You are too funny. I said the same thing to the customs guy coming back into the states...he asked how was my trip..I told him I needed a vacation from my vacation because sleep just did not happen! Party like a Rockstar is what I say!
Printable View
You are too funny. I said the same thing to the customs guy coming back into the states...he asked how was my trip..I told him I needed a vacation from my vacation because sleep just did not happen! Party like a Rockstar is what I say!
Brasi - Glad to hear you're having a blast! loved the video and pics!
Breakfast looks delicious and The pool at Seastar...so inviting!
Looking forward to the next update!
where/what is Belmont? Love how you were begging Tic Toc for some advice on the JA music scene--though tru nuff if you were drunk you may not have made a good comeback to rank with the DJ:) Keep enjoying and sharing.
The Jam Can Bar sounds like a fun place and true Jamaican experience. Your fun and excitement is evident in your posts and makes for fun reading for those of us stuck at home, so I sure appreciate your efforts!
I am catching up now on your posts. Glad you arrived safely Brasi.
Brasi Trip Report January 2012 #6
The Gerry G Interview
First a big apology to Juli, I was having difficulty getting online and still don't have a Jamaican cell phone, so I was unable to hook up with her for her part of the interview...I hope your not too upset...LOL...plans never fall through in Jamaica. haha...she'll survive mon. SORRY JULI.
Since Jerry was at Seastar yesterday, and Tawnee had just arrived at the pool...I did the interview while she was there...the quotes are as accurate as I could jot down quickly. I'm on vacation mon.
I wasn't trying to make GerryG look bad, or come across well either. Just some questions for him and that's the only point here. Any discussion of relationships between yardies and Americans or ********** brings up a slew of reactions, so I'm prepared for that. Enough talking...here it is...
Brasi: Ok. Do where boxers of briefs?
GG123: Guess.
(it's boxers)
Brasi: Do you buy your magnum's here or bring them with you.
GG123: I bring them with me...I'm just a regular guy, Brasi.
Brasi: Why do you come to Negril?
GG123: I've never been anywhere else with thi kind of vibe. It's a very special place. I love the ocean. I also want to say that Seastar is an extra value when it comes to food.
Brasi: How many girlfriends do you have in Jamaica?
GG123: It depends on what portion of the vacation you're asking about. (laughs)
Brasi: Are you taking advantage of the social position you are in? (i.e. economic and status of you vs. jamaican women)?
GG123: Of course I am...I'm just kidding. I'm just going with the flow.
At this point Tawnee asked Gerry about the age of the women he chooses to share time with.
GG123: Jody is 29, and has three children. I understand what you are asking and I'm a good guy. I enjoy being here and every relationship I am in is between two consenting adults.
Brasi: If you HAD to choose somewhere else to vacation, where would it be?
GG123: I think Bora Bora. I am not sure of my history but I believe the pirates stopped there and there are accounts of the reaction between them and the wikld exotic women they met.
#end#
I came back to the room after some pooltime yesterday, posted my report, and fell asleep at six. I woke at around 10, and ate some snacks I packed, and went back to sleep. Today is up in the air but I feel the gravity setting in. uh oh.
Out for breakfast this am, just gonna walk and see where I end up...Saturday night Seastar party later!!!
A tip for those coming to the West End for the first time: bring good sneakers. I'm glad i brought mine. Walking for any distance in sandals, on pavement which can be wet, or have a few potholes...is easier in Nike's.
More...soon...
edit: Irieworld, Belmont is a fishing village about 10 km east of Sav. I am headed to stay there for the first part of next week...then back to Negril midweek...
Thanks brasi for da report party on!!!!!!!:D
I know you are having a blast from our previous convos when we get a chance .. am happy to see that you are able to get on here and post for everyone .. I have to say I wish I was there for that Interview lol I'm excited for your break to Belmont what a different pace its going to be for you after your first week of excitement.
