazy Nacka, an original Negril musician, about Vybz and Movado…about making music and tonite’s show there. Whie we talked he made me some curry goat to die for….

Today I am chilling and getting into vaca mode. Going to Canoe and Jam Can tonite and maybe the Jungle. All plans are subject to change.

Pics are from my ride in w. Clive’s (Rudy) and my room….will have a Jamaican cell soon.

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Brasi - Glad you had a great first night in Negril! That's awesome that you flew in just in time to celebrate Rob's B-day!

Love the pictures! I was going back and forth between Seastar room 16# and room 12# for our next trip. I ended up choosing 12.. now I'm beginning to think we should have picked 16# because that's one sweet balcony!!

Looking forward to more updates and pics!:D

That is awesome!!!!!

Holding on to the edge of my seat for more! Hurry back!

Dude I'm so envious right now.

Thanx for the pix and tearing yourself away long enough to let those of us on the frozen tundra know there is a better world coming!
You're a good kid.

Soon come!
H*ll yeah - 6 sleeps!!!!

Now this is going to be a ride:)

Freaking A!!! Too much good stuff on this board. I feel anxious and excited can't wait to hear the deets on this report. Loved the disclaimer, the pics of NY, all the talk about twizzlers, red vines, boobs and limos! I'm ready for the ride! Staring to feel a slight addition to this board and theses reports...LOVING IT!

I can't wait to hear more. Maybe I can make into one. I'll be lurking around on Saturday!!!!

One set of my kids will be moving into #16 on the 20th and the other set will be in Room # 15 - now don't go and trash it before we get there :D
So watcha doing now?

partyin' at the Jungle?

Greetings,
Hope you full joy the fact that many are trodding through the crushed ice laiden paths to and from work. Imagine a frozen Margarita about 9 inches deep
Walk, skip, skank and jump good on your holiday.

B

Brasi January 2012 Trip Report #5
Jam Can, Killing it in the West End

hey!!!

OMMGG. This is a great trip. I have partied hard the past two days. I have probably only slept 4-5 hours a nite. I need a vacation from my vacation. Jk. HOW OLD AM I? and where do I start? I am IN NEGRIL. I love saying that.

Blur...rewind...um...ohhh...Jam Can Bar, just a few minutes walk from Seastar! On my first night I was walking by, and it was just after sunset. I ordered from the menu, curry goat. The hostess said "we don't have it tonight" and then the owner shouted out "yeh mon" from the back...a scramble ensued......they let me know I'd have to wait a bit longer for the goat...all good mon. Wow it was worth the wait. Delicious. I sat with owner guy "Crazy Nacka" after and had a few smokes and beers. He told me about the show the next night, featuring Jamaica original artists...I grabbed some video (some bad lyrics, and swears...fyi):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN4lB...ature=youtu.be

As I was recording this, I realized the DJ was blowing me up, in fact---they all had been killing me--I don't what it the exact lyrics are but it is political....owww...chh...boom in my face!!! haha. Some definite street feel haha.......I wish he'd offered me a chance to get back at him. You'll hear me ask in the middle, it trails off..."If you're gonna talk about me, then..." Give me the mic son. I'm not even close to a rapper, but hey. Fair is fair. LOL TIC TOC WHAT ARE THE RULES? I was too drunk anyway. haha.

This turned into a great party(9).This stage provides new acts a place to play, and I know I'll be back. Met a few musicians from town, chatted, got plastered (3-3 BABY), craziness. Anyway the shows are very Mon and Thur...guy who runs it is "Crazy Nacka" ---band was great and it's a real "jammy" thing. I even got a chance to sing in Jamaica---how cool is that? There was a guy Daniel from South Africa, jumped on guitar, and he played a mess of tunes with the Jam Can Band. Good stuff.

Enjoyed the day today chilling at the pool (1), hanging a bit with the boardies, now gonna take a nap(1).

RANDOM: The chicken fingers(1) at Seastar were my lunch today, really good.

I have two more days here....then on to Belmont.

I'm sliiiiiiiding in to this thing. haha.

I have not gotten "in."(0)

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