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Re: Dave Escapes....P.N.S, Negril, and the Apparent Event Horizon (a trip report)
What the heck IS in that basket?!? Looks lika a whole herb farm in there...pretty cool.
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What the heck IS in that basket?!? Looks lika a whole herb farm in there...pretty cool.
Yeah, I'm wondering that too! lol!
I remember watching Jim converse with the man with the strange herbs on the beach. I could see it clearly from the deck at Seasplash that night. I was wondering what he was selling and what they were discussing!
That was such a fun night for sure! I was happy to meet you, (especially since we showed up too late at Seastar the night before and missed seeing you) I wish we could have talked longer! Cindy was dancing all over the place, Spottycatz, Jim Donna, Tawnee, Bella Bea, Wpyogi..chicken! There were so many people partying at Seaspash that night, it's all a bit of a blur to me:)
Loved seeing that pic of the lionfish dish! I fell in love with Lionfish on my last trip (so delicious). I ate it every chance I got. This is how I conquered my fear too. That picture brought back my cravings for lionfish full force... I wish there was some way to get that here in the states.
I'm looking forward to reading more of your trip report. We saw you at Catcha the next night w/ Coco. We were going to walk over to the bar and say "hi" after finishing our dinner but then you were already gone!
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I think that is the same rasta named Noel that we bought some fresh herbs, no not that kind...but medicinal teas, etc as well as incense and other items he had with him. He was a really nice rasta. Everything he sold was totally legal and it truly was an educational experience. He taught me quite a bit about the local plants and their uses. I'll post a picture we took of him on the cliffs in Dec.
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that's cool, love the pics, I think I've met him, he has a lot of cures in that basket iirc!
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Yetta...cool, thanks, I didn't know his name. Nice picture ! He seemed to be a very nice and polite man...and yes, only legal herbs :-)
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Clarity, yes...seasplash was fun...I didn't know you were at Catcha the next night :-) we were actually still there when you came back after dinner ... I'll explain in the report :-)
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hey, southernrust, I just read the jim morrison poem. not great for a tourism commercial, he had a bad trip me tinks, he dwelled on all of the negative, raw/gritty/dark although very real aspects of poverty. I see those things and think, I have the resources to help some of these beautiful, wonderful souls in a positive way. global family members, who because they were born 1000 miles away from me, had none of the opportunities that I had. If the tables were turned I hope someone would give me a hand up.
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Dave sometimes needs motivation to write his trip report...he needs a muse...
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Come on Dave...I've been following your story for days. I NEED more! You have become my life line to the best place on Earth. We're staying at Idle Awhile/Catcha in November....hoping we have as much fun as you had. Also looking forward to meeting up some of you famous boardies :)
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From one Dave to another, thanks for taking the time, great report.
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Dave - I wish I was able to chat with you and Cindy Lou more that evening. As Clarity mentioned, the night became quite the blur for me!
Until next April, I suppose.
Love the muse, lol!
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@kim&betty.....That is all true, but it was Jim "This is the END" Morrison...LOL. Not the greatest of his writings either, but I found it interesting. He was facing jail time after the obscenity charges in Florida. Guess clear blue seas doesn't help much when you could be going to prison for a while.
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Dave has plans for the day...plans and a goal to achieve...These are...Breakfast, make reservations for dinner at Catcha Falling Star, and walk to Cosmo's for lunch...without getting wet...
The latter will be the hardest to achieve because in all the years Dave has been walking the beach to eat lunch at Cosmo's, he has never done it without getting rained on...ever.
"This will be the day, the year, that things will change" he tells his wife...She just smiles and says..."yea right"...she knows.
It's not that rain is a bad thing thinks Dave, in fact in Jamaica it's a good thing cooling things off, slowing things down, and greening things up...He just wants to go on a nice sunny walk, have some curried octopus and a few beers, and walk back enjoying all that the beach has to offer...yea right.
Off to breakfast...check the sky...aware of his surroundings...are things preparing for rain?
Breakfast...Ackee and salt fish and a fruit plate...
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Things are preparing for a sunny day...Lizards are basking
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Flowers are blooming...
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The sky looks OK :-) ...
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Yea...Right...
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After breakfast Dave's wife takes a look out toward the beach..."looks OK" she says...