P.S I got a package in the mail yesterday... You are the best <3
<manda!>
Brasi Trip Report January 2012 #7
Quick Walk In the Westend
I just got back from breakfast at Serious Chicken, had a nice chat with Tony, and walked down to Sunset on the Cliffs where I will be staying next week when I get back from Belmont. They have no record of my reservation, lol. Not to worried, I printed a confirmation and the deposit shows on my credit card...it's a bit difficult to believe so many places have trouble with the reservations process here...it's fundamental to operation! No sign of the King Californian, GerryG123, who I believe is still there. All good mon.
I snapped some pictures while walking today. It was a good little walk, clearing my head after partying for 2-3 days. I'm trying not to let the Trip Report lag too far behind, but there are so many things to to share...impossible to document everything! But there are stories to tell...hehehehehehehehe. Or NOT.
One of my fav things that happens a lot here is the way you can meet a stranger and just roll with it. As I was walking out of the hotel today, a woman I knew was staying here walked out behind me and we walked for a ways down Seastar Lane and then took a right together on to West End (One Love?) drive. She and her husband are performing some songs here tonight, they are musicians from manitoba. Damn Canadians popping up again. LOL jk jk But these kinds of meetings don';t aseem to happen as often in other destinations I have been to. Damn, I am speaking symolically, but I may end up drinking Stripes on a boat with three Jamaicans, a Russian shoe salesman, a Latvian supermodel, and a Chinese couple on their first trip here. It COULD happen! Match that?! The possibilities are endless.
Anyway, Susan---I think---told me a couple things I didn't know about where to grab a bite near Seastar. We split somewhere near Shark's, and I have a new friend. And that to me is a main part of the cool "experience" here.
I ALSO bumped into the singer in the left of the video on my way down to Sunset after eating my usual scrambled eggs and bacon......he was laughing bc I said "hey you guys burnt me" the other night, and he said "no no man, it was good, good." He was wearing the same outfit from two nights ago, and looked pretty tore up. Probably still partying. hehehehehehe. Sometimes when I speak with Jamaicans here I feel a little bit lost...like I am not hearing everything they are saying...just catching a word here and there I understand in patois and attempting to "get it" is fun---but makes "conversations" challenging. And a bit scary if you are not used to it oir are traveling solo and are the only white boy in the room...and when I say scary I don;t mean threatening. But they MIGHT be talking about me. Probably are. LOL Oh well. I put my faith in PEOPLE. I watch my back...it's worked out for me so far.
Anyway, cabbed back from Sunset on the Cliffs and now grabbing my pool gear. Chillin' again. Have a cool plan for next week when I get back to Negril...gonna try and head to Lucea for a day and just soak up the vibe...
Pics from this am:
Attachment 8009Attachment 8010Attachment 8011Attachment 8012Attachment 8013Attachment 8014Attachment 8015
Some of the *breakfast* servings in Jamaica-owned shops/eateries are much smaller than we might get in the US...i for one believe this is, overall, a good thing. I have been here four days and can feel the "bloat" come off me quickly. Most of the food is natural, or much closer to natural than we get in the states, less of those bad carbs...portion-wise it's dependent on where you go...but if it's Jamaican run my bet is you get a portion the size that "we" SHOULD eat...noit what we WANT to eat. This comes from a chubby guy...so...no judgment here or high-horse food dude advice...
Secondly, the pic of the road up there: there are many surprisingly dangerous spots on West End Road. Not end-of-the-world danger. Just places where a car can come out of the blue from around the corner. Being wary is my best advice. The pic above shows one...doesn't look too crazy right? But keep in mind the cars come at you from the right...I just keep my head up at all times. LOL
Pool time!
Keep up the great report!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bless up!!!!!!!!!!
I walked to that turn I swear it looks familiar ! it was nice and I was approaching it from the right side .. and thought maybe walk to the left but wait .. either way super dangerous.. I think I hailed a cab right before I decided which side of the road would be the safest side lol
LOL Brasi the guys tore you up at the show. You're a good sport..They were just improvising..I've noticed other people's pictures of the breakfast portions, they
are pretty small comparing an American breakfast, but yes, it's all for the better.. I'm enjoying your check-ins. Keep it coming!!
