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3 cheers for old glory!;)
Don't you just love the stars and stripes?
Enjoying your reports! We probably passed each other at the Boat Bar last Friday. The pile of towels in your video are ours!
LOL, you have so much fun! Loved the Donkey video, and the kids ferris wheel. Really like Makeshift Innocence, thanks for the heads up on them.
Lots of sand in front of the Boat Bar. Can't wait to hit the beach.
Where is the Dude located? White Sands? I would love to feed him
Love reading your reports!
I am new to the message board but not Negril. We are also from Ottawa and stay at WS.
I told Francis last year when we were leaving that I was going to bring him a signed Alfredsson hat. We arrive April 6 so not to worry we will keep working on Dude!
He will be a Sens fan!
Love "Makeshift Innocents" Sweet tunes fa sur. Really enjoy tagging along with you~~ TY
Thanks to all of you for the feedback, I really do appreciate it. Lady Jane, Jim-Donna, BevyMacG, STRIPER, NRV, Jaherring and everybody else.
So yesterday I saw this interesting tattoo on the beach. There was a comely young woman, lying on her back, lounging in the sun. I noticed her tattoo. It was ‘rainbow-style’, consisting of lettering, arching up from under the front of a smallish bikini bottom. I was positioned such that I had to read it upside down. It said - ‘Lucky You’. The ‘L’ and the ‘u’ were partially covered by the fabric of the bikini bottom. There was some smaller print too, which I couldn’t make out. Jeff, one of our peeps who had been closer to her, said he thought the smaller print read - ‘If you can read this . . .’
Bea and I walked out onto the street to cross over for sunset and we saw JT walking along the road. Barefoot, wearing just his shorts and a ball cap. Smiling, as always. So far, no JT antics to report on. He did tell me hat he had met up with PGW one night and tried to match him drink for drink, but failed miserably.
Later we had a great buffet at White Sands, and the rum punch – whoa! That punch was stealthy, after two it would creep up on you and whack you on the back of the head. But that didn’t stop us from having several more. There was no show – the band was tired from two weeks of music video taping.
After we feasted we walked up to Sunnyside and there was a party going on! Maureen had Shaggy blasting (of course - Maureen is in love with Shaggy) and she was dancing behind the bar. It was a good crowd and we spent some time there. Here is what was goin’ on . . . . in pictures
http://youtu.be/kKyyhyu9FVw
http://youtu.be/CQlSPX0vRHg
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It's nice to hear about the happenings pon da beach!
Kahuna, just love it when you're in Negril. I enjoy your reports so much. Did you make it to PeeWees Birthday Bash? Any pics or anything to write about the party? Glad you guys are having such a good time!
Thanks so much K3...I find myself coming here more than once a day to catch your updates. Also just about finished "Walk Good"...awesome read my friend!!
I did get one more beach walk in on ash wenesday, but no sign of JT. One afternoon/evening was enough I hardly got to talk!
May be the only Senator fan in Windsor here, you may not have heard, Karlson is out for the season, not good!
GREAT report and pics!!
Hee hee great pics.
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Just before he was about to get locked up, but I think he talked his way out of it!
Fitzy – Yah, we went to Pee Wee’ last week, didn’t take any photos though. It was a packed house. They slaughtered a goat at Pee Wee's in the afternoon and cooked it right away, it was ready around 10:00. There was a big crowd on the road, a couple of jerk barrels smoking in the parking lot, music playing from a bank of speakers just off the road. The No Limit bar was packed, guys were playing dominoes out front. Lots of traffic and people around. It was a block party.
Thanks ‘justchuck’ and ‘facedown’, thanks for reading my 1st book (check out Sunset Negril :)
Thank you vince and LadyJane
Did some running around in town this morning, it was really hot. Off to the Boat Bar now for the 1st Red Stripe of the day.
Tomorrow my daughter Alex arrives :) with her beau Josh. So the next week will be busy and fun, showing them around and doing stuff we don’t usually do. Probably won’t have a lot of time to post.
Here is a video of me trying to teach the Dude to say ‘Leafs Suck’. Also a bunch of random shots.
http://youtu.be/1VE44iPyycM
Me guarding my stash at White Sands
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Love reading your reports....thanks for sharing!!
K3
Thanks for the report great to see pictures makes us want to be there. The books are both great will read again on the plane down Monday. Hope to run into you and meet you. Owe you a stripe for the books.
