Marley and Ninja: Having Their Cake And Drinking It Too! Trip Report - April 2012

Booger....unless of course she doesn't realize it is you who is curled up next to her! HAHAHAHAHA
Have I mentioned (today) how much I love your wife! LOL..you guys crack me up!

And Eden, thanks, he definitely is a sweetheart...I think I'll keep him! lol
But yes, the worrier sure got the best of me for a brief moment....but soon the rum cream made me forget all of that! Ha!

In my best Sophia Grace (from the Ellen show) voice, "So good, so good".

Thanks for letting us all follow along on your EPIC trip.

Day 3: April 23, 2012

I awoke to a sound so familiar, because it is a sound I hear frequently in my dreams. I knew this morning EXACTLY where I was…..I was HOME! And that sound was the sound of the waves crashing up on the cliffs outside our door at good ole Sagi cottage at Catcha. Gosh I am so happy to be home! I remember thinking the very first time we stayed here how loud the sound of the waves crashing was, and if it would keep me up at night, and then I remember crying the last day of that trip because I wondered if I would ever be able to go to sleep again without hearing that sound…..sigh, there is just nothing like it, and you have to just experience it to really understand what I mean! So anyways, back to waking up. It was probably around 7 or 8, I usually still wake up early when in Jamaica and typically before Ninja, so I try to be quiet to not disturb him, but this morning I just couldn’t wait to bust out those doors and get outside. I love this place so much I just want to soak it all up as much as I can. I told Raul I was heading to breakfast and I grabbed my rum cream (we all remember that, don’t we) and off I went, he said he would be there soon. As I rounded the bar to the restaurant area I saw Sweetness sitting at a table and I asked if I could join her and of course she said yes. So I sat down and I tried to fill her in on what happened last night after we dropped her off. It was at that moment that we both realized that I am of no use in the morning without first getting a cup of coffee….I will not make that mistake again. And after the second elementary and completely common word I tried to speak to her and could not manage to come up with (tablecloth?), we both decided to continue the conversation after I went for my coffee. So I went and filled up my large mug with half coffee and half rum cream, yep that’s how we do it, and I took a sweet sip! Aahhhh, ok now I think I can make sense. I told her how we really didn’t do much more after we left her and she said yes, she had heard us come back in not too long after, as she is in the Gatehouse cottage and can pretty much here when everyone comes and goes….no sneaking in on Sweetness, no sah! So we sat and talked and laughed as we recalled the events from last night.

Soon after Booger emerged from Libra and came out for what I can only guess was Sandie’s much needed mug of smart juice, and possibly his own as well. About that time Ninja came out and joined us at the table. I think we have discussed at great length that my all-time favorite breakfast in the whole world is Xtabi’s French Toast (I am almost positive they put crack in it), but I will have to say that a close second is Catcha’s Jumbo Johnny Cakes breakfast. And it is possibly Ninja’s all-time favorite, so this being our first breakfast at Ivan’s we both ordered it. Yum!

Jumbo Johnny Cakes stuffed with egg, bacon and cheese from Ivan’s

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After breakfast we decided to go back to the room and get into our suits. Unfortunately the sea was pretty rough today but it was a gorgeous day and we decided to spend it in and by the pool at Catcha.

Rough seas at Catcha

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Beautiful day at the pool

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Oh and we decided to take Joe with us….however once we got ready and were headed to the pool Joe was nowhere to be found, I looked everywhere and then realized I hadn’t checked the obvious place……the outdoor shower! You know those shower shows are legendary! LOL

Joe and his shower show in the outdoor shower at Sagi

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We sat by the cliffs for a while taking it all in

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and then soon after we heard Jon and Tizzy come up. It was such a beautiful day and the pool was calling….Joe wanted in too so Tizzy and I let him join us on the floatie….rough life he has, right?

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We stayed at Catcha the whole morning to midday just chilling, swimming, lounging, relaxing…..it was afterall, the big day, the day of the Bellyflop Challenge and we had been told to get there by 2pm, it was probably 1:30 by then so we grabbed a drink, dried off and got ready to head up the lane to Seastar Inn……

Day 3, cont.

Now I am not going to spend too terribly much time on the Bellyflop challenge, for two reasons mainly. 1) You have already heard it, seen it, talked about it a million times already so what more can I add? And 2) This is/was Ninja’s big day so I am going to let him take the bulk of this description so stay tuned for that, and also for the debut of the now famous Bellyflop Remix video that he has made and will share with you all in his post…..get ready for it….it is truly EPIC!

So we arrived at the gates at Seastar and made our way to the pool, already on hand were Brasi, of course, Guirigay, Gerryg and Muzikdoc, maybe a couple of others also. We got situated and I and Brasi discussed the fundamentals of how we were going to handle the voting, the scorekeeping, and the entry fees, etc. As we were working out the logistics Ninja was busy trying to make contact with our “Man-in-the-box” Joe via our ipad. And simultaneously Chris, the owner of Seastar, had his staff setting up tables for the judges and making sure everyone had plenty to drink, etc. Wow, I can’t say enough about Chris and the staff at Seastar. For an event that was probably mostly just adlibbed and thrown together last minute, they made it look like a whole team had been planning for it for months! Amazing! And let’s not forget Brasi he had come fully equipped with everything he could think of as well. There were score cards and master score sheets and props and so on.

Then Patty arrived along with Kopper and Beachgirl66 and plus 1 and Beccajean. Patty also had put quite the effort into this event. She had made sashes for all of the judges to wear and they were blingy and fabulous as you would expect. After sashing us all she gave kopper specific instructions on how he would be documenting the event. “You are to take pictures of everyone’s flop” “You should also be videoing every moment, make sure you capture everything” LOL Kopper was walking around the place like a one-man newspaper reporter and photographer. It was so funny and perfect! Everywhere you looked there was a camera or video camera on you. If it wasn’t Kopper, it was Sweetie Pie equipped with her fancy camera, then later I spotted Negril Bill snapping photos, and towards the end I even saw a familiar (but yet to have met) face from the board, Katho, armed with her camera as well. This made me feel good because as the official scorekeeper and with Ninja as a flooper, I wasn’t able to take but very few pictures of the event!