Brasi- just got internet since I've been here. Thought I might c u guys at Alfreds, first place I looked was were the working girls were. Goinh to the Yellowman show tonight. Heading out pon the road tomorrow, be back in few days, YOU BOYS BE GOOD!!!!!
Great report so far. Brasi is all properly tanned for the big Seastar night tonight. I am sitting here as the stage has been all set up, and Brasi has returned to his room to freshen up ..... It's a full moon, and that means it is going to be a great night.
Wow, this report is almost in real time...shower. Then the Big Show, live and direct...
Juli: have fun at Yellowman, there will be Rent-A-Dreads right outside the gate!
I'm really enjoying this real time trip reporting!
Have fun tonight Brasi and Gerry!:D
Still waiting for Brazzz to make his grand entrance .....
Gerry - you made it!
BTW, i would like to inform the world that Rob looks even better in person! What a great party tonight, everyone is dancing and going wild to the electric strains "Don't Worry About A Thing."
Ya mon, every little ting is going to be all right. One Love, one heart.
BTW, i would like to inform the world that Rob looks even better in person! What a great party tonight, everyone is dancing and going wild to the electric strains "Don't Worry About A Thing."
Ya mon, every little ting is going to be all right. One Love, one heart.
Hahaha, you suck up!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by gerryg123
Hey Brasi,
Get your a$$ out on the dance floor. Ladies everywhere!!!!!!! lol
Brasi, you let us down.. You didn't say hi ti all the boardies at Sea Star---you suck.. :confused:
ya, Brasi did a disappearing act last nite ..... I did not see the friendly, stocky New Yorker all evening!
Ok....Come on now Brasi...fill us in on last night's activities!!! Your readers are waiting!!
him busy........lol
great report thus far and really looking forward to the Belmont installment!
mi turn in two weeks.........this makes for a great warm up.......
Enjoy!
Cool Runnings, Marko
Brasi Trip Report January 2012 #8
Seastar Saturday Show
The pizza pictre was lunch! Wow, great pie.
I was indeed there, at the Saturday party, at the bar near the poolstairs for about an hour of the show...then ...ate the delicious buffet and took a few pics. I like to stay low...no need to be on the camera...especially dancing...I don't know where you were Gerry, but I was standing directly behind Rob watching the show for some time...I had been talking to a bunch of ex-pats for a bit including boardie Negrilbob, and a guy named Pirate. Also a guy named John Wayne, who was walking down the street at 4 pm and was asked to be the best man in the wedding (some pics) AT Seastar yesterday.
The Stephen West Band is awesome. Lots of other musicians played last night too...cool stuff. I loved the buffet...I had some of each of the snapper, pork, and jerk chicken...terrific...and the place was packed..!
But..I'd taken in a wedding earlier in the day, and frankly...kinda got my mind wandering back to some less than happy things. Had a bunch of people trying to hook me up, tell me how to find women, etc. Then again. Again. Um...thanks. I had a smart, gorgeous beautiful one...I was gonna marry her in Jamaica...so yeh, well, uh, I'm not looking...if I was, I am prettttyyy sure I could find one on my own, LOL.
yeh yeh yeh yeh I know in my buildup to the trip I spoke a lot about hooking up, etc. I really don't feel into that. Especially after watching that weddding yesterday. When am I gonna stop missing "Sarah?" This is a gonna be a boring report, right? LOL
Needless to say, after catching about half of the show...I came back here and went to bed. Looking forward to leaving Negril for Belmont tomorrow.
Pics:
Attachment 8023Attachment 8024Attachment 8025Attachment 8026Attachment 8027Attachment 8028Attachment 8029Attachment 8030Attachment 8031
By the looks of your pics behind Rob I was online when u were there. Amongst many people wondering where you were. Good to see you caught most of the show though. That pizza looks delicious!!! Have fun in Belmont.
Hey Hey...those weren't expats...just well-known long timers or troublemakers...duck & run....:)Quote:
Originally Posted by brasi
BRASI, looked for u at the Yellowman show, all those short stocky handsome NY guys I was smiling at last night thought I was hitting on them. After I ask if they were Brasi, I'd say nice meeting u, but your the guy I was looking for. But I let them buy me a drink.. sounds like u are n a good vibe, have fun on your trip
Oh & the rent a dread thing ---Hehe, not funny!
