gettin my groove on "TRIP report" boardie bash style--april21-may11,2013

and now on to the next adventure...

yesterday was our 1st day at shields, but we were gone all day...when we got back, all of our stuff was in our room, the a/c was turned on, and it was great...all done...

I get up and I love the view outside of my room...we booked one of the 2 poolside/oceanview rooms....the balcony overlooks the pool and bar....best beach view ever from a room in negril for us...

I do my morning beach walk....go to the yellowbird and have a couple of drinks..I head back, Janet is ready to walk a little, so we walk again....I get a call from flip,and we meet him and his lovely companion Jackie at.....the yellow bird....al and lulu are also there...I see al and lulu everyday now that i am at shields and they are at bar b barn.....2 for 1 dirty banana, and papaya daqs...
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we walk back to shields, play in the pool and swim up bar....Janet catches up with Maureen, the bartender friend that we met in 2010...such a sweet lady...

a few pics of our room at shields, look over the mess, please

bathtub
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bed

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view of pool from my chair in room,
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this is my Favorite juice ever
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and all my assorted drinks for the reach

add a little J B overproof to the juices and instant punch

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our balcony, on the right as we looking at it
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the walkway at shields
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the indoor restuarant
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flowers
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Maureen behind the bar

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out front of shields

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waiting for this...next up
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Shields looks really nice!!

gerysteph1018, thanks for the view from another angle.

We call her "Janet Claus" lol

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We call her "Janet Claus" lol

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Aptly put! I love this pic. Little boy all excited having a treat and Grandma getting something too

Loving that pic of janet handing out goodies!

groove16, I just read the White Sands section!Wow! My wife gave the okay yesterday for a getaway 1st week of July. She's ready, as she was unable to join me Boardie Bash week... White Sands WAS in consideration. Thank You for your honesty... It may b a nice place, but walking on egg shells and feeling somebody might go off on me is not my idea of a good time...I am at page 9, already looking forward to the box lunches i was unaware of and the 2 for 1 drink specials, fish taco's etc... Again, thanks for this awesome report... It's sheer size and quality photo narration is reminiscent of my Cali cousin, gerryg123!
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1 hour later, thru interruptions, I have finished this awesome report!
Thanks a Zillion!..Whe! Wheeeeeeeee! Soon come!

Happy Travels,
Skb

Hey kevin...a long way to go to compete with gerryg123...i tried my hand at videos on this pub crawl, i may try to post a few, but they suck...lol

Janet Claus....now that has a nice ring to it....

We get picked up by Lembert at Shields...we go to the 1st stop, which is actually a bar at someones house, right behind the town of Negril...someone said it is lemberts aunts place, some say she is the justice of peace and runs this bar in her off time....I m not quite sure

check out the bag
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a sign in front
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Janet Claus---another view of the same grandma
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Janet has a beer, I have a punch and I look for the spot...there is always a spot...just gotta step around the corner and there it is, the sub station...lol..I walk off for aminute, make a new friend, and share a smile.....when I return, I had to look around to find Janet, as she is off igving away goodies...There are a few snacks at this stop...very good fritters....once we get off the bus, lembert leaves, he says he is going to pick up all the cliff people, as they are at another stop, then he comes back with an empty bus.....well, we get back on the bus, and off to the next stop, which is ON THE ROCKS, I had never been to this bar, so It is nice to visit somewhere different.

sign as we enter
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Jim and muzikdoc
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meinvancouver and dolly
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2nutz
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Groove your on the juice man! All juiced up to crank some gold dots over the fence:)

Hey Shields pics stirred my interest, hope it's ok if I send you a pm?

Jamb

On the rocks has live bands on occasions, and dj's once a week, I am told....when we pull up, there are several people already there...so now we have two busloads....

this is a big place....i do my thing, take pics and try to talk to as many people as possible....that is the great thing about a pub crawl....get to party with so many different people, and do it a t different places, that u prob wouldnt get to visit otherwise....

pics of the people on the crawl..
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Lorax 1 & 2

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Indy Cindy

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Jim/Donna

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T shirts

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people at the crawl
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a few signs around the property, the shot of the beach area, and some pool playing
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Groove your on the juice man! All juiced up to crank some gold dots over the fence:)

Hey Shields pics stirred my interest, hope it's ok if I send you a pm?