Now the time had come, the place was starting to actually fill with people, some I knew and others I didn’t, but all spectators. It was awesome, even the staff had gathered, and some locals too, and even the guys who were busy building the new rooms off of the pool stopped to watch the crazy festivities. But how could you not? It was quite the event! Brasi made an announcement to the crowd and then offered up the very first Flop to get the show going. Everyone cheered. The judges gathered and I explained the scoring as Brasi and I had just agreed on and then he introduced the judging panel to the crowd. Then the event began. There were 3 rounds of flopping followed by the final Flop Off between the top 2 floppers. The 1st and 2nd round featured all of the floppers, Muzikdoc, drummerboy13, Gerryg123, Ninja, Booger, Sandie (aka Pooper), Guirigay and Jon. After 2 rounds, the top 4 (based on scores) moved on to the third round. The 3rd round consisted of Muzikdoc, Ninja, Booger and Guirigay. After the last round, the top 2 floppers with the overall highest scores moved on to the final round, they were Ninja and Guirigay. They both made one last final flop and the winner was then determined by audience applause. The winner was crowned (or should I say, sashed) and I am so proud to say that the title went to my husband, Ninja….I couldn’t be any prouder! And I will also say that every single flopper did a fabulous job. If I was to give my opinion I would have crowned Muzikdoc with the best form, drummerboy13 with the most unconventional flop, Gerryg with the scariest (I thought for sure he was going to hit his head on that first one), Ninja with the most creative and highest level of difficulty, Booger with the most X rated, Pooper with the funniest lead up, Guirigay with the best style and costume and overall most hilarious, and Jon with the most height. It was a GREAT time, and like I said before probably the most fun I have ever had in Negril! The winner was sashed, the runner up was too. We posed for photos and the prizes were awarded. Brasi had donated a $20 bar tab to the winner and Chris from Seastar had donated $100 gift certificate to Seastar Inn! WOW! Ninja decided to give the $20 bar tab to Guirigay for being such a great opponent and runner up and I took off toward the gift shop to spend my husband’s winnings (oh come on, you know that is the way it works LOL) But seriously, we did get the one thing I had been dying to get from Seastar, the famous hammock that Francine makes!!!

Thanks Brasi, and Chris and Seastar Inn, it was so much fun…..oh and with the entry fees from all who participated and the donations made by the spectators, etc. we raised $9100 Js to donate to the N.E.E.T. buy a brick program at Travelers! What an event! And so of course we decided to round up the crew and head down to Traveler’s to deliver the donation. We made some calls and paid some tabs and soon folks were piling into the vans and cars to head down to the beach…..

Some photos from the event, along with a video of the 1st round of the BBC 2012!

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http://youtu.be/HURjJBxPuDw

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Originally Posted by luvmylabs

In my best Sophia Grace (from the Ellen show) voice, "So good, so good".

Thanks for letting us all follow along on your EPIC trip.

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Awwww, thanks! My pleasure!

X rated? LOL! That was PG all the way....... :p
And those Johnny cakes look killer. I had their breakfast burrito a couple of mornings and they were killer too. Does Ivan's serve anything that sucks?

I really enjoyed reading both side of the "Ninja is missing" incident. I completely understood your concern, Marley and could totally relate. I would have reacted the same way. Ninja's side of the story had me laughing. It's so sweet how he went all that way to get your Rum cream!!
The bellyflop was so much fun! Loved the pictures!
Please keep it coming!:D

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X rated? LOL! That was PG all the way....... :p
And those Johnny cakes look killer. I had their breakfast burrito a couple of mornings and they were killer too. Does Ivan's serve anything that sucks?

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Hahaha, yeah PG I guess, considering some of the things I saw later in the week, I guess you are right!

And yes, you are correct....Ivan's food is to date the best I have ever had...the only exception is that I still think Xtabi's French Toast dominates in that category, but omg, Ivan's! Everything there is delicious! yummmmmmm

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It really does taste like a birthday cake. EVIL.

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OMG- THIS I'VE GOT TO TRY! Do you mix it with anything? Is it LOW CARB?????

Btw..LOVE the trip report:D

Day3 con’t: Monday April 23, 2012
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OK this first part is gonna brief (and for me thats a miracle). Sleep YES. It was probably the longest sleep we had had so far while in Negril. Which isnt really saying much cuz we hadn’t caught up yet. I showered headed to breakfast, got to talk to Sweetness more. And of course [I’m gonna call Carol out here] had to help her pronounce my name again. I told her just add an ‘H’ Rahul its how my Mom (the woman I love and the originator of my name) says it. Or at least everyone says she does. 2 years ago when we got married and we were on Negril Escape, Natasha our wedding planner also pronounced it with an ‘H’ in it so I realized it has to be a Jamaican thing. My parents were not born there, but my grandparents where (Kingston) and I’m sure my mom has some of the accent traits. Anyhooo, Carol took my order YAY Johnny cakes mmmmmmm. We lounged I got to chat up Tizzy and Jon, Booger and Sandy more. Really got to know them more. Had my heart set on cliff jumping but oh well the rough seas wouldn't allow it. Well time to go flop.

Well since i’ve done this for everyone so far lets get Jon out of the way.
Again if you consider Booger and Him a comic duo, he’s what my parents would call the straight man (and no not that kind of straight man though I’m sure the week would prove he was). You can understand it if you go here . Not sarcastic like Boog but funny in his own respect. Alway ready to ask questions. We talked tattoos and life and I came to realize like many many of the comic straight men out there [Dean Martin, Lou Costello, George Burns, Dan Rowan, Daffy Duck to name a few] he is an entity on his own with his own brand of humor and life realizations. Oh yeah a surfer dude, TOTALLY. But generally a guy you really want to know and talk to.

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Alright for the moment you’ve really been waiting for. The look in the mind of a flopper. Its like watching HBO’s 24/7 Road to Pacquiao/Bradley. So here is my own 24/7 Road to Belly Flop 2012 - Ninja edition. But to understand we have to back up a bit before the trip.

Somewhere in the months leading up to the Flop, momentary pause to rewind back even further - polF eht ot pu gindael shtnom eht ni erehwemoS - . My wonderful wife volunteered me for this (I try and heed the acronym NAVY - Never again volunteer yourself but I guess I didnt she did) and I just went along ok back forward now. Somewhere in the months leading up to our trip the flop had been discussed a couple of times and then somewhere Brasi said Chris was donating the 100 gift certificate. This is when I decided I’d be a smart ass and say something like tell him to make it out to me. I like to talk trash alot, but I’m never really afraid to try and back it up. So fast forward to the day of the trip in, the flop came up a couple of times between me and Shauna and Guirigay. There was the mention of props and costumes and I’ll admit what once was just a bunch of guys (and one awesome girl) basically hurting themselves for the pleasure of the masses now in my mind was something I didn’t really prepare for. I didn’t have a costume I had no props, I had a couple times thought about what I would do flop wise but never actually practiced. I found myself just keeping quiet, its better to convince your opponents that you carry secret weapons than to open your mouth and given them any advantage.

