Marley and Ninja: Having Their Cake And Drinking It Too! Trip Report - April 2012

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Originally Posted by marley9808

don't tease them like that...they will be texting me soon to slap you! Hahaha

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She's right, that one's from me. :rolleyes:

LOL! Message received.....as soon as I see him I will deliver your message for you GG! ;)

Aww my emotions ... some pepole wait to go home to watch their soap operas... i wait for trip report updates.... lol sad...


O.M.F.G. I HAVE TO ASK/COMMENT... OKAY, TURTLES... BENTLEY.... okay the laugh is amazing... anyone realize the guy laughs just like the count from Sesame Street... One banana, Two banana, Three banana, HA-HA-HA-HA-HA....LOL HILARIOUS!!!

LMAO

and he counts all the things on your plate!!!

Day7: Thursday April 27, 2012
NINJA's 2Cents
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Ahhh

Waiting leads to Anticipation, Anticipation leads to Peer Pressure, Peer pressure leads to Snarkyness from Ninja

SO is the way to my Dark Side... ;) Well technically all my sides are dark, I mean I am Scotchpanjamerican ( figure it out )


Today was one of those days you wake up and you are happy but something is gnawing at you. We were saying good bye to friends nah family today at least until next we meet. We had so much fun but we knew eventually people would go and we’d be slowly missing people. Patty and Kopper had left earlier but Booper and Jizzy would be leaving us and then soon we’d have to go too. UGH someone punch that dude and wake him up. YOU’RE IN JAMAICA MAN pull your head out of your ass and go get breakfast.

Another stellar breakfast. I beleive this morning I ate another delicious Johnny cake, and my wife will correct me if I’m wrong but it was this morning there was a slight mix up and instead of bacon and cheese I had sausage (who f’ing cares it was GREAT) but it still hit the spot. We would be heading to the boardie bash later and we decided to kill some time at Home ;).

I wandered around Catcha snapping photo after photo of flora and all that is the beautiful grounds. Tomorrow I would spend even more time getting to know my camera better but for now here are a couple of shots.
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Soon we packed up our stuff and headed out to the bash via the scooters. Let me start by saying that like Pooper and Indy Cindy I’m was more of a lurker or rather borderline lurker. You’d see my stuff here or there and I definitely didn't read every possible post there was like some people to remain nameless (the M in Minja or the Marl in Marlja). So before this trip I wouldnt have known a MusicDoc from a GerryG from a Boombastic, besides the handful of folks we have taken a bus ride with or a Chicken Bus trip with or met previously at Sea Splash I was heading into basically as the supporting cast to the Marley show (a job I love to the fullest extent). In these cases I tend to gravitate to what I know, it helped me survive first days of school and getting station at a new duty station in the Navy.

We reach Canoe sat down by Rasta Stan, ( who promptly referred to me as Hootie, a name I’ve been called before and now have grown to love since people started comparing me to another singer) his lovely wife, Dawn and her +1, Becks and her +1, Boombastic and I’m sure I’m missing loads more. We took nice photos of ourselves the beautiful people (yes this is me being snarky ;) ) and I believe this is when we started the convo with Rasta Stan about his cool necklace. Any one who remembers records (you know those vinyl like discs that people use to listen to back when playing music on a player added a little bit of soul from the grooves and the needle, I digress) will remember his necklace. Its the thing you put in a 45 to play it on a player since they had such large holes (thats what she said ←- snarky). His wife had it made for him and I think thats pretty cool.

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More and more boardies entered the fray or they were there and I just hadnt gotten around to them yet. Brasi, Bea, Musicdoc, the Indy’s, the Cats, Hubbity and a handful or more of people I didn’t know. Shauna being Shauna always reached out to know who they were on the board so she could put a face to a name. I did not, simply because (LURKER) it wouldn’t have made much sense to me anyways. At some point a massive boardie photo was taken and as you can see I’m not in it. Basically because I was taking the photo.

Eventually I entered into a conversation with M Catz and it was steadily interrupted by a comical exchange between Steve and Bea where she swore before the night was over she would own his shirt and matter of factly he reassured her she would not. I think Mr catz won that one.

Did some one say RUM Cake. I have to admit I was just about tempted to take this entire cake and hide it. Who cares if anyone else besides those I deem worthy get a piece. I only care about more for me, well and more for my wife. But we did share the wealth with everyone (its possible my cake slice might have been bigger than other peoples).