Jamb

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what u know about gold dots...lol

absolutely send me a pm, my friend

We ALL load on the bus and it is PACKED.....Lembert starts the jams and we are off....now this is a party crowd, doesnt matter what music is played, they are singing and dancing and falling in each others lap....lol....I think there are 39 people on the bus....We head to the next stop....

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Connies Country and Western Bar....Connie is Jennys daughter and runs the restuarant and bar....Connie has been seen at several partys and has appeared in this trip report a couple of times...

getting a beer
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look behind the bar
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food .... and .... drinks
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we all want our pic with Connie..Janet, Muzikdoc, and Myself
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and the crowd on the outside patio

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We ALL load on the bus and it is PACKED.....Lembert starts the jams and we are off....now this is a party crowd, doesnt matter what music is played, they are singing and dancing and falling in each others lap....lol....I think there are 39 people on the bus....We head to the next stop....

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Connies Country and Western Bar....Connie is Jennys daughter and runs the restuarant and bar....Connie has been seen at several partys and has appeared in this trip report a couple of times...

getting a beer
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look behind the bar
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food .... and .... drinks
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we all want our pic with Connie..Janet, Muzikdoc, and Myself
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and the crowd on the outside patio

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after we spend our time at connies, we load up on the party wagon again...It is amazing how many people fit on this bus...and all were singing and rocking and lembert had the jams blasting...."It wasn't me".....

next stop is the no limit bar...Janet and I had spent some time here, but we like to hang with Elvis at PeeWees....It is right across the street...Meinvancouver also liked Peewees as he has been coming here for years and stayed close to ehre 20 years ago....

so several follow us across the street

Janet and Elvis
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Dog at PeeWees, Blue Cave Castle, our peeps,
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the party boat passes by, the cove and one last look at the castle


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groove16...I believe that gerryg123 would say ya did the art of Trip Reporting proud! I'm glad your report was not over when I posted after my marathon read Tuesday afternoon...

Thanks again!

Happy Travels,

Skb

The next stop on the drunk bus was at xtabi
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I love Xtabi and all it has to offer...the caves to explore, the cliffs to jump off of, the dirty bananas,...I love it so much, I didnt even make it there this trip...
We arrived at Xtabi, and I was to call my friends Rina and Larry before we headed to Xtabi, as they were to meet u s there...Amonst all the excitement of the day, I forgot to call them...They called us when they saw the bus pull up...they were at 3 dives and had just ordered food....so I snapped a few pics beofre I got the call, and headed over to hang with them...their meal was just being delivered, so they met up with us later after we left xtabi...

anyways, a few pics from Xtabi

carving and statutes
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towels for sale
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our party at xtabi
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as we were leaving, we saw these 2 boys....the older boys are the ones that we didnt have as much stuff for....but everyone likes candy....

Janet claus strikes again....
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Great report Groove, I am just returning from a self imposed exile from Negril.com . Not cause I didn't wanna be here, just too much too do and my January 2014 trip is too far off and it makes me miss it far too much. Loved the report, hope it doesn't stop here. Gotta read all the reports I have been missing the last 4 months or so! I'm back looking forward to all I have missed. Jamaica January 2014 Soon Come!!

Sounds like our house, walleyed99! Planning a trip for June '14 to Negril, with family, this time. Every time we get together and we start talking about our trip a resounding cheer of Jamaica, 2014!!!!! breaks out. It is a long way off, but half the fun is in the planning and looking forward. But then we are just back from our '13 trip May 22nd. Had a great time as always. Happy reading!

Hey Groove, GREAT report man! I just love the way you say it like it is. There is no "look at me" or "I did this and that", its all about the good times you have with the good people around you. I can totally dig that! As I have said before, we are new to the board but have enjoyed the Negril vibe for several years. Every trip we seem to meet more cool people with the same likes as us and we are starting to build up some really good friendships. The whole time I was reading and checking out your great pics I couldnt help but think that the whole thing seemed oddly familiar......and when I got to page 25 I figured out why.