Between saturday and monday, other things had come up. Like the talk of flopping from the roof. Something I’m glad didnt happen simply for safety reasons alone. Now I was I have to admit a bit nervous. I mean I did [as my friend Angela would say] sell wolf tickets as to who was gonna win. My only hope was that no one was listening to me. I kept going over the only two ideas I had for a flop in mind. I’m great at visualization (oh and modest).

So here we were the day of reckoning.

On a side note I do have to bring a conversation with Sandie where she informs us she has recently had shoulder surgery (I believe) and in her last conversation with her Dr she informs that she is going to take part in a flop and was concerned about the shoulder. How do you as a Dr look your patient in the face with out A) suprise or 2) laughter and without batting an eye respond “make sure you tuck the arm”. Which Sandie you did not, I’m telling.

I sized up the competition. With flopping of the roof not an option Thank Jah, I felt I had an even chance with drummerboy, Jon and Booger. They were smaller maybe more athletic but I felt I had them on girth and innovation. Musicdoc and Gerry were my front runners, they at least had the mass to produce a good splash so I felt I had 3rd locked at least. Pooper and Guriguy were the wild cards. He’s sly enough and well she’s crazy enough to take it. ;) Now in all seriousness this was a purely fun event but I’m a competitor inside and even if its fun I’m gonna try. As long as you never become a sore winner or a sore loser its all good, but I HATE LOSING.

Time to start the flopping - Musicdoc was up next and though you know he didn’t win, at the time I was like he’s got it. Great form, good style and great splash.

Drummerboy followed him and well Beachgirl called him out on the fact that it wasnt a bellyflop but I almost thought he was gonna steal one of my 2 moves. He got some good air but called on the technicality of no belly and small splash.

Gerry G brought up the 3rd position and you’d think he’d have learned from drummer boy. The jump and subsequent splash were great but again all back no belly. Beachgirl called him too. I have to agree looking back at the video I thought OMG how did he not split his wig.

I found myself 4th in this group so Brasi called Ninja and up until this moment I had been trying to visualize my first flop. Not knowing how many we had to do I didnt know when to bring out my show stopper. I only had two so...

Thoughts that went through my head as I made my way to the jump point. ‘You're not winning this’, ‘Hey but doesn't mean you can’t try’. I found myself believing myself to be a Sean White or a Tony Hawk. I had to go for the only 3 things I had in my arsenal. Medium Girth(good splashability), Style in the way of posing or positioning and Like ability. I mean I’m me who wouldn’t like me. :)

I went for what I now call the dhanurasana flop (Bow Flop), WPYOGI will know what that is. I jumped attempted to grab both ankles and release before I touched down. I almost had it but it was enough to get me a high score.

Booger flopped 5th and he went for mass effect and length of his body. It was good enough to get him into the second round.

Next was pooper and she definitely brought out the crazy style, gotta love her. if it wasn't for Jon Guirigay would have pulled up the rear at 6th. Guirigays flop was.....
What I can say about it is if you know him you shouldn't have been surprised. What he may have lacked in size for splash he made up for in style BIG TIME.

I called it done. No way can I beat him, but I’m gonna try.

Jon definitely went for height and air and pulled off an impressive flop.

I don’t quite remember the second round flops with the exception of my 360. I really wasn't sure I was gonna pull off a full 360 and still be able to land the flop. god forbid I don’t land front wise Beachgirl gonna dock me points. Once I left the pool side it was anyone's game if i’d land it but I pulled it off. Of course that was it I was done with the only 2 I had in my arsenal. After the tally We were down to 4 and I had a chance, but no idea what I was gonna do.

My 3rd flop was what I can only call a kickstand flop and it was good enough to propel me to finals. NINJA vs GUIRIGUY the thrill in Negril. We roshambo’d for it which I lost, and as Guirigay said I should have know what he was gonna throw [out of rock, paper or scissor] cuz HE ROCKS.

He chose to go second as I would have, and I set off to go for mass, splash and distance.
I will say MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. The couples splash that Sweetie Pie and Guirigay, while cute was no match for my power house. I told you, I’d win. ;)

Oh and don’t let Shauna fool you I told her she could get anything she wanted with my winnings. I know that all sound all serious but trust me I didnt take THAT seriously we are just having fun.

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My favorite pic and the video to boot
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OMG- THIS I'VE GOT TO TRY! Do you mix it with anything? Is it LOW CARB?????

Btw..LOVE the trip report:D

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It is so delicious, so I doubt it is low carb! LOL
We mix it with pineapple juice and a splash of cherry juice or grenadine, and that makes you a drink that tastes EXACTLY like a pineapple upside down cake. (Stay tuned, they will make an appearance, or several, in this report) :)

Thanks for the info! I'm going to try it this weekend and will stayed tuned....:cool:

Marley,
Do you mix equal amounts of pineapple juice with the vodka? Can't wait to try it this coming weekend!

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It is so delicious, so I doubt it is low carb! LOL
We mix it with pineapple juice and a splash of cherry juice or grenadine, and that makes you a drink that tastes EXACTLY like a pineapple upside down cake. (Stay tuned, they will make an appearance, or several, in this report) :)

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Eden,
It's probably more like 2 to 1 (2 juice, 1 vodka)
You are going to LOVE it!

Just don't set it on fire :-)...

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Eden,
It's probably more like 2 to 1 (2 juice, 1 vodka)
You are going to LOVE it!

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At least that's how the mixture starts. I'm sure it's more vodka as the day goes on.

Day 3, cont.

