First Trip Report from our Third Trip to Negril - 12 Days In Paradise

We have been able to buy medicine at the pharmacy without a prescription. My wife is a nurse, so she knew what we needed both times.
Regards,
Bob

lots of good info so far! Looking forward to more. We are thinking of making our 8 night trip in Sept. a 12 night curious to see how you felt about that long of a trip.

I love your pictures- great job, and looking forward to hearing more about your trip. Also, thanks to Lola for posting the information about the nurse, saving it for future reference should the need arise. I'm pretty sure I've said it before, I have to say it again- the people on this board are the best!

On this trip we decided to purchase a Jamaican flip phone, which was great to have throughout the trip. We ended up going to 3 separate cell stores because each one was out of the inexpensive flip phone we wanted. All of the stores were pretty close to each other, so it wasn’t a big deal. It was more like an adventure :) I think we ended up paying about $40 for the phone and more minutes than we need. It will be handy to have all of our drivers, restaurants and Jamaican friends all saved on the phone for our next trip!

Sunset on our last Negril beach day -
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February 28 - March 2, 2016
Today we are off to the cliffs on the West End. We’ve never been to Blue Cave Castle and are excited to check it out! For these 3 nights we’ve splurged and booked the penthouse :cool: It was totally worth it! Each place we stayed at on this trip had more stairs than the last. The penthouse at Chippewa Village had 2 flights of stairs, the penthouse at BCC had 39 (I think) up to the main level and then the home in Treasure Beach had 80! Higher and higher ;)

The Blue Cave Castle property is prettier than I expected. The penthouse was perfect for us! We felt like we were up in the sky with 360° views of the sea and Negril. When you first walk into the lower level of the penthouse area, there is a covered outdoor space with a large table and an uncovered area with lounge chairs. There is also a semi-outdoor shower on this level, which I used instead of the shower on the main level. I love getting out of the shower and having a view of the sea! There is also a separate toilet and sink on this level.
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Lower level of Penthouse & view -
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Looking from the main level down -
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Great pictures,thanks for sharing!

After exploring our new digs, we decided to walk to Canoe Bar. It rained for a little while once we arrived, so we decided to drink more dirty bananas and red stripes - always an easy decision. Our plan was to head over to Quality’s for dinner. As we sat at Canoe we watched several crabs digging and tossing sand. It was perfect entertainment –
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Quality’s was delicious, just like everyone on this board said it would be :D I had lion fish for the first time and it was delicious! And my husband loved the lobster which is always his favorite choice on any menu. Just as our dinner arrived, the power in Negril went out. So we ate by candlelight. We chatted with Quality as we sat in the dark and had some great conversation with him. We took advantage of their free ride back to your hotel (I think they do pick-up too) and it was his wife who drove us back to BCC. The power was still out so we were escorted up to our room and a lantern was lit and left for us to use. It was a fun and interesting way to spend the night with the city in darkness.

The next morning our friend and driver, Michael, picked us up. He took us to an elementary school in Scheffield that we’ve visited the past 2 trips. We have brought school supplies and stuff to donate for the past two years to this same school. We feel so fortunate to have everything we need and even everything we really want here and we feel good sharing it with others. There is a chain of Midwest stores (Menard’s anyone?) here that is known for having great sales and rebates on just about anything you can imagine. My husband frequents this store and “stock piles” supplies that cost us almost nothing for us to give away on our Jamaica trip. This past year we brought school supplies, plus at least 15 pairs of reading glasses, led reading lights and small led flashlights supplied with batteries. The teacher told her class that there would be an essay writing contest to earn a reading light. I can tell you that I would have never won an essay writing contest in school, so congrats to the winners! It’s a joy to see the children on these visits. The class we’ve been following is moving to high school (7th grade) next year so we will no longer see them. We will probably visit the youngest class next year and follow them through - as long as we are fortunate enough to keep making these annual trips! Fingers crossed ;)

After visiting the school, we went to Michael’s favorite restaurant in Scheffield, Weekend Sports Bar, Prince’s Kitchen – High Grade Cooking. And as usual, it was delicious! This trip I discovered that escovitch is my favorite way to have fish - LOVE IT! And I have become an expert at removing the fish from the bones and getting every morsel :)
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We returned to BCC early that afternoon and enjoyed our 4 levels of living –
View from our main level door -
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Rain on 7 Mile, sunshine on the West End -
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We called Murphy’s during the afternoon to make a reservation for dinner. Last year we ate at Murphy’s and it was wonderful so we had to do it again!
As we were laving BCC for Murphy's we discovered this cake. It was gone when we returned. Not sure if everyone who consumed it left or maybe they all went to bed :confused:
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Thanks to everyone for following along! If you know how I can rotate pictures on this forum, please share :) Sometimes the vertical pics show up correct, but sometimes not.

Great pictures and report! Stuff like this helps to make the days go by faster! December soon come. Thanks mon' IRIE!

Thanks for this number. I should have had in I my phone before this. I have a major thyroid issue and my hubs is a cliff jumper. You just never know when something is gonna happen. Where exactly is Woodstock bar. I have seen it but can't place it.

Thanks for all the compliments and for following along! I plan to finish the Negril portion of this report today and move onto Treasure Beach :cool:

RonMon - If you have the option to go for 12 days, go for it! I don't think we'll ever spend enough time in Jamaica and always leave wanting more!