Brasi January 2012 Trip Report #10
Another Walk in the West End
Was checking out the Giants game, and got a little restless. Had been in the pool in the am, and was just ready to do something.
I was planning on only walking to look around at the sights, after all...I haven't been sober that much to remember shazzle. haha. But Negril plans fall apart quickly.
So, I'm walking down the West End Road, a man calls out my name...(not uncommon here for locals to remember a tourist...for sure) but it ends up being a guy I chilled with the other night @ Jam Can.
Needless to say...as he was getting his hair trimmed I made a purchase of Red Stripe...we chatted a bit and I got a chance to listen to some serious patois that I knew was not about me, LOL...it was a hilarious convo between "Billy" and the hairdresser...whom are somewhat in hookup stage. He's telling her to cook and clean and keep the house ready and he will move in with her soon...she's like "wha"....and "wha u gwan do?" hahah. Nice convo, cold beers, a cool Sunday afternoon in the West End...and me a buzzed and smiling "stocky New Yorker." All good, walk good..
Tip of the Day: don't have too many Red Stripes at a darn hair salon. LOL
Going to get some seafood tonite, just saw the Mighty Californian and Jody on the Scooter...might chill a bit later with Gerry on my last nite here at Seastar...
BTW: Seastar is really great, I haven't do a ton of prices. and hotels deets in these, but man...it's a cool spot for sure, everything is excellent...the staff is friendly, AC is cold, beer's are perfect...food beyond compare. The pool is awesome, I was unaware how much that would play in to my time here. Met a lot of nice people, had a few swims...I am sad to leave but my next adventure awaits!
And yep...I am a RED STRIPE right now!
Brasi Trip Report January 2012 #11
Brasi in Belmont
After 5 days in new Babylon I needed a break. I knew before I left I wouldn’t be able to resist the party-all-night, sleep-all-day Negril temptations. So, even though I left Seastar with a heavy heart, I still had a smile on my face…I was changing it up, keeping myself guessing a bit…I said my goodbyes to boardies Tawney, Randy and Gerry…and then…soon come see them again!
Bigga picked me up, we stopped at the ATM, and after the third try the ATM worked. LOL. I stowed my shazz and we were on our way…I settled in for a nice 45 minute ride…I could literally feel my shoulders loosening up sliding back in to the seat…Negril is amazing, don’t get me wrong. But I can get too much of a good thing. With all that’s on my mind…and my tendencies to party until the sun comes up…I was glad to take a break from the high energy and constant bustle…I’ll be back in Negril mid-week to ramp things back up to 11 anyway.
I thought a lot on the way here…got down to the thick of it…and I need to CHILL OUT. This 2-3 day vaca within a vaca should get me there. I’m a stress ball.
The pics below show my trip from approximately Retreat to Sav, then on to Belmont. It is beautiful here. Red Stripes $180J at my guest house, and I have included some pics of my room--amazingly inexpensive. Bluefields Beach is minutes away. The ocean views in the pics are within a two minute stroll…there is a beach bar-Leroy’s-down the road, where I took the pic of the Red Stripe…and the boat was tied there…and OMG….I bumped into one of the Seastar bartenders, who is enjoying his day off here in Belmont! What are the chances?????? Crazy.
Ahhhh. Life is good…chillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllin.
Attachment 8041Attachment 8042Attachment 8043Attachment 8044Attachment 8045Attachment 8046Attachment 8047Attachment 8048Attachment 8049Attachment 8050
Thanks for the update, it should be a peaceful few days in Belmont. Enjoy!
Thanks for the report brasi!!~bless!!
I'm convinced, although I never (well rarely) party like a rock star, Belmont looks good, next time.
Brasi, why are you stressed? Chill out boardie!!! Now that you are away from the hustle and bustle of Negril take in the sights and sounds and lay off the Stripe. :cool:
I always find that a swedish or deep tissue massage helps me relax while on vacation.
Hey Brasi, I like how you share the insides of your trip as well as what's going on the outside. Loving the Belmont story...