I was busy spending all of Ninja’s winnings in the gift shop so we actually were part of the group that headed out in the last bus, but funny enough we were the first group to arrive to Travelers Beach Resort…..uh, how did that happen? LOL! So we walked in and headed to the front desk. We told them we had a donation to make to the Buy A Brick program and asked if we could speak to someone. They called for someone to come talk to us and about that time the next group arrived….where were you guys?!?!?! Haha So we had several representatives of the program come out and speak to us. We told them about the event we just had and about how we decided to donate all of the money collected to N.E.E.T. They were very appreciative and they took some time to explain the program and also talked to us all about the new Hospital being built. We all were so thrilled that we had raised $9100 Js to donate, and since each brick is only $100 Js we pretty much knew that we could all paint a brick (and then some) so we decided we each would get a brick to paint but that we would also paint some for those who were there with us in spirit, etc. I have said before that the Bellyflop was one of the most fun things I have ever done in Negril, but this moment painting the bricks was probably one of the coolest things I have done. We had all just been laughing and having a ball and then once we got here and starting painting you could just feel the vibe change, and you could sense that everyone there was equally aware of just how special this moment was, it was amazing! I painted my brick and then one for Clarity too as they had gone to check in to their next place and didn’t make it to Travelers with us. Tizzy painted hers and then one for Markus. Patty painted one for her and one for Joe, and Kopper covered his and one for Manda. I also painted a brick each for Sweetie Pie and Guirigay who had not joined us down to Travelers….everyone had a brick and when we were all done it was such a site to see everyones name on those bricks. I took a moment to take a few pictures and then just looked at them all and thought about the school or library or whatever they would all one day build! What a great program!

Painting a brick for SweetiePie and Guirigay
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Everyone painting their bricks

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Group Photo

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Crazy Group photo

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Everyone's bricks all together...what a masterpiece!

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After we finished taking the group photos I paused to take it all in and then I walked over to wash up a bit, when I looked up EVERYONE was gone. There had been a big group of folks and now all that remained was Ninja and I and Indy Bob and Cindy….where did everyone go? And how did they move so fast? This group NEVER moves fast. So I said, well I can only assume that Booger and gang are at the bar, so we headed towards the beach where the bar was. We walked up and no one was there….weird! So we walked back towards the lobby area, however Bob and Cindy appeared to be happy with staying at the bar so we waved and kept walking. No one was in the lobby. We walked out front and saw Patty, Kopper, Beachgirl,+1 and Beccajean. They didn’t know where everyone else was but they were waiting on their ride to take them back to their hotel. So I said to Ninja well we are down at the beach, we might as well hang out, so I called Daisy and Markus to see what they were up to. They had just checked into Seasplash and suggested we stop by for a drink at the bar. So we got in the van with the FH crew and then had the driver carry us down to Seasplash…….

(p.s. I only recently found out that Booger did indeed leave us, but apparently we also left Jon and Tizzy, mistakenly of course, as they were out swimming in the ocean....LOL)

When we arrived we saw Daisy, Markus, Muzikdoc, drummerboy13 and Boombastic all chilling at the bar. So we bellied up and ordered a round of Dirty Bananas, yum! We chatted for a while about the fun of the day and we filled Daisy and Markus in on painting the bricks. I showed them the photo of the bricks we had painted for them. The day was coming to an end and the sun was setting so beautifully on the beach


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About that time, up walked Brasi. He came up and joined us for a moment at the bar and then mentioned the idea of heading next door for some jerk chicken. We all agreed that sounded like a plan and off we went. Right next door to Seasplash (sorry, forgot the name of the place) was a little jerk barrel and shack. We placed our order and then grabbed a seat at the table. We all talked and had a nice visit. Then our attention soon after went to the moon. It was AMAZING. We all had a different description of what we were seeing. Someone said it looked like devil horns, someone else thought it looked like a jack-o-lantern, but whatever you thought, we all agreed it was amazing. So of course this meant that Markus and Ninja would have to make it their goal to capture the perfect photo of it. I believe they literally spent 30 minutes or more trying to find the correct setting on the camera coupled with the right angle and the perfect object for a tripod, I am sure there were wind measurements and barometric pressure considerations and possible use of the Pythagorean theorem as well. I spent about the same amount of time trying to take a photo of them trying to take a picture of the moon, it was comedy (of course that too was on the camera I lost, so this photo is courtesy of Muzikdoc, thanks so much) It was too funny of a moment not to have captured on film.



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And here is the best image from all of their hard work

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After we ate some pretty delicious jerk chicken Brasi mentioned he was going to be heading out to a beach bar and we thought it sounded like a good idea. It was Monday and someone mentioned Alfreds….but Alfreds is not the spot on Monday. Our driver, a friend of Brasi’s mentioned it was Bourbon Beach but then he also mentioned Roots Bamboo and said there was no cover….well, that was an easy decision, so off to Roots we headed. Muzik decided to stay and hang back at Seasplash but Brasi, Daisy, Markus, drummerboy, Ninja and I were off. We arrived mighty early to Roots Bamboo but that was fine by us. We hit up the bar and Daisy and I decided to pay homage to Breanna and so we ordered our first Apple Ting and Vodka…..but it surely would not be our last! Yum! Thanks again for the tip Bre!

Cheers to good times with good friends.

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We found a nice table on the beach and we took a seat while we talked and listened to the music. Fireman, our waiter, walked with the speed of someone who might be heading to put out a fire. We later found out that he is a real fireman! Daisy headed off to the bar and came back with a new friend. She tried her hand at matchmaking for our friend Brasi, lol. I realized that when Markus leaned over and said to me, “This will soon end with Brasi mouthing the words ‘HELP ME’” that clearly Daisy had not learned her lesson from that last incident on the beach with Jamar! LOL
About that time I am chatting with Daisy at the table and I hear Markus talking loudly and excitedly behind me to someone. I look back briefly and I could only tell it was a local but no one that I recognized so I just figured Markus was being Markus. He tends to get excited about just about everything he discusses, and that is one of the things I like most about hanging out with him. So I continued back to whatever Daisy and I had been discussing, and then Markus comes closer and he says to Daisy “Look, Daisy, look who it is” She looks up at him and he smiles real big at her and says “Hi Daisy, do you remember me?” And she smiles with a sort of ‘Not really, but I am too nice to say no’ look….and then he says “It’s me…..Shamma Lamma Ding Dong!!!” I burst out with laughter, and I turned to Ninja and said “Ninja….did you hear that….did you hear who he is?!?!?!?! He is Shamma Lamma Ding Dong” OMG I laughed so hard. So they chatted a bit and got caught up on everything since they had last seen each other……still at this moment I laugh just remembering that entire interaction on the beach…..only in Jamaica!

