Trip report, Boardie Bash 2014...best trip yet

a couple of brownies were on the menu for me today....spread out all day, of course..lol...

we all go up to the Seastar saturday night party....great buffet food....it really is a great spread...

Mark Irie, Sasanya Dawson, Rasta Stan all perform...

Sasanya gets the party going...Janet doesnt like to dance, but she got a couple of her friends(boardies JoJo P and Spreadlove) to dance with me...we get a soca line going...it gets hot, Hot, HOT!!!!some dolla, dolla, dolla, later and i am a mess.....

here is where an OLD man needs some help..i got some videos that i have downloaded to facebook, but cannot figure out how to do it here...just gives me a blank screen....well i got 5 videos in my email from this night...they are hilarious...i would love to share...lol

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some dirty dancing
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the conga line
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and then it gets interesting...the line stops on the dance floor...those who know Jamaica music prob knwo the dolla, dolla, dolla song...
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bellys out
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Love it!! I see you broke a sweat!! LOL Nothing better than dancing in Jamaica. Great pics!

Only a few words to say about this.......

F@#%ing Awesome!!!!!!

I am still laughing !!! I wish we had got a pic of Ginger cooling you off with a bucket of ice water after your dirty dancing routine !! lol

me too, talk about a cooling off....

Nice pics Groove, and thanks booger.

Outstanding!

Thanks for posting!

VVHT

Groove, so glad Janet asked us to abuse, I mean dance with you , lol. :):)
It was a tough job, but someone had to do it !!!!!
It was the MOST fun, craziest, and hottest night of my trip !!
Till we meet again........................:)

today was sunday april 27th, 2014....

I had a long night last night....drink rum way past my limit, had 2 brownies, and after seastar, we went to bourbon beach for a little while...somewhere in that mix, I committed to GerryG123 that I would be ready at 530am for a try at spear fishing....OMG, I dont drink that much, and it is telling me to roll over and sleep...but I am a trooper and get up....Flip has ordered my wife to do something, and she reluctantly gets up and follows me to the lobby to wait...right on cue, GerryG pulls up....as I get situated, he exclaims..wtf, are u eating subs already? its 530...yeah, but its 420 somewhere...lol...if u only knew how bad i felt and how close to not having a passenger you were....lol...anyway...

this is the picture in my whole roll that Flip likes best...
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and we are off!!!!

Gerry meets Famous Vincent at Palms..it is a closer boat ride to the fish....we have about 20 minutes to kill while we wait for the boat...GerryG has a float stashed and hits the pool...this was my home for a week, so I walk around the grounds, trying to shake the funk....

first, I am not a very good snorkler....great swimmer, but i cant get the breathing thing right...and then i panic and snatch the mask off..plus, i always leak water and swallow half the sea....

so we get to the spot and we get in...I decide from the start that i was too uncoordinated to shoot, load, retrieve and repeat while trying breathe at the same time...so i jsut followed Gerry around...he is pretty good at this...I shot a few times, he reloaded for me and I shot again..i finally hit one, a glancing blow...decide this was too much for me and i just floated away for a minute..next time i look up, there is a lot of distance between me and gerry....i am not too far from the boat, so i head over...as i sit in the boat, the slight rocking gets me...should ahve stayed in the water, i guess...sanyway...gerry says he had a great day..we have about 10 fish....

GerryG123 was the perfect host..always asking if i was ok, was i having fun, did i need anything, etc...then when he saw i was feeling bad, he was extra concerned...love this guy....

anyway he dropped me off at travellers at about 9am...
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we had a breakfast plan included in our package...we had to sign the ticket every morning...buffet 1200....it had several choices, many jamacian flavors...liver was on the menu this morning....almost made me skip the meal, stomach already queasy...lol....liver....yuck....

our meal EVERY morning was eggs made to order, toast for janet, french toast for me..and fruit....

today was steph's brithday and she had a pub crawl scheduled at travellers at 1200..since it is our home base, very nice place to start...Flip is watching the hockey game,,,Go Macon Whoopee....!!!only hockey game i ever been to....he was decked in his Flyers gear, it was the playoffs, and he didnt think it was funny when i asked how many touchdowns the other team had...lol....

as people start to show for the crawl, it starts to rain..and rain pretty hard...

a few shots around travellers...pool table, table tennis.....

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so we wait out the rain at travellers and the crawl has begun....

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Janet and birthday girl
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LADIES

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Mikes new haircut

Said it before and I will say it again.... Gerry G is the most understood boardie I know. Dude lacks a filter, and that bothers some. Others judge by his actions. I frankly appreciate his candor, honesty, and that he will never grow up. He loves his baby girls and is a great provider, so judge that.

