Cool, love the cave/bar under cottage 1.
Drinks in the bat cave !
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Cool, love the cave/bar under cottage 1.
Drinks in the bat cave !
I sat on the lower platform by the sea and took this video. Again, more for the audio effect...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Mw5ftJvJc
Awhile later I assumed the position on the deck. Not sure what +1 was doing. Anyway, I was staring into the sea having a quiet moment until I heard a ruckus. A whole lotta squawking. And no, it wasn't +1's mating call. It took me a bit to find the source.
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A bunch of parrots flew in and were hanging out in the tree above our cottage.:cool: Ah ha moment! That's the source of the bird poo towards the far right side of the deck.
They were so cool to listen to....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UOozpx_czM
One more shot off the deck because the colors are too cool.
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We decided to keep the leisurely vibe going so we headed over to the restaurant for dinner. We even broke away from our normal spot at the bar and sat at a table! (if you know us well, you know we are bar flies when the kids aren't present)
I realize I've been in Negril for 48 hours now and still haven't had lobster, omg! My very first caribbean lobster. It's gonna be soooo good. But first....
Oh yeah. Liquid gold.
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Omar recommended I have the lobster grilled.
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It was de-lish. Well worth the past 3 trips wait (because we always come in april). Apparantly, I have another hankerin for some conch so I convince +1 to order the conch steak. De-lish conch.
***Ok, a little hilarious background behind the conch joke. Our very first trip to Negril, our very first night, we were staying at Breezes Grand Negril. A bit exhausted and a bit buzzed we hit the buffet party that night. I'm in line behind a beautiful 80-ish year young lady. She walks up to the grill master and says..."You got any conch? Because I've had a hankerin for conch ALL DAY!" Quote of the trip. And maybe my quote for life, LOL.***
As we were sitting enjoying dinner, the man at the table next to us started to chat us up. Turns out it was Dave - the owner. We had a very long conversation about life in and life away from Negril. After dinner, we continue chatting and order up another round. Overproof and ting for me. Heine for +1. Dave mentions that we are in for a ride with that hurricane a comin. WHAAAATTTTT???????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's no hurricane, i say. I checked the weather 2 days ago.
Nope. There's a hurricane 300 miles south of here heading straight north.
Gulp. Another rum please Omar!!
As we are sitting chatting, I am keeping my eye peeled for Omar the security guard. We had some amazing chats with him last trip and I can't wait to see him again. Eventually he appears on the far side of the bar. I give him the eagle eye. He asks bartender Omar, "who's that over there talking to dave?". Bartender Omar says, "you know, they were here a few months ago". Security guard Omar starts to laugh..."yes that's miss stefanie and sir d***!"
We eventually finish our drinks and hunt down Omar on our way back home. We ended up sitting on the concrete wall by the front gate for about an hour and chat with him. That man has the biggest heart and smile to go with it. We head home comforted knowing that Omar is watching over us. But a little nervous knowing what is coming our way....
I'm not sure what time we eventually crashed that night. I have no photographic evidence whatsoever...
ooops, i forgot to post this video of +1 jumping off the platform earlier in the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3NOwSSw8rk
Short but cool video, I take it you have a water proof camera? Need one of them next time go there with my son the cliff diver.
H-E-double hockey sticks, yeah!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lorax2
Yes, waterproof. It takes some great pics if you have the right settings, of which I am still figuring out. Definitely fills the need for us as we are river rafting in the summer/skiing in the winter/trying to make it to Negril as much as $ affords...Quote:
Originally Posted by poolguywindsor
That lobster looks amazing!
I'm really enjoying all of your pictures and videos. Especially the jumping into the sea footage. I'm dying to get back into the ocean again.
I love that shot of the sky and sea, The pinks and blues are just beautiful.
My camera didn't even do it justice. It was so pink that night!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Clarity
OK, it's time to get back on this horse.
We were up bright and early this morning....even before the restaurant staff showed up for the day. I was a little eager to get online and check the weather, lol. So we sat on the main deck at Xtabi and had another chat with Omar.
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Another beautiful, tranquil morning.....
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We formulated our "there is a hurricane on the horizon attack plan" for the day. First item of importance is to snorkel a bit off our private platform. We grab our gear. I decide to half a$$ wade in from the lowest part of the platform. +1 does a cannonball launch as usual. As I am about to jump in, i see +1 swim fast for the ladder and he hollers my way to wait. Apparantly, when he was underwater, he pressed his mask to his face to take a look and discovers he jumped into a massive pile of Jellyfish!!! Whoops! Time for plan B.
It's a terrible picture, but there were hundreds of those little effers.
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Plan B. We decide to head to the beach and find Captain John for a snorkel trip. We ran into him two days prior hanging around the Sunnyside bar. The thought is if there's a hurricane a comin, we better get out on a boat NOW. +1 was worried that we wouldn't remember what he looked like because we were into quite the overproof rum fog that day, but sure enough we find him right away. No hurries though, mon. We want to hang out at the Sunnyside bar for awhile before we go.
It's starting to look like rain...
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