Now the crowd is getting larger and the music is getting louder. I look around and all of a sudden I see another familiar face….it’s Beachgirl66! So I walk over to her and invite her back to our table. Beachgirl is just so bubbly and beautiful it is hard not to be drawn to her….and the Jamaican men are definitely not immune to that either. Shortly after sitting down an admirer of hers shows up and decides to serenade her with a special song. He sings it to her loud and with purpose….”DELILAH! You left an ice box where (his) heart used to be” HAHAHAHAHA You heartbreaker, you!
We were all having a good time but it was getting late and I knew that we had to get up REALLY early the next day and would be spending most of the day in a bus traveling around Jamaica so I told Ninja it would be a good idea for us to head home to Catcha…..of course not everyone followed our lead on that good idea as we were the only ones that left (probably midnight). But Brasi walked us out to his friend the cabby and he took us back up to Catcha. We never met up with Booger, Sandie, Jon and Tizzy that night but we did hear lots about their adventures later. We went into our room and basically passed out on the bed, luckily we were smart enough to set our alarm before doing that. Another amazing day in Negril……..

Ode to some of our most eligible bachelors:

Brasi- What can I say about our sweet Brasi…what a guy! I have to admit I already knew I liked him as we had long before started a friendship online. At first we just talked about plans to eat at Bentleys then it switched to our love of music and common backgrounds, then maybe on to discussions of the world’s greatest football team. Whatever it was, I knew I liked him and so I was so excited to see him in person and spend time with him. I have to admit though that I actually did not spend as much time with him during this trip that I would have liked to, but when we did spend time it was surely enough to know that he is a wonderful and very caring guy. His love of his kids and for those he cares about is apparent. He truly is a real sweetheart…uh, er..I mean, he is a real bad ass! Lock up your daughters and watch out! LOL He is a master event planner and hype man and just an overall sweety. Some woman needs to snatch him up quickly before the long line of female fans gets too long, and whatever woman does that, will be a lucky one indeed!

Muzikdoc – OMG I love this guy, how can you not? Muzikdoc is a great big old teddy bear and everyone knows it. He is a guy that loves life and people and having fun and that is pretty much what he lives by. He likes everyone and has never met a person he couldn’t have a drink with. At first glance you may think who is this mean ole burly biker guy, but within about a second your answer would be…Well he is Muzikdoc, and he is my new friend! Really wish we had more time to hang with you, but I know we definitely will in the future and we sure enjoyed the times we did spend with you…Also, as I have added before…he was the king of the perfect form during the Bellyflop Challenge…..oh and also, I feel that any woman that wins over this teddy bear’s heart would be truly treated like a princess…ladies, line up! Oh and I also heard he has some pretty sweet dance moves! ;)

Drummerboy13 – We only had a brief amount of time with him on this trip, but it doesn’t take long to know he is a genuinely good guy. We talked to him about music and where he is from and relationships and life. My heart went out to him listening to his story of his recent relationship and just from that alone I was able to tell what a stand-up guy he is with a really great head on his shoulders and definitely the right priorities. I loved listening to him talk about his son and how he is the most important thing in his life. Drummerboy, we think you are pretty great and surely there will be a very lucky woman to come along soon who will also agree!

So listen up ladies of the world….here are 3 prime examples of some REALLY GREAT GUYS…stamped with my seal of approval, and I should know…I married one (A really great guy, that is). So put on your best dress, fix your hair, and come at them with the best you have, because they deserve it….and they have a lot of female friends now that you will have to impress as well!


Stay tuned, up next the day trip to YS Falls and the Pelican Bar

Awesome.I so love everyone's take on the people they meet. Although I have met some its still amazing to me...what a wonderful family we have created :-)

Marley, Thanks!! Will report back! Making my list now for our Memorial Day BBQ.
Oh, and you had me laughing so hard as I read your story about meeting Shamma Lamma Ding Dong that I woke up poor Anthony!!. You are right, only in Jamaica! And, omg, your description of Ninja and Markus' determination to get THE perfect moon shot! hahaha. I just love the way you write, it's as if we are all there with you. Keep it coming! :-)

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Eden,
It's probably more like 2 to 1 (2 juice, 1 vodka)
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hahah Marley! You definitely missed your calling. You should have been a matchmaker.:-) Love the way you described these wonderful bachelors. So sweet and I really hope some single boardie women will go for it!

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Ode to some of our most eligible bachelors:

Brasi- What can I say about our sweet Brasi…what a guy! I have to admit I already knew I liked him as we had long before started a friendship online. At first we just talked about plans to eat at Bentleys then it switched to our love of music and common backgrounds, then maybe on to discussions of the world’s greatest football team. Whatever it was, I knew I liked him and so I was so excited to see him in person and spend time with him. I have to admit though that I actually did not spend as much time with him during this trip that I would have liked to, but when we did spend time it was surely enough to know that he is a wonderful and very caring guy. His love of his kids and for those he cares about is apparent. He truly is a real sweetheart…uh, er..I mean, he is a real bad ass! Lock up your daughters and watch out! LOL He is a master event planner and hype man and just an overall sweety. Some woman needs to snatch him up quickly before the long line of female fans gets too long, and whatever woman does that, will be a lucky one indeed!

Muzikdoc – OMG I love this guy, how can you not? Muzikdoc is a great big old teddy bear and everyone knows it. He is a guy that loves life and people and having fun and that is pretty much what he lives by. He likes everyone and has never met a person he couldn’t have a drink with. At first glance you may think who is this mean ole burly biker guy, but within about a second your answer would be…Well he is Muzikdoc, and he is my new friend! Really wish we had more time to hang with you, but I know we definitely will in the future and we sure enjoyed the times we did spend with you…Also, as I have added before…he was the king of the perfect form during the Bellyflop Challenge…..oh and also, I feel that any woman that wins over this teddy bear’s heart would be truly treated like a princess…ladies, line up! Oh and I also heard he has some pretty sweet dance moves! ;)

Drummerboy13 – We only had a brief amount of time with him on this trip, but it doesn’t take long to know he is a genuinely good guy. We talked to him about music and where he is from and relationships and life. My heart went out to him listening to his story of his recent relationship and just from that alone I was able to tell what a stand-up guy he is with a really great head on his shoulders and definitely the right priorities. I loved listening to him talk about his son and how he is the most important thing in his life. Drummerboy, we think you are pretty great and surely there will be a very lucky woman to come along soon who will also agree!

So listen up ladies of the world….here are 3 prime examples of some REALLY GREAT GUYS…stamped with my seal of approval, and I should know…I married one (A really great guy, that is). So put on your best dress, fix your hair, and come at them with the best you have, because they deserve it….and they have a lot of female friends now that you will have to impress as well!