WE WERE ON THE SAME PUB CRAWL!!! In fact, I can remember at our first stop, when Mrs Claus was handing out the candy, my wife (Julie) saying something like....oh, she must know those people. (what I failed to notice was you sneaking off to the sub corner, and if I had we would probably be old chums by now) ;)

Thanks for all the great shots to jog the old memory. That really was a BLAST on that trip. I cant believe we didnt at least get to chat a bit, but there were a lot of people and I dont think we got to meet everyone. (we actually cut our crawl a little short after Julie slipped and fell on her butt in the caves at Xtabi so we didnt even make it to the end) Your pictures with the captions of all the people that you know REALLY helped in figuring out who some of the folks are on this board that we had already met. You even got some shots of Julie before the bruised ass (and feelings) incident and some sweet shots of my back. :)

Keep em coming man.....Im looking forward to seeing what we missed at the end of the crawl. See ya on the beach! BS

Just a few more from the crawl...

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So far you have it pretty well covered my friend!

Wow! Beautiful shots. I love the one with Indy Cindy handing out the special cake.....wait.....now that I think about it......that might have something to do with Julie's fall. :D

Thanks 2nutz for the additional pics...

Big Shiny....sorry about Julies fall...did not know that happened...I usually warn people about the caves being slick, Janet almost busted it on our 1st trip there... so which Pic are you and Julie in?...yes, wish we would have met, but there is always next year, right? love the cake....hehehe

We board the bus and go from Xtabi and head to Negril Escape..I took alot of videos on this pub crawl...I was 1st one off most of time, and took videos of everyone dancing and singing as the unloaded the bus....it was some great video....but it was a new camera and most of my videos did not come out...I was on pause when i thought i was shooting....I did have a couple that did come out, but cant figure how to load them, plus they are poor camera work...lol

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rabbits at the entrance of Negril Escape
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bar and restaurant
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some of our folks
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There is a lighthouse at Negril Escape...Cool for taking pics, etc...
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Janet and I had never been to Negril Escape...they had some good deals there and we wanted to check it out anyway, so Lenbert did a great job of choosing this place...

Have I said that I love the one love pub crawl?...

anyway we walk and explore a little

Janet by the pool...It looks to be pretty big and nice pool
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I see Lenbert over by the light house...I give the camera and tell her that I am going to climb the lighthouse for a photo op....

I ask Lenbert a couple questions about people jumping out of the lighthouse...I ask him if he ever jumped, and he said yes...bull, i say...no, mon, really, if I had my trunks, I would do it...so u just jump, no problem, I ask?, No Problem, mon...

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so I decide to go up and look

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I decide, wtf, is Lenbert can do it, I can do it...shirt off

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Now when I get up and look, this is a long way up...Higher than I thought...I am not going thrugh with it...or so I thought...About this time, lenbert starts yelling to everyone...get your cameras ready, he is going to jump.....so everyone starts cheering and yelling...wait, I just want to climb back down...but I go to the edge....crap, this is a long way...everyone screaming to do it....ok...one, two, three, jump.....still standing there...heart pounding....just do it, it can't be that bad....SO i just walk to the edge and .....

here I go
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that was a long way down....but it was AWESOME....everyone still cheering as I exited....what a rush

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Here is some of the lodging at Negril Escape...
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me and Cindy...I love this girl...she loves her Jamaica and enjoys it to the fullest...I cant think of any better way to be...
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the lighthouse as the sun sets
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we have another jumper

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at this point, my camera has used up its memory card...we have a back up camera, but batts are low, so here are a few more from this stop


meinvancouver and dolly

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the lighthouse at sunset
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Janet finds a little girl and gives her some stuff...the kids really love the bubbles

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we get back on the bus again and we head to the Real Lighthouse of Negril...this is a turn around spot for the bus....some want to get off for pics, I get off for a sub....
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we get back loaded up and head for sir d's love nest

ths bus is rocking at this point
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sir d's
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a great place to view a sunset

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another happy little girl

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we meet our friends Larry and Rinakim at Sir D's, and when the bus was leaving, we stayed with them, since this was the last stop...I got on the bus to give Lenbert his tip, and everyone on the bus was yelling ONE MORE STOP< ONE MORE STOP, so lenbert said he was but going to seastar for one more stop....I started to ride on to seastar, but my friends were waiting...this was the funnest crowd ever...

a recap of the crawl

1. ladys yard
2. on the rocks
3. Connies c&w bar
4. no limit/peewees
5. xtabi
6. Negril Escape
7. Sir D's
8. Seastar, although i missed this

we leave sir d's and we walk to catcha gardens and hang with Rina, Larry, Rick and carolyn for an hour or so...we share beer, and some eat brownies....catch a taxi to shields, and then to roots bamboo for the wednesday night party, but we dont last long, it was a long day...but a fun one...