Nick
[QUOTE=vikman;84666]K3
Thanks for the report great to see pictures makes us want to be there. The books are both great will read again on the plane down Monday. Hope to run into you and meet you. Owe you a stripe for the books.
Nick[/QUOTe
Hey Nick, he was on the bus crawl last year with us. We will both be looking for you, books in hand Kahuna. I must meet this dear bird. Where is he located? Bird seed, soon come.
I love that video of Dude. He is beautiful. And the pics are awesome. I can almost "smell" the beach 22 more sleeps!!
Oh and JT! Nice to put a face to the name. He has an award winning smile
Good report! I will (with my friend Brian) be in Negril on Wed. as well! It is my 8th trip. I used to always go alone but it is also great to have a friend. I have stayed at White Sands before, they used to have a pool table and I wondered if they still do. I like to play pool! We are staying a Whistling Bird for 4 days then heading to the cliffs for 4 days. Maybe we will bump into you on the beach! Can't wait!
Lori
Loving this. The video of Dude is awesome!
Yes they still have the pool table
Nice report, keep it coming!
Alex and Josh arrived yesterday and have settled in - Chances pizza for lunch, Best in the West for dinner. Good start. No sign of the Cake Lady last night though.
Today it is cool and windy and big waves are pounding the beach.Going for a walk later, then Sunnyside for beers. Arranging for pub crawl on Wed and YS Falls on Thursday. Big concert at Waves on Wed nite - Lady Shaw and a whole bunch more. Gonna be busy. Willhave lots of phoyos and ty'ings to say, but later.
More crew arriving today and tomorrow.
I mentioned earlier that birds feast on the ripe fruit in the Ethiopian apple tree that is situated just outside our balcony. Well, at night – the fruit bats come. Dozens and dozens of them. These ‘rat bats’, as the Jamaicans call them, have a wingspan of about one foot. When I first got here, there were no bats at night in that tree. But it only took one bat to find it, then the next night he came back with all of his cave buddies. They begin arriving around an hour after sunset. They set up an orbit around the tree, swiftly winging around and around to periodically dive into the foliage and light on a fruit-laden branch. There must be forty or fifty of them, it’s quite a spectacle. They eat for a while then resume their orbits. As they fly, they occasionally make a twitter/chip sound. They also relieve themselves, squirting guano on the side of the building and deck flooring. The railing is not currently a good place to hang a towel out to dry.
Our chambermaid, Janet from another Planet, curses them, ‘Dem rat-bat, dey dutty, dutty. I wanta hit dem in de head!” whenever she’s swabbing bat poop from the tiles of the balcony. Their feast creates a huge mess under the tree as well, it is littered with half eaten apples, leaves that have been knocked off and myriad small chunks of fruit. The gardeners rake and sweep it up every day.
These bats are not shy, if I stand on the balcony and lean out a little, a few of the bats will break away from their dizzying orbits to come over to check me out. They flit by me, about a foot from my face, then return to their business.
Check out this photo of one of the bats coming over to check me out.
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Love the bat pictures!
I think maybe Dude is a leaf's fan, he doesn't seem to want to say "leafs suck":rolleyes:
Ooooo that bat pic is scary, for me anyway. Another blizzard here K3. Please think of me when you are walking in the sand and drinking a cold Red Stripe.
21 more sleeps
I don't think the Dude is a Leafs fan - that would be cruelty to animals. He's just having problems with the 'S' sound. I'm gonna keep working with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2nutz4travel
Yesterday was a very blustery day in Negril, but that didn’t slow us down too much. We still hit the beach and did some walkin’ about, but we didn’t go in the wata. Check this video of the wave action.
http://youtu.be/BCOwx47K1PU
Here’s a boat that was pulled up on the beach because the water was so rough.
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Here’s a shot of Alex and Josh just entering the ‘unregulated territories’. Do you think they will be okay? They are lovin’ Negril and are already talking about next year.
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We usually meet on the White Sands sundeck for sunset, but last night it was cool and windy and the horizon was obscured by cloud, so we all gathered in the gazebo at White Sands and had a drink – there were 13 of us. Here is a shot of a couple of cuties.
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So we were all sitting around and I looked over towards the beach – and I spotted the Cake Lady! I went and brought her over and everybody got excited when she said she had German chocolate cake. She also had banana cake – we had hit the mother lode!
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So we all gathered around and we pretty well cleaned her out. Here’s a shot of the Cake Lady and JT. This is an unusual shot because JT has a shirt on - it was so cool yesterday afternoon.