Stay tuned, up next the day trip to YS Falls and the Pelican Bar

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I went for what I now call the dhanurasana flop (Bow Flop), WPYOGI will know what that is. I jumped attempted to grab both ankles and release before I touched down. I almost had it but it was enough to get me a high score.

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And I will say it again, (I think these were the first words i spoke to you at the Swordfish bar) that dhanurasana flop was MONEY!!!

LMAO!

YOU ARE WAY TOO KIND!!!! I am def a work in progress!! I love you guys and enjoyed my time with you!! Watching you, as a couple, was very inspiring to me!! I am continuing my rebuliding process, so I will be ready for the perfect lady that comes along after she reads your super nice advertisement for me!! LOL!! I wanna be a couple like you guys or Clarity and Markus! Thats the dream anyway.....

Don't know how I missed your flop report Ninja! Been super busy, I'm working on the flop now, will try to have it up soon. Wish the 360 had been taped, I was purposely NOT watching your flops... :) I gave it my best, really my all, and you BEAT me! :)

Love that pic of Markus & Ninja trying to get the perfect shot of the Devil horn Moon. I remember Markus running back to the room to get his good camera and the mini tripod. They were both so serious about it too. This was no joking matter, the perfect shot must be achieved. lol!:D

As for Roots, I was just trying to be a good "wingwoman" and yeah, I've accepted the fact that suck at it. I hope Brasi forgives me for my sad attempt.
Well at least she wasn't 30 years older than him w/ bad make up job and crazy wig. Jamar still wont let me live that one down...

Looking forward to the next update. YS falls/Pelican bar! woo hoo!
If you're going to post a picture of the switchblade toe operation, I preferred Spottycatz angle of the traumatic event over that one Booger posted. just sayin' LOL!

LOL Clarity, you crack me up...yes they were serious! As always! HA!

And it's ok, you know we were only teasing about your match-making attempts...we know your heart is in the right place.....and no one was hurt (at least I don't think....Jamar? Can you answer that? You weren't hurt when that older lady grinded up on you, were you? LOL)

Hmmm, picture of the switchblade operation?!?!?!?! I have NO IDEA what you are speaking of.....LOL

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YOU ARE WAY TOO KIND!!!! I am def a work in progress!! I love you guys and enjoyed my time with you!! Watching you, as a couple, was very inspiring to me!! I am continuing my rebuliding process, so I will be ready for the perfect lady that comes along after she reads your super nice advertisement for me!! LOL!! I wanna be a couple like you guys or Clarity and Markus! Thats the dream anyway.....

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We loved you too and I meant every word. Hope the advertisement works.....we can always hold auditions next April :)
I am pretty sure I can say that you WILL be one of those couples one day, and that will be a very lucky lady....don't give up on the dream! :)

I was cracking up over here with the Pythagorean Theorem comment! This is good stuff chickadee!

WPYOGI - Thanks its all my yoga and p90x

GUIRIGAY- You did give me a run...


Day3 con’t: Monday April 23, 2012
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OKay so we all know I won WHAT WHAT.

So we went down to buy the bricks at Travelers Beach Resort. I have to admit to give back to a place that has given me and my wife so much was and incredible experience. In 2010 I brought my dad and mom down to Negril for our wedding. They had never been to Jamaica even though that is where their parents grew up. My father had commented that his experience with the people and the area made him eager to give back and so for me this moment was like giving to a place that is part of my family. Knowing that these bricks would go and be part of a school or a hospital or any building that would be constructed to give back to Negril made me happy. Seeing so many names and so many people donating made this fun event work every stinging flop moment. We rounded our brick painting with a couple group shots and then poof like a magic trick everyone vanished. We swore booger, pooper, jon and tizzy were down by the beach but uhm NO (so we thought).

We headed to the front and took a ride with the fun holiday group. Thanks Kopper for covering our ride to Sea Splash to meet up with Clarity and Markus.

Okay so this time at Sea Splash I got to meet Boombastic (who I didnt realize owned SS at the time of the webcast on Sunday) we had nice talk about some different subjects but this is my favorite boombastic story. SO Boombastic drinks smirnoff vodka martinis with blue cheese stuffed olives and pearl onions but about the time we got there he needed a refill and they were out of smirnoff. So he had his guy bringing some but in the interim what would he drink. His lovely bartender offered up so bottom shelf vodka and Boombastic mad that UHM NO look but it was that classic dilemma to drink second rate booze or to go dry. It can be a hard choice but Boombastic went for the second rate vodka, but wait his bartender comes to the rescue with Apple flavored Smirnoff. So with the choice of boris vodka or apple smirnoff he opted for the apple. Something in the back of my head said uhm maybe he should have gone for the Boris vodka. Boombastic finished his second vodka martini and promptly proclaimed “Dont ever give that to me again!” You see in the back of my head I was thinking Apple Martinis with blue cheese filled olives and pearl onions cant possibly taste good. Boombastic confirmed I was right.

As the day wound down we watched another stunning sunset in Negril and Markus and I tried to capture the moment, I tried to capture Markus capturing the moment.

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So back at the bar Musicdoc, drummerboy, Clarity and Markus were chilling when Brasi came along and someone said food. Jerk Chicken it is. Despite Clarity and my lovely wifes need to make fun of Markus and I for trying to take and awesome picture the time we spent eating and chatting was some of the most fun we had this trip. And the moon was killer.

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While heading over to roots bamboo I realized 2 things. Carrying my damn computer in this bag all day was getting to me and my shoulders were sun burn. So lesson people of dark pigment dont think the carribean sun wont cook your ass. I knew this but usually doesn't get this bad. Roots Bamboo was dead right at the moment we got there but OMG the music was LOUD (I feel old saying that). We found some seats on the beach and I tried hear anything. Once more people came in their bodies absorbed alot of the sound and talking became a little easier. I had a great chat with drummerboy and brasi about life in general and women. After beachgirl, beccajean and plus1 showed up I was getting a bit tired. Luckily I can always count on my wife to be way tired before me. We had a big day and it was time to listen to my better judgment (I never do that when it comes to hanging out). Brasi walked us out and we headed home for the night.