I LOVE the bar crawl....we've been on it four times now and we always hit a new spot or two, it's always something different. Lenbert is the BEST. Great trip report, you guys really get around. Love how Janet is always giving, what a great lady.

Groove...really enjoying your report. You are telling it from your perspective and thats refreshing. More importantly I now know who your wife is.. .. spent a little time with her and spreadlove, who she loved, really admired her as she gave out treat to the kids. The looks of joy on their faces was priceless and i found myself asking myself, why didn't i think of that. i can't bring 50 # of treats but will find room for something next trip. I admire her unselfishness and thank her for the positive influence she presented. Big up to Janet! my shero! and next time we meet on the beach, I hope you'll stop so that we can have a proper conversation. Continue on.

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Groove...really enjoying your report. You are telling it from your perspective and thats refreshing. More importantly I now know who your wife is.. .. spent a little time with her and spreadlove, who she loved, really admired her as she gave out treat to the kids. The looks of joy on their faces was priceless and i found myself asking myself, why didn't i think of that. i can't bring 50 # of treats but will find room for something next trip. I admire her unselfishness and thank her for the positive influence she presented. Big up to Janet! my shero! and next time we meet on the beach, I hope you'll stop so that we can have a proper conversation. Continue on.

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I think I stopped and talked to you for a minute while you were lounging at NBCC....You were doing your own thing, so I didnt bother u for too long, just wanted to say hi...

Great job with the Bar Crawl! It was a great group and a lot of fun! I just wish I'd been able to get my camera ready in time to get a picture of that crazy guy jumping from the lighthouse!

If I'm not mistaken - her name was Grace, and Lenbert of course!
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Karaoke & the gang at Negril Escape
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Sir D's
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Oh sure, right after I say I like the fact that you weren't doing the "look at me" thing you go and jump off the tower? Just kidding of course...that looked like it must have been somewhere between terrifying and exalerating. (you know us folks in our early forties shouldn't be doing crap like that, right?)

Ya mon, next year sounds great. We are there around the same time every April/May so chances are we will meet eventually. We realized lately that once a year wasn't enough so we have been supplementing with a trip in late fall the last couple years. Might be down sometime in Oct/Nov with some newbies this time.....fingers crossed it works out.

Thanks for the concern about Julie but not to worry....she's pretty tough and other than a knarly bruise on her butt, she was no worse for ware. We were both pretty "full" by that time anyway so it was ok that we cut it a bit short. Just a little advice to any pub crawl rookies out there.....it's not necessary to drink for 3hours BEFORE getting on the bus. :cool:

Dude-- how did that jump at Negril escape end? Your form scares me a little-- I mean you have to go in all streamlined, feet first body straight arms to sides or diving headfirst arms in line with body so all slices the water nicely. I am so behind your bravado and having made the jump-- but your form in the take off is kind of freaking me out. That said, you lived to share it and plus your trip report freakin' rocks!

i Am LOVING this report. I hope it keeps coming and coming

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Dude-- how did that jump at Negril escape end? Your form scares me a little-- I mean you have to go in all streamlined, feet first body straight arms to sides or diving headfirst arms in line with body so all slices the water nicely. I am so behind your bravado and having made the jump-- but your form in the take off is kind of freaking me out. That said, you lived to share it and plus your trip report freakin' rocks!

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It ended up fine...I look at that photo and said the same thing to myself, but apparantly it straightens up...it is a long way down, and sometimes arms to side, sometimes arms crossed across my chest...but u are correct........picture is from the beginning of the jump, wish I had one of me a little farther into the jump...

Thanks again, 2nutz for the added photos....it took me 2 days but I finally remembered the negril escape karoke song...."sweet caroline" bom, bom, bom....;;;;great times...