Originally Posted by
juls
ok..Here I go...Immigration went well...no problems and not a long wait...Did not do Mobay and it worked out for us..The drive to Negril was fantastic..I had only been to Jamaica once and that was 9 years ago at an AI south of MB. We saw little of the countryside at that time..this was sooo much better.. So many different landscapes and so much to look at.. I think my husband was in awe..This is the first time he said...Next year when we come...... So I think I have him hooked! That and I also made sure we had some leftover Jamaican money for the next trip..(as I have read on this message board!)The trip from airport to Samsara was approx.. 2 hours plus..letting some people off at other hotels...I I don't think my hubs was prepared for the driving..but got used to it as we went...After checking in..I felt the need for my Red Stripe...my better half walked down to the L&M..His first of many trips to the store.. encountering Ganja Bob on each trip..He always started with the same line..Hey! I'm from the mountains and I have some real fresh stuff..come.. I'll show you! My husband would say..I don't smoke...Ganja Bob would say...Just come and look at it!! Ok..the first mistake.. no matter how I tried..(ok at the last minute) I couldn't get a copy of the map..I knew that we needed it...My Mom and the Les (the hubs) kept telling me..we will find another map when we get there..ahhhh I knew better than that..I will NEVER go there again without the map! Day 2 ...I was thinking..how the hell am I going to find things...So I put on my walking shoes..told Les..we're outta here!..Made it up to Ricks with a straggler..nice kid....here comes the second mistake..we really didn't know why he was walking with us. On the way I was noticing a lot of things mentioned on this board and became HAPPY! I am here, I thought!! We got to Ahhbees and since I am a hamburger freak..I planned on a big ol burger from this famous place..Dang, we were there at 10:00 and they wouldn't be open til 11:00 we were told by the guy selling stuff outside. So our 'straggler' wanted us to continue walking so he could show us Ricks Cafe.. I told him that I was on an exploratory mission..was not planning on going there this early in the trip..He insisted we go..I actually thought he worked there..So we get to the gate.. this kid with us asks the guard if we can go in and look around...the guard says.."Sure, when we open." Ok, back to Ahhbees...its a little past 11:00...and I am grateful to sit some where in shade. The owner showed up and said they wouldn't be open til 12:00..dang...So this kid with us is saying he will make sure we don't get ripped off by a cab to go back to Samsara...we believe him..but I think we weren't reading between the lines..I think this kid wanted to go to Burger King...He mentioned it earlier and I told him I can eat at BK at home..We start off in the cab and soon I tell Les..we went to far..He looks around and tells the cabbie to stop and we told him we were going to Samsara..The cabbie was confused..For another $4..he will take us back.. I believe this kid had his own agenda. When we got back to Samsara the kid got out with us. I just tapped his shoulder and said 'See ya.'..We left him standing there..or I think he would have moved in to our room...Ok..Those are the first mistakes we made.. More to follow!