Little late night incident. More like a short comedy skit. We laid in bed getting ready to turn in and I was setting my alarm on my phone to wake me up. Setting the alarm on the phone take what 30 seconds. 5 minutes later I finally got the phone set. As I laid there I kept nodding off and dropping the phone on my chest. This lasted a while so much so I was actually catching the phone mid nod. I have to admit at the end of every day of this trip I was genuinely beat and ready for bed. YAY tomorrow ROAD TRIP

Marley, Ninja... I enjoy your reports. Now I really am sorry that I did not take more time to hook up with your group. I was supposed to at the Belly Flop but life got in the way. My trip was too short (aren't they always?) to do all I wanted and/or needed to do. It is a schizophrenic existence, 'mi Jamaica Life' in the country side, my beach/cliff tourist adventures and then coming back to yet another reality in NY.... I really hope our paths do cross, as I am sure they eventually will. In the meantime, Happy Travels and keep those trip reports coming!

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I was busy spending all of Ninja’s winnings in the gift shop so we actually were part of the group that headed out in the last bus, but funny enough we were the first group to arrive to Travelers Beach Resort…..uh, how did that happen? LOL! So we walked in and headed to the front desk. We told them we had a donation to make to the Buy A Brick program and asked if we could speak to someone. They called for someone to come talk to us and about that time the next group arrived….where were you guys?!?!?! Haha So we had several representatives of the program come out and speak to us. We told them about the event we just had and about how we decided to donate all of the money collected to N.E.E.T. They were very appreciative and they took some time to explain the program and also talked to us all about the new Hospital being built. We all were so thrilled that we had raised $9100 Js to donate, and since each brick is only $100 Js we pretty much knew that we could all paint a brick (and then some) so we decided we each would get a brick to paint but that we would also paint some for those who were there with us in spirit, etc. I have said before that the Bellyflop was one of the most fun things I have ever done in Negril, but this moment painting the bricks was probably one of the coolest things I have done. We had all just been laughing and having a ball and then once we got here and starting painting you could just feel the vibe change, and you could sense that everyone there was equally aware of just how special this moment was, it was amazing! I painted my brick and then one for Clarity too as they had gone to check in to their next place and didn’t make it to Travelers with us. Tizzy painted hers and then one for Markus. Patty painted one for her and one for Joe, and Kopper covered his and one for Manda. I also painted a brick each for Sweetie Pie and Guirigay who had not joined us down to Travelers….everyone had a brick and when we were all done it was such a site to see everyones name on those bricks. I took a moment to take a few pictures and then just looked at them all and thought about the school or library or whatever they would all one day build! What a great program!

Painting a brick for SweetiePie and Guirigay
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Everyone painting their bricks

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Everyone's bricks all together...what a masterpiece!

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After we finished taking the group photos I paused to take it all in and then I walked over to wash up a bit, when I looked up EVERYONE was gone. There had been a big group of folks and now all that remained was Ninja and I and Indy Bob and Cindy….where did everyone go? And how did they move so fast? This group NEVER moves fast. So I said, well I can only assume that Booger and gang are at the bar, so we headed towards the beach where the bar was. We walked up and no one was there….weird! So we walked back towards the lobby area, however Bob and Cindy appeared to be happy with staying at the bar so we waved and kept walking. No one was in the lobby. We walked out front and saw Patty, Kopper, Beachgirl,+1 and Beccajean. They didn’t know where everyone else was but they were waiting on their ride to take them back to their hotel. So I said to Ninja well we are down at the beach, we might as well hang out, so I called Daisy and Markus to see what they were up to. They had just checked into Seasplash and suggested we stop by for a drink at the bar. So we got in the van with the FH crew and then had the driver carry us down to Seasplash…….

(p.s. I only recently found out that Booger did indeed leave us, but apparently we also left Jon and Tizzy, mistakenly of course, as they were out swimming in the ocean....LOL)

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wow, you guys knocked it out of the park!

all respect due.

Marley...thanks so much for the Compliments..You all are treasures to me..thanks again for including me in this group of wonderfull people. I can't wait to meet up again!

Right back at ya Muzikdoc!

Ok, folks.....so sorry for the delay. I plan to continue the update tonight...stay tuned!

....tonight....you're such a tease ;)

;)

I try....

Harruummmph!!! Tonight for you is tomrrow for us! :confused:

Day 4: April 24, 2012

What on earth is that noise?!?!?! Oh..wait….it’s the alarm. But surely it can’t be the alarm already….we JUST laid down, right? Well, sadly, it was the alarm. I think it was set for 6:30am, so we could get up, shower, get ready, have breakfast and then be ready for the bus. After all, we had told everyone that the bus would arrive promptly at 8am and that everyone MUST be ready…..this was something I was not about to hold my breath on…..not with this group!
So we were both tired (something we would grow quite accustom to on this trip) but we were also excited, so we got up. I had been waiting for this trip for a while and I was so ready to go! I showered and got my stuff together and headed out to Ivan’s…..my normal breakfast partner, Sweetness was there at our table, she had just ordered. Raul was still showering and gathering his stuff. I looked at my watch and it was 7:30 but Kaniesha assured me that I had enough time for breakfast, so I ordered. Moments later booger emerged from his room, and I have to say I was somewhat amazed….he came out ordered a light breakfast and then soon after Tizzy and Jon emerged, I think Tizzy ordered something too….wow…..was everyone here at Catcha awake….I was so proud, honestly I was….proud…AND shocked! So we had me, Ninja, Sweetness, Booger, Sandie, Tizzy and Jon….the first pick up obviously was at Catcha. It was 8am and I knew the bus would be there….it is always on time. So we headed to the front gate and sure enough the bus was there. We waved to wait though because we decided we would head over to Wise Choise and get some more ice and drinks/snacks for the trip, so a few of us crossed the road and headed out…..of course we weren’t used to being up and about that early so we did not even think that the store was not open, oh well, we can stop somewhere in town, we thought. So with that, the first bus stop was made, we loaded up and were on our way…..Next stop…MiYard!