Dave heads back to the room to call for dinner reservations..."5:30, yes no problem. Your table will be ready"...nothing ever seems to be a problem at Catcha...things are looking up. :-)
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After a little chillin' on the beach, it's time to attempt the impossible...
walking up the beach, past Coco, Sandy Haven, Sun Beach....Treehouse, then Seasplash...."Time for a walking beer, lets stop here" said Dave. His wife has no objection...The walking beer turned into a sitting beer, chillin' at the bar checking things out...the weather was still...ok...
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Back on the path...it's looking a little cloudy when they arrive at Cosmo's
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Drinks are ordered...food is ordered (curried octopus)... Dave forgets to take a picture of the food, this will be a recurring theme...
Then...the skies open up...Dave thinks this is great...He is under the thatch roof and dry, for now...
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After a great lunch Dave plans his escape...a mad dash down the beach, south to Idle Awhile...it's not raining for now...
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The next photos would be taken by Dave back at the room...This is because his camera is not waterproof, and had to stay in his sling pack ALL the way back...
Dave got wet...Cindy too....and it was fun, like it always is when they go to Cosmo's...Why break tradition ?
Time to dry off, light a fire, listen to some tunes...relax
Catcha is next.....
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Catcha is next!!!!! Woo Hoo :)
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OK...So, Catcha is tonight...Dave made the reservations for two reasons...One is because he and his wife really like Catcha Falling Star and Ivan's...The other is to make up for last year when he made plans for a nice dinner at Ivan's (which they had) but instead of the evening being remembered as "The nice dinner we had at Catcha" it is known as "The evening of bad judgement" or "Fun with cake"....last year, after a nice lunch at Jenny's of curried goat, red stripes, and some chocolate cake (brought back to the room because we were full)...Hanging out at our room, chilling, having some rum & tings...the cake started to look good to Dave...hence the "bad judgement" :-)
By the time Dave and his wife made it to Ivan's for the nice dinner things were getting a little fuzzy. Dave thinks to himself "when you are gettin' fuzzy, does that affect your ability to focus?" Here are a couple of pics from that night.
You be the judge...
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The culprit...The partner in crime :-)
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"Time to dry off, light a fire, listen to some tunes...relax"
One of the all time best trip report lines eva.....light a fire....heh!
Nice report lovin' it.
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So, Dave (not fuzzy), and his wife arrive at Catcha for dinner...The friendly Catcha staff ask if they would like to have a drink at Ivan's before dinner, Dave thinks (hell yea) and his wife agrees...This bar is a great place to hang out :-)
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Delicious drinks are consumed, conversations with cool people are concluded, and Dave and his wife are led to their table...
Past the wooden frog planter... by the classic Buddah holding kazoo statue...over the pool bridge...
What a view!
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Dave is totally relaxed now...Time has slowed down...Dave doesn't know what time it is...He doesn't care...He is "in the moment", and it's a good feeling...
Catcha is beautiful, there are wonderful views in every direction...
Looking back at Ivans...
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The lighthouse...
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Flowers and plantings everywhere...
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Boats slide slowly past as the sun sinks down...
If you look hard enough you can see the happy newlyweds on board :-)
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Wine and an appetizer are ordered before dinner...
As the sun sets a feeling comes over Dave and his wife...like they are in some sort of alternate reality...just for them...their own place in space and time...
Catcha becomes even more magical as the sun sets...
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Shrimp wrapped in plantain...yum...
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Dinner is here...Dave is confused...how long had they been there?...an hour? all day? just minutes?
Time was becoming distorted...the relaxed Negril vibe was slowly filtering into his soul...His mind wandering, he laughed to himself thinking about something a cab driver once told him...
One time after being picked up for a ride back to his hotel he had inquired as to what time it was..." It's night time mon" was the answer.
Dinner was delicious...
Escoveich snapper, and Coconut snapper in a papaya boat...
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Thanks for sharing your evening with us. I'm right there with you. Great pics - the food looks wonderful. Special people in a special place.
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Oooooooooooo, we had the plantain wrapped shrimp as well! It was to die for! (Way better than the classic bacon wrapped shrimp, imo)
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OK...so dinner was gone, the sun was down, time to relax with a few drinks at the bar...
Dave was thinking that this may be one of the coolest bars he had ever been in...cool vibes, excellent bartenders, and always someone nice to talk to...