There was so much going on it seemed that when it came time to go we hadn't even met everyone. But my bromey (homey + bro) wasn't there and we needed to find them at catcha before they left us. We jumped on the scooters and headed home

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Originally Posted by TizzyATX

LMAO

and he counts all the things on your plate!!!

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oh from gerrygs report... there are five things on your plate tiz!

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Originally Posted by Beebeluv

oh from gerrygs report... there are five things on your plate tiz!

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LOL! He didn't do it when I ate there last month so I called him over and said "Hey Bentley, can you tell us what is on our plate.?" "How could me forget" he said and next thing you know the animation started. I look forward to eating there on my next trip. If you need a pasta fix his spaghetti and meatballs kicks ass.

You guys entertain me so much.... Thank you! :)

nice meeting you Marley and Ninja in St Pete.....
a lot of good laughs and stories with Sweetness dat night.......
oh........guess were mi going to be in a week......lol
take care mon

Cool Runnings, Marko

Hey Marko!!
It was great meeting you too....we sure had lots of fun and laughs....I loved hearing your stories
And I really liked you too.....up until that last comment about where you will be in a week!
Ha
Just Kidding!

have a blast (no need to really tell you that)
And tell Bentley we said hi! :)

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Hey Marko!!
It was great meeting you too....we sure had lots of fun and laughs....I loved hearing your stories
And I really liked you too.....up until that last comment about where you will be in a week!
Ha
Just Kidding!

have a blast (no need to really tell you that)
And tell Bentley we said hi! :)

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same here.......lol
Bentley loves his boardies and mi sure mi will gain a pound or two because of him........ha ha

Cool Runnings, Marko

Day7: Thursday April 27, 2012 cont.
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On this isle Family came,
Though blood and birth all not the same.

On this journey Together we walked,
With vivid dreams and fathomless talks

From Divine heights to fearful woes,
A family built a family grows.

Set on the backdrop of azure blues,
Vibrant Substance and sunset hues.

One Love, one goal and much to share,
in our Negril Family all gather here.


As we took in the growing night dinner was full of a sense of spirited conversation. The wave of talks was like the ebb and flow of the night waves crashing on the cliffs with robust laughter and love. Even now as I try to remember the conversations from that dinner I can’t but I simply remember the feeling of sitting in such a wonderful place in time and enjoying the world around me. Nothing else was necessary at that moment. Food...CHECK, Friends...CHECK, Conversation...CHECK.

As dinner ended the bar called to us more importantly the Booper/Jizzy contingent needed drinking companions. This would be our last night as a group of rowdy drunks. And soon we’d GuiriPie and then us and Hubbity soon after. I didnt want to dwell but sometimes you cant help realizing you have to go back to reality. I shook off the my solemn mood and we paid for dinner and quickly shuttled to the bar.

The party was in full swing and when we joined it amped up to 11. We took our niche at the inside end of the bar and drank and talked and drank some more I busted out a Cuban for some consumption. Soon we were all singing, it was liek the jamaican version of Cheers where everyone knows your name even if its your boardie name.

Now I have to correct my wife on one thing. Booger moved us out to the cliff edge (And yet again my wonderful Peanut butter compadre Pooper decided to jump in. If you look closely at the group photo you can see her hair is wet.) , we had set off our (Shauna’s) 10 lanterns the night before as practice so now it was time to do it again. We had a couple of miss lights here and there and one or two with holes but we got most if not all off without a bang. The correction comes here we took the group photo as the last thing we did before we called it a night. I only know this because my camera has the time stamp on the photos in iPhoto. We hugged tried not to cry as we would be 4 down tomorrow. We promised the quad group we’d party on in there absence.

side note: Shauna’s was this night or was it the night before that Tizzy was reunited with her iPhone. See now if everyone would have just let me use the iPad to do a search we’d have found it days ago. However I think it was fitting she lost it day one and found it on the last day

When the night was done and my head hit the pillow I thought of future trips and friends on the west coast, across the pond and to the north. Yet another reason to visit Cali,Texas or the UK, or win the lottery so we could open our own compound somewhere and eat peanut butter drink rum and red stripes, think of negril and since almost more than half of us are artists just create. Clearly I was drunk and probably high.

On a side note I hear there is some land open in Waco for my compound (ok that was in poor taste but its friday and frankly I’m ready to call today the weekend).

Before I fell asleep I took some time to listen to the crashing waves and to think of what tomorrow had in store it would be our only full day at catcha where we didn’t plan on going ANYWHERE. I also thought of how happy my wife was and how I love it when she is.



On this isle Family came,
With mirth and ardor our hearts set flame.