It was 8am but you would have never guessed that by the loud, cheerful gang on the bus already laughing and talking. We pulled up to Mi Yard and saw our next passengers, Sweetie Pie and Guirigay, they boarded to some pretty impressive applause. Then right after they sat down, Guirigay pulled out some banana rum cream to share with everyone, and there was, of course, more applause! The bus headed down the cliffs and past the roundabout and on to the beach road, next stop, Fun Holiday! We arrived to pick up Beccajean and guess who we saw there? Another one of the Fun Holiday gang, Patty! She came on the bus briefly to say hi to everyone and wish us a fun day, then Becca boarded and we were on to the next stop. We arrived at White Sands and the bus pulled in to the long drive across from the beach…..no Brasi to be seen. So I picked up my phone and called his number…..no answer. Uh oh, this is what I was fearing and we had already been so successful so far which was surprising. I thought for a second, what do I do? I don’t want to leave anyone….so I called again, and this time he answered! (Oh thank goodness) Of course I will admit he sounded asleep or sick or something but he told me he was standing by the front. How did we miss him, I thought. But the bus pulled back out to the street and sure enough, there he was, only he was over on the beach side. I waved to him and he crossed the street and boarded the bus! Phew! He was extremely quiet and didn’t look so good but he made his way to the back and sat down.
Next stop was Rayon hotel. We pulled up and again no one was around. This stop was to pick up luvsdaislands, but no one was outside. Luckily I had her number as well so I dialed it and she answered. I said “Hey, this is Marley, the bus is here” And she said rather surprised “Oh no, that is today? I thought it was tomorrow and I already have plans today! Oh no!” Oh my gosh! We were all so sad, but hey it is Negril and it is Jamaica, we all know what it is like to lose track of the time or the day….no worries….hopefully next time luvs!!

The bus headed further down the road and this time the stop was at Seasplash. We were there to pick up Daisy and Markus and they were ready. However, I forgot to mention that on the previous night, we had convinced another passenger to come with us (well maybe not convinced so much as he volunteered to go!) When we were at Seasplash last night we had a nice chat with the owner Boombastic. We mentioned that all of us were heading to YS falls and Pelican bar and he said “I want to go, I LOVE the Pelican Bar!” So I told him we could probably make room since 1 or 2 folks had decided not to go. So he said he was in. I told him when we were going to be picking him up and he said ok. So there we were at Seasplash, Daisy and Markus had boarded but no Boombastic…..he was nowhere to be seen. We asked the front desk to call him and they did. A few moments later he wandered up and stepped on the bus. He greeted everyone and then told us all how his extreme fun from the previous evening would be preventing him from joining us all for the day LOL!

And that brings us to our last stop, Idle Awhile, to pick up none other than…….SPOTTYCATZ! :) What was failed to mention though is that we actually passed right by them on our way to Seasplash (oops) but no worries, they were still there waiting when we came back by, and so they got on the bus said there hellos and we were on our way.

So there we go, one crazy bus loaded with some crazy folks about to have a crazy good time. On the bus were Marley, Ninja, Booger, Pooper(Sandie), Tizzy, Jon, Sweetness, Guirigay, Sweetie Pie, Beccajean, Brasi, Clarity, Hubby-man, Spottycatz (Mr. and Mrs)
We had 3 coolers and we needed to fill them for the pretty long trip ahead of us. Some folks needed to hit the ATM as well so we headed back to town and stopped at Scotia Bank first. The bus unloaded and everyone went to get some cash. Some folks even took the time to go across to the Chinaman store to get some beverages. While we were parked there we saw the infamous Gerryg123 on his scooter along with his lovely sidekick SuzieQ. We all got back on the bus after Becca and Markus returned from apparently being stuck in the ATM (I am guessing….because they were in there forever! Lol) and we were off, but then we realized some of us still needed snacks and drinks so we stopped at the little grocery store near Juici Patty. All of us in the store buying snacks and drinks and everything we could think of, lol. And none of the group was moving very fast doing anything. Every stop we made took forever with this group, and it was this stop when trying to get everyone back on the bus that the infamous phrase was first spoken by our Becca "It's like herding turtles" So after that good laugh back in the bus we went. About a second down the road and we realized we still needed ice, so we headed up the road and stopped at the Gas Station on the way to Sav. As you can imagine….by now it was probably after 9am maybe even close to 10 and we hadn’t even left Negril yet! About that time was when we realized there was an issue with the bus, something with the shocks in the back and so the wheel was hitting the frame over the back wheel. Uh oh! But never fear, we are in Jamaica were there are No Problems! Only situations! So Chicken’s friends brought another bus and met us at the gas station. And while they were pouring the ice in the coolers and arranging the drinks we all got off the first bus and onto the next one…no big deal, right? Of course not….we have snacks, we have booze, and we have happy people….right everyone?

It’s never too early for a Red Stripe, right?

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And if you don’t drink beer, you can always partake in some REALLY strong rum punch! (Thanks to my lovely bartender hubby!) And since we passed it around to everyone, they all can comment on how strong it was. WOW!

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Are we all ready?
CHEERS!!!

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TIZZY: Pay attention to this part, this is where I am going to explain the wedding song. :)
Ok so everyone knows I put this trip together. I planned to take this day trip to YS Falls and the Pelican Bar and I asked if anyone wanted to join us and in the end we had quite a bit of people who said yes and seemed just as excited about the day as I was. But there was a reason that this day was so important to me, and I told that story this morning on the bus as we were heading out (clearly Tizzy did not hear it, but in her defense she was far in the back, and also with Jon LOL) The story was that this was the trip that had originally been planned as the day trip we were going to go on with all of our wedding guests when we got married in 2010. We had long planned to take all of our friends and family on this day trip to YS and Pelican because it was our favorite trip to take and we wanted to share it with all of them. But as you know, Tropical Storm Nicole ruined A LOT of our wedding plans that year, and one of them was this day trip. We were unable to go because YS was flooded and no one was at the Pelican Bar, so we had to cancel and we did not get to take all of our guests. Not only had we wanted to share that with all of them, but both Raul and I had agreed that taking a big group of folks to the Pelican Bar would be awesome, and of course I think YS is so amazingly beautiful I just love sharing it with people. So I told everyone on the bus that morning that they were all now my friends and family and that this trip I would finally be taking our wedding guests on the trip we had planned, so I told everyone to pretend that Raul and I were newlyweds and this was our wedding trip…..and with that…..he put on the wedding march music, and we laughed. Though I do think it played several other times throughout the day LOL

And NOW we are FINALLY on our way!

Oh I love this day so much......it will live in infamy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice update and you covered the events PERFECTLY. Did you film the trip? LOL! And as Tizzy, I had no idea why the wedding music was playing. So cool and you just put the day in a whole new perspective.... I cannot freaking wait for the rest of this story as the day was EPIC!

And nice work calling out JIM. Brasi was in worse shape and manned up. Big ups to Brasi. If there is one day that I look back on with this trip it's this day. There was so much joy and good times in the air and it was great to be able to spend some amazing time with such a great group.