Yeah they are a little sweeter and a bit hotter!!
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Yeah they are a little sweeter and a bit hotter!!
Nice report!
Congrats to both of you for fighting the good fight! I love the "cancer warrior" :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Crusher
Thanks for the TR, hoping for more and more pictures!
Great trip report and pictures :) Ossie's Chicken looks delicious!
Well I guess this is day five....two full more days left and a half day on Friday. It doesn't seem like its going too fast and I think its because we are kind of doing it just our own way this year. There is no where to rush, no sites to see, no worries mon.
Tuesday was a good day. Brenda and I planned on having a bit of a shopping excursion so we could pick some stuff up for the Grandkids. Brenda started out early and took a route taxi down to the Times Square Mall. She found a fabulous dress there that she fell in love with and bought it. I waited back in the room for our brother Doc to come. He showed up early.....must be the Canadian influence in him! LOL!! We were off to pick up our friend Karen from Hedo as we promised her that we would take her to some of the not so beaten trails when it came to shopping. She has teenagers and younger kids so it would cost her a small fortune on the resort to get them all something but we had just the cure for that.
We picked Brenda up at Times and made our way to the round about. They shopped at some of the shops that are to the left of the round about and found a few things they really liked. We then went to a dress shop in the mall by the HiLo that is run by a flamboyant Jamaican man who recognized my wife immediately and yelled out for her by name. Its nice when you make an impression on someone that for all of the thousands of people they meet and see that you get called by your name when you enter their shop. She found some stuff in there as well and we moved on to the Sun Island Outlet Store. I am sure most of you are familiar with it but for those of you who aren't its the place to by shirts and stuff like that. They are 10 times cheaper than the shops on the all inclusives and half as cheap as the best stores downtown. Karen was able to get two things for each of her kids and stayed within her budget.
The best part of the afternoon for me was when we made our way up the road to Chicken Lavish. The food was fantastic and we were the only ones there so we got crazy good service and our meals were ready in 25 minutes. Pretty good by Jamaican standards I must say. The food itself was amazing. We ordered Jerk Chicken, Brown Stewed Chicken, Sweet and Sour Chicken and the Curried Goat. Everyone was impressed including Doc and he's a hard guy to please lol! We spent about and hour and half there and my beer was always full and the conversation with the owner was pleasant. We would most definitely go back there for some more food in an instant.
We then took Karen for a drive up the West End Road and showed her all the resorts and the cliffs. We stopped at the Lighthouse so that we could take some pics. Its looking a bit haggard there, wish there was money to do something with the area as it could be so much more than it is today. Its the realities of the culture and I understand there are other priorities but history is important and it would be nice to show off a bit of the history of Negril. We did get some pictures though and headed back down the road to continue on our little shopping excursion.
After we were done we took Karen back to the resort and met the friend she was there with. We got a big hug and a kiss and huge thank yous for showing her something she probably wouldn't have seen otherwise. Translating Doc's patois to English for her made me realize how much I have learned without really knowing it. As the girls shopped Doc and I talked about life and politics in Jamaica. It is some of my most favorite things about being here. I don't know what I would have done if we hadn't been introduced by some of our friends back home. He takes such good care of us. In turn we are generous with our time and resources as well. He deserves it as he's been a boon companion on several interesting adventures over the years(cough cough Scrub a Dub)!
The rest of the day we spent in the ocean. A lot of folks left our resort yesterday so there was like six of us out on the chairs in the afternoon. It was peaceful and quiet just the way we like it.
We dined on our extra order of Jerk Chicken from Chicken Lavish and chilled in the room for the remainder of the evening as Brenda was tired from all the shopping and swimming. She sure sleeps a lot more soundly in Jamaica than she does at home.
Today we are going for a walk down the beach and then out for supper at Sunset After Dark. Must remember to check their Facebook page later to see what they have on the menu. Should be awesome as always.
I will try and post some pics later of the scenery and the lighthouse.
Nice!
Thanks for keeping us in the loop Crusher! Glad you guys are having such a wonderful time.
Now, no more talk about how many days until you have to go home!
Nice hat:) the food looks great!
Thanks for the contiuing report and all the pics. I wonder if you could tell us where Sun Island Outlet Store is located?