The sun did rise and New days end,
our time spent made than friend.

With mated Heart and kindred soul,
a fundamental truth became our goal.

One Love, one heart and much to share,
in our Negril all Family gather here.

Raul, lurker, Mr Marley, whatever......like everyone else we had the pleasure to meet, greet and mix with, you are a one of a kind. As a mate I would want you with me for your smile alone, it lights up the stadium. Love your stuff. ;)

YEP!!!!
About his smile....I tell him that all the time....it was what I first liked and always remembered when I very first met him :)

Would you believe he doesn't like his smile? And that I have to tell him to smile in photos...

Thanks Catz

Love you Marley ;)

wow awww.... that was truly beautiful sir ninj-hool... u have the gift of words... i do not lol...
And the smile is a great one, he has to like it, he just wants to hoard it and keep it all for himself lol hehe

Day 8: April 28, 2012

I awoke this morning much like I had each day before, to the sweet sound of the waves crashing against the cliffs below us. But this morning they sounded like maybe they weren’t as strong. You see, the sea had been rather angry during this trip and most, if not all of the days, the water around the cliffs had been too rough to swim or snorkel in, so up until this point we hadn’t even been in the water yet. But today was our last full day in Negril, and we decided to spend it doing something we had not yet done on this trip.......We decided to spend the entire day at our home away from home, our favorite place on earth....Catcha Falling Star.

And there was no better time to do it. The seas had calmed down enough for us to swim, and also by this point we had GG, SweetiePie, Daisy, Markus and Sweetness all staying there too! So with that thought I was up and out to breakfast. Quick stop by the coffee bar and then over to our usual table with Sweetness. We enjoyed a nice breakfast with a view like always and we told Sweetness our plan of chilling at Catcha for the day! Around that time the rest of our friends started waking up and making there way to the bar and breakfast area. Everyone was on board for the chill at Catcha day!

Sweetness and Sweetiepie at our breakfast table

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I called our good friend Brasi who was down on the beach and invited him to join us at Catcha for the day as well. Daisy and Markus went to get their snorkel gear and we made plans to meet at the cliff edge soon for our adventure! Raul and I picked a nice little nook and settled in for a bit on the edge of paradise....what a view! Soon Markus and Daisy arrived ready to get in and snorkel.....well, Markus was ready at least! LOL
By this point Raul had taken off to walk the property in search of some amazing photography shots, which he definitely found. I think Daisy was still a little gun shy of the waters, so Markus and I went in first to test the waters (aka make sure there were no lionfish!) LOL
We hopped in and snorkeled around and soon after Daisy was convinced that the waters had been properly tested and she joined us.



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We swam for a bit and then I looked up from the ocean and saw Sweetness perched on her balcony watching us.....she waved and I waved back. She even managed to get a pretty nice shot of me in the water....you can even see my hot pink flippers! lol

Hi Sweetness!!

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Eventually the ocean started to get a little rough again so we made our way back up the ladder and decided it was a perfect time for a drink break at the bar! (Every time is a perfect time for a drink break at Ivan’s)

We head up to the bar and realize that while we were swimming Brasi had arrived and he was at the bar chatting with GG and SweetiePie. Hey Brasi! So we all ordered some frosty beverages and did a cheers to our fantastic surroundings with our new family of friends!
Raul had been walking the property like I mentioned before and he managed to get some really amazing photos of Catcha (God I love this place)

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About this time is when Daisy and I both were like “Where is Raul?!?!?!” and then we turned around and noticed he was over in the corner taking photos of us! Sneaky ninja!

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As we were all laughing someone shouts out “Dolphins” and we all turn to see a pod of dolphins jumping and playing out in the ocean off the cliffs at Catcha. Raul actually managed to get a bit of a shot of one of them....see the tail!

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A few more of the photos Ninja took around the property:

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This place should look familiar, Daisy...and GG and SP it will soon look familiar to you as well :)

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Tizzy and Jon...these places should look a little familiar to you as well ;)

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And THIS....this is my home :)

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After the excitement of the dolphins we settled back down to the bar and soon after I heard someone asking for Marley....It was Coco and her hubby, they had just arrived and of course their first stop has to be Ivan’s. It was great getting to meet them as I had talked to Coco previously on the board and she had even brought something for me from the states that I asked her to bring for some of the staff...Thanks again for that Coco....I owe you and your hubby a drink the next time we meet! So sorry we didn’t get to spend more time with you two!