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Later Bea, Alex, Josh and I went down to Margaritaville to dine – mainly because it is sheltered and the service is quick. There was a shooter guy walking around. Here is a shot of my baby girl . . . I’m so proud of her :)
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When they started up the karaoke the screeching and wailing was so bad we had to get out of there.
The weather is calmer today, so we’ll see what happens next.
K3,
Good stuff! It is blustery and Very Very Cold here in Boston. Need my Negril fix.
Thanks for posting pics, video and TP.
VVHT
Thanks for the update. It was even cold in Florida this morning.
Hi Kahuna3 enjoying your report but the Jamaican Apple is called Otahaite Apple
the german chocolate cake is to die for.shes been on the beach fo near 40 years.ever had her callaloo pockets?
Pops!!!
Lovin' the posts. Looks like Alex and Josh are having a good time. They look like they need a bit of colour on them though to fit in with the rest of you beach folk. Loved the video of Dude. Ryan is not impressed with the language training that you are giving him, haha. Keep up the good work, I'm sure by the end of your trip he'll have "Leafs Suck" down pat! Then next year you have to teach him Go Sens! Keep up the bloggin' and the pics.
Love,
Kelly
Thanks Marie - I knew it had some weird sounding proper name, but forgot it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marie
And thanks to all of you who are tagging along on my likkle reach. (you to 'kellylr82') ;)
We have been really busy the last couple of days – so not too much time to post. But here is a quick update:
Remember I said there was a LOT of sand on the beach, well, we had a high tide that coincided with big winds and waves and the sand got moved around. The following shot is at Country Country – look at the bamboo siding below the deck - you can see how much sand has been washed out. Up and down the beach, the usual spots are washed out.
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We introduced ‘the kids’ to Niah’s patties – they loved it and they’ve been back.
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Also, we usually have breakfast at Charela; it’s close to White Sands and good. And they have a very cool cat named Lucy. Here’s ‘the kids’ and Lucy.
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Did some touring around in town and saw this truck full of oranges.
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Here’s a rainy sunset shot from a few days back.
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Polly (Sinbad) wanna cracker? This is the Dude's papa. He takes the water cracker, nibbles on it a bit then goes over to his water bowl and then dunks it. Smart bird. Remember the parrot toy we put in the cage the second day I got here? This morning I visited the birds and saw that the toy has been totally destroyed – just a chain hanging there now. So I guess they liked it.
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I’m not caught up yet, but that will have to do for now. Today we went snorkelling, this afternoon is the pub crawl and tonight a concert at Waves – Lady Saw. The kids are excited. Details and photos later. Some of our crew is starting to leave, so things should settle out a bit.
Likkle more – One Love.
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Enjoy your day, and Thanks for letting us tag along!
^^^^^agreed!!!
Yes thats the same cake lady, I have not seen her in years, and that is the first time I have seen John with a shirt!
K3
It was nice meeting you on the love bus drunk crawl yesterday. Love these reports.
Nick and grace
Great pics K3. Just PMed a person about the beach at CSA being wide and all, maybe that has all changed since the other day? I havent seen Country Country that washed out before. Hope the beach is good at White Sands and Nirvana
Nice to meet you guys as well - on the 'drunk crawl' :)Quote:
Originally Posted by vikman
Lady Jane - the sand is coming back already, and CSA is good. But Lazy Dayz and Treehouse are washed out badly.
I’m still behind on my report, but I will catch up after the kids leave – I have lots of things that I want to share with you and I have a JT story for later. We have been busy, busy, busy . . . here’s a quick update.
So we went to Ricks for sunset – (yah, I, know). But the kids wanted to go. It was the usual Rick’s scene. Josh decided he was going to jump – here’s a shot;
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I must say the lighthouse looked beautiful in the bright slanting rays of the setting sun against the darker cloudy background – check it out.
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When the girls went to the ladies room, Josh and I went to the men’s and then freaked them out by reaching thru the ‘mirror’ wall when they were at the sink. Then the girls posed with the ‘rasta’ dude – $100J – yes, a true rasta man.
‘Open sesame, here comes Rasta man’
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Rick’s was a frenetic, touristy kind of fun. After sunset, we walked down to Ahhhh Bees and had monstrous jerk burgers – they were very good and very spicy.
The next morning we were up early and went snorkelling with Mike, who keeps a nice clean boat. The water was calm and clear – it is always nice to get out on the water.
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Alex and Josh snorkelling of off Booby Cay
http://youtu.be/bcXfb2IkXfY
It was a busy day on the water in Negril.
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