You never know who you are going to meet here...This night it was boardie Coco and her husband...Two very nice people :-)
Dave and his wife had a nice time talking to them about anything and everything...from the Drunken Parrot to the mysterious Tim's spot :-)
The Drunken Parrot...
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Awesome bartender....
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Tim's spot...I think Coco knew but she wasn't tellin' :-)
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Turtles ??
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Gotta be careful with those flaming Bob Marley's........
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Gotta be careful with those flaming Bob Marley's........
good advice! lol
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After some time at the bar it was time to grab a few more drinks and head cliffside to chill out and have a smoke...
A couple of STRONG rum and cokes...
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They venture back over the bridge and down to the edge of the cliffs...Catcha has some great little nooks hidden down stairs, around corners...everywhere...very cool :-)
The moon was out...
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Dave and his wife find a couple of lounge chairs tucked away above the ocean and settle in...
There is a whole lot of chillin' going on...some drinking, some smokin', and some talkin'...Dave's sense of time is once again distorted...his mind starts to wander... again.
He watches a whisp of smoke curl upward, and even though there is a breeze it seems to stop...just freeze there...The dark sea surging below him...he imagines being on the edge of a black hole...on the event horizon...the dark mass of the ocean below a point of no return...leading to a singularity,a point so dense as to tear a hole in space/time itself...above where he and his wife were sitting, the event horizon...the point where beyond no matter can escape the intense gravity...not even light...the closer an object gets to the edge, the slower time seems to pass to the observer, until the object seems to just fade away as it is pulled in.."Where does it go?" he thought...and started to smile...
"what are you thinking about?" asks Dave's wife...He tells her..."You're cut off" she says as she smiles back at him..."Time to call for a ride back home"
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Killer sunset... :-)
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Great report and photos, but you are making me so homesick for Idle Awhile. Soon come though!
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Great trip report!! Love your photos at Catcha....I am ready to be there in August. That snapper looked delicious!
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As Bob Hope used to say***** Thanks for the memories,,,Dave..... Stayed at CoCo and ate daily at the nice,quiet Idle.....Stayed at the little Pisces room at Catcha........Went to the Sat nt Sea Spash show and had the Canadian bloody mary's at Canoe.... I had a T shirt made that said "For Real Bar" that I gave to the bartender as a tip,the old version.
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There has to be a morning after...The words kept running through Dave's head, which kind of annoyed him...he didn't really like the song...
Today was a recovery day, a grab a beach lounger and chill in the shade of the sea grape tree day...But first some breakfast and fresh coconut water...
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Loungers in the shade...check...Cool views all around...check...Relaxed?...oh yea :-)
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Great shot of the sailboat off the beach. You've managed to totally capture the lounge recovery system perfectly!
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Sitting there watching the world go by was nice...spending quality time with Cindy was nicer...Dave started to ask her..."Hey Cindy, what do you...?" then...whack!...something smacked him on the forehead...
It was a sea grape leaf... "Damn, that's one tough leathery leaf" he thought to himself...He was going to ask his wife what she wanted to do later but now he had an idea...Like when Newton got beaned by the apple, just not as good.
They would hang here for a while and let gravity take over...Let Negril come to them...
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There is anything and everything available if you want it...
Ciiiiigs! Ciiiiiigs!
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Juice!...Pineapple, mango, orange juice!
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Bananas, coconut, sugar cane....
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Music, Music, and more Music :-)
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Wood carvings, and aloe massage...right next door...
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Negril sand gravity delivery service continued...
Hats for the strong sun...glass bottom boat rides...
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Ummmm....??
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More cigs...
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Dean's delicious jerk pork...mmmm
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Parasailing...Patties...and Police (of the tourist variety)
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Sometimes if you're lucky you might have a Boardie or two come your way...This is Ekfa51 (Elaine), we met her at Yellowbird last year at the Boardie bash...What a nice lady :-)
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Back to the room for an afternoon rest and recharge...
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This guy looked like he was waiting for something to come around too...Probably bugs...oh well...to each, his own...
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Beautiful pictures! The water looks so inviting at the beach and that sunset is killer!
This takes me right back to Negril...
I've been enjoying your trip report so far:)
can you believe I've been to Jamaica three times and I haven't had coconut milk straight out of a coconut yet? I really have to change that!
Looking forward to your next update!