After visiting with Coco and hubby for a bit, Daisy and I decided to head up to visit Sweetness in her room, Venus. I had promised another boardie that I would take some photos for her of what would be her room in a couple of months. You may know her, GarySteph1018 :) She had posted on the board that she had booked Venus but was wondering if she should switch it to I think Moon. I had assured her that she would NOT be disappointed with Venus so I wanted to be sure to get some nice photos of it for her to ease her mind LOL. So we went up and Sweetness gave us the 50 cent tour....what a room. I actually videoed the whole tour but somehow I managed to erase it by the time I got home so all I had was a couple of photos of the view to share with Steph.....of course as you may know now....that was all it took anyway ;)

View from Venus (and it just happens to be a view of my very favorite place) :)

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At this point we made plans with the group to meet for dinner, have one more fun night at Ivan’s and then head over to Seastar Inn for the Saturday show and buffet and also Tawnee’s Birthday Bash. With that agreement we all then sort of went our separate ways for the next few hours. Markus and Daisy chilled on one of the daybeds while Markus did some sketching (He did an AMAZING sketch of Sagittarius.....I nearly stole it from him....it was so good!)

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I think GG and SweetiePie might have headed for a “nap” or something lol and Ninja and I spent the afternoon and early evening chilling in our most favorite place on earth

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After sunset we decided to get all dolled up for some reason....I guess since I had spent most of a week in a bathing suit and cover up I decided I wanted to dress up for our last night. So with that we head back over to Ivan’s to see if everyone was ready for dinner and guess who was at the bar? The Mighty Californian (Gerryg123) and SuziQ. They had stopped by for some drinks at Ivan’s so we visited with them for a bit while we waited for the rest of the gang to arrive for dinner.

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Soon after everyone was there so we were seated at our table and we had another amazing dinner. We sat at the same table we had the night before so I felt it only fitting for me to once again order the Seafood Linguine....well that, and also because it is amazingly delicious. And this time I remembered to take a photo of it. However, I snapped this shot before I realized they had not added the capers in it (which makes it even more pretty in my opinion and even more delicious too) but once they brought out the capers I think I inhaled the dish and forgot to take another photo, oh well lol

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Raul had the chicken stuffed with callaloo

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And we had the peanut butter cheesecake for dessert and it was delicious!

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After dinner we headed to Ivan’s, of course, for our last night of the Kevin and Ty show. Brasi stopped by to join us for a drink at the bar and I told Ty that we had just a bit of our cake vodka left and that since it was our last night we needed to finish it off in style, and he agreed. So Ninja and I went to the room to gather the ingredients and returned to the bar. We gave Ty the rest of the cake vodka and he agreed to make “Pineapple Upside Down Cake shots” for everyone at the bar, and he did. Cheers everyone!

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And then we watched our last performance of our trip....I love these guys...greatest bartenders ever!

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And with that I gave them both a big hug and a “See you next time” goodbye.

We were ready to head over to Seastar for the Saturday night party but unfortunately we had to say another goodbye to Guirigay and SweetiePie because they had an early morning flight and were going to head back to their room to try and get some sleep. We had to also say goodbye / goodnight to Brasi who decided to head back to the beach instead of over to Seastar with us.....all of these goodbyes were just too much! In just a week I had grown to know and love these people like family and saying goodbye was very hard to do! There were lots of hugs and a few tears and with that, Ninja and I and Daisy and Markus headed up the lane to Seastar.

As we entered the gates we realized we might have been a little late to the party. I think it was maybe 10 or 11pm but there was hardly anyone left. We were sad that we might have missed everyone but then we looked around and we saw Rob and Lisa, Beachgirl66 and Plus1, Tawnee, Jim and Donna and also Bella Bea! So there was still definitely a party crowd left to dance and enjoy the show with!

Oh and Lorax2....we DID look around and ask for you...so sorry that we were too late to meet you! Hopefully, next time!

It was only fitting to think we were ending our trip much like we had started it....dancing and enjoying the show with our boardie friends at the Seastar Inn Saturday night party!