I think we had 18 at Travellers for the start of this thing...Gary/Steph, Drew/stef, Jackie, Kitty, Dawn, Tanee, Janet and myself, Flip and Jackie, al and lulu, bert, mike, big shiny and mango...dont see any evidence of roy and ginger...where did u go, my friend? some are ready for a change of scenery, but it is still raining a little, so we straggle over to Errols, which is next door...

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Said it before and I will say it again.... Gerry G is the most understood boardie I know. Dude lacks a filter, and that bothers some. Others judge by his actions. I frankly appreciate his candor, honesty, and that he will never grow up. He loves his baby girls and is a great provider, so judge that.

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yep...1st time I met the guy and, just like when I met you, we hit it off, as it is hard to not hit it off with this guy...also. just like with you, didnt really spend enough time with the mighty californian....always next time

rain finally stops and we head down the beach...

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we lose a few at Bar B Barn as we pass by...we stop at the YellowBird....two 4 ones....
but we also add Lorax and Cindy lou

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yep...1st time I met the guy and, just like when I met you, we hit it off, as it is hard to not hit it off with this guy...also. just like with you, didnt really spend enough time with the mighty californian....always next time

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Respect. Though I have to admit you freaked me out with your camera. Is that NSA? My employer? Lol. Now I get it.

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Flaming Bob Marley Shots

my first....melted the straw on the first attempt...

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look at jackie's face

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I love the pic of you and Gerry on the scooter! ;)

next stop is alfreds...a lot of fish and chips plates being shared....I walk next door and pick up Muzicdoc to join the crawl..he is checking into the Grand pineapple,and comes out to play with us...

not any good pics from this stop....a game of volleyball breaks out..i knwo when the Jamaican guy was putting on ankle supports and wrappinghis wrists that someone was in trouble...a couple boardies went out to play, one on each team, and it was a game of keep it away from the from the tourists....lol...unless u were trying to score, then it was hit it at the tourists...lol...looked like fun, actually...

the party continues down the beach....not sure why we pass sunnyside..maybe a few people already there, or maybe we did..no pics anyway...anyway, we end up at tonys Hut...

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today was april 27th, 2014....love ya, JoJo....



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the sunset

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woulda loved to do Ph`s bar crawl but had to stay in control for our 100 candle dinner that evening. I think it was our only sober day , that will never happen again lol.

and that was it for us...we walk back and stop in bourbon beach for a beer
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then head back to travellers....
i pass by moms place and see boardie Slightly stupid....he made me a stick of reggae music

Thanks again buddy...

we clean up for the night, and go down to the bar at Travellers for Karaoke....it is extremely good..I call it an early night, Janet closes it down and she loved the karaoke...loved it...some very good singers....

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woulda loved to do Ph`s bar crawl but had to stay in control for our 100 candle dinner that evening. I think it was our only sober day , that will never happen again lol.

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We need to hang out.

Yes we do , next April 3 weeks for us so I am sure we will be crossing paths a few times or even following the same path lol.

Great report, you sure keep busy!

Beautiful pics!!!!

This report just keeps getting better. Thanks for the great pics. Up at 5:30 to meet GerryG, wow, that's a trip. Glad you had a blast, but I take it you always do.

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Beautiful pics!!!!

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one of Janets favorite people she met on this trip....hello sassy...

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This report just keeps getting better. Thanks for the great pics. Up at 5:30 to meet GerryG, wow, that's a trip. Glad you had a blast, but I take it you always do.

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thanks, buddy....

Awesome Report My Friend..Makes me feel like I'm still there.....Thanks!...and see ya next time!!

You know how to do Negril properly.......loving it!

Mi man Groove ,
Although our encounter was brief .. I'm glad to hear that U're enjoying some new tunes !!
I took 4 sticks down & countless burnt CD's ..
handed them out @ random ..
I do plan on putting together another music swap ..
soon come .. loving the trip report ...
Awesome work !!! diggin' the pics

Love all the pics and it was a pleasure to have both you and your lovely wife @ Drifters on the Friday night of the Boardie. Bash, we arrived at 5pm unfortunately as the drive was a long one from Salem... But so glad we made it to meet you all!!!!
Sassy xo

Seriously?? Janet, I LOVE you!!!! Miss you more I need a red stripe in Jamaica so bad!!!! You should look me up on Face book

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Seriously?? Janet, I LOVE you!!!! Miss you more I need a red stripe in Jamaica so bad!!!! You should look me up on Face book

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Sassy...I'll send Janet a FB request for you.

on to monday, 4/28/14...

Janet and I do a lazy morning....hang around travellers beach and pool...

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today is another pub crawl..it is tanees 50th bday...we wait for Lenbert in front of travellers

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The bus pulls up with the bday girl in her usual seat...and we are off

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we had lots of action of this crawl...gonna take a few posts...

the first stop is canoe...Lenbert frops us off and goes back to pick up a group from one of the a/i's.....

canoe is a familiar spot for the group, so everyone does their thing...

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our friends from Georgia...John and Bettye
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