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First off, I am freaking hating myself right now for not extending a day. Previously I have always stayed in Negril until the last day of my vacation and hated it on my first day back at work. Nothing like chilling in Negril for 10 days, flying 10 hours until the late evening, and than waking up after only a few hours of sleep and heading back to work. But this time it would have been worth it.
Now for a little pic commentary on your first post of the day as I have yet to read past that.
Pic 1- Sweetness looks amazing in that pic.....
Pic 2- What's up with the facial?
Pic 3- An actual pic of Markus that is not animated!
Pic 4- The building that I thought I would never stay in. Our last reach we decided to stay our last night at Catcha right before Mauvette left. The Little Capricorn was open and I have to say it's an awesome little room with great AC.
Pic 5- Brasi is a great guy to be around. He's the guy you would let your daughter date.
Pic 6- Why did I not stay an extra night?
Pic 7&8- Jackie is the man....
Pic 9- I have seen that look before. You have the Mom look completely down, so keep on practicing.....
Pic 10- And the dolphins make a showing as soon as I leave!!!! The trip before this we saw them every single day we were at Catcha. Who needs Dolphin Cove when you have that?

(squeal) woo hoo - awesomeness Marley. I love reading back over that special special reach. A bit bittersweet at this point but beautiful nonetheless. much love

Dang I just had a really long thing typed up and hit the back button on accident. Gone. LOL

To recap: I somehow missed a previous segment of this trip report (and one that is meaningful to me) so I'm gonna rewind and comment on Friday nite :)

Ummm, what are you trying to do to me with all these food/drink pics from Ivans??? lol Hey good lookin out those miami vices were one of my favs!! and mmmmmm pumpkin soup!

I hope Vevi enjoyed her b-day as much as I did. haha Seriously though...that night at Ivans conjurs up some of the best memories I have. The only thing that keeps me from being sad when I think of it, is the fact that I know we will make so many more. Y'all mean the world to me :) what can one say about that group shot? It tells more than words can! And the lanterns just made it that much more perfect and so special (thnx for making that happen btw).....i love when you said...

"....since we did a practice run we were much better this time" HAHAHAHA that practice run makes me laugh LOL

Wish we could have spent that last bit with you guys....looks like it was a really nice laid back day

Raul...buddy I do not for a second doubt your wizard tech skills (as I have seen your ninja moves)...but I agree it was better to not have iphone until the end. Better that way. We were actually reunited on Thursday (when I checked out of Catcha) Gawd that was a good feeling lol

I just LOVEd this trip report, well done to both of ya's :) Miss your smiling faces everyday! xo

Oh and might I add one more thing...

You 2 look SMASHING in that pic on your last night. :o

Loving it. Thanks Marley

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It was only fitting to think we were ending our trip much like we had started it....dancing and enjoying the show with our boardie friends at the Seastar Inn Saturday night party!

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Awww, I love it! That was such a fun night!
I love the whole entry and all of the pictures... all of the amazing memories...
I agree w/ Tizzy, you and Raul look awesome in the pic together:cool:
Oh that seafood linguine… so good…

I’m glad you didn’t write about the following morning “So then Markus and Daisy came out of the Pisces cottage to say goodbye. They proceeded to start sobbing all over us.” (sorry about that btw – we just didn’t want to see you guys go! We’re really bad with goodbyes… as you now know! Lol!)

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Pic 3- An actual pic of Markus that is not animated!

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Haha! I know! It’s a rare thing!

Clarity--- that happened the NEXT day.....I haven't gotten there yet Hahaha
j/k

Mmmmm.....seafood linguine....mmmmmmmmmmm
I miss home

Day8: Saturday April 28, 2012.
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Ok my wife has not been breathing down my neck on this but I felt like I was letting the ball drop.

You know the phrase this day started off just like the rest, seldom do we ever have those days in Jamaica and this day was starting up to prove that. Its that day when you know when it ends you’ll be both happy and sad. This day was gonna have its ups and downs and right off the bat we got the down. We found (and by we I mean my beautiful wife) that our camera was MIA. So while she went to breakfast and got ready to snorkel I made a break neck scooter drive back down to Canoe to rescue our camera. Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well Horatio. As you know no camera :(.

I’ll tell you the truth worst part of that is not having the pictures. OK enough about that.


When I got back to Catcha my wife, Daisy and Markus are all snorkeling away. My wifes mask was giving her an issue so she was more than happy to use mine. I needed to get into some trunks so I went back to the room and changed. Being a weak swimmer but no where near scared of water I have a nice snorkel vest I use to help me stay afloat. Tell you the truth it was needed. Even though the water had calmed the it was still a bit rougher than usual. I actually spent about 10 to 15 minutes in the water then battled my way back to the ladder.

Now it was time to just lounge. We carved out our little niche and soaked up the sun. We spent a time on and off in the wonderful pool and the bar and just simple lounging. It was the slowest day we’d spent at Catcha and it figures it would be our last. After some time I got this great idea. Being a graphic/web designer I have to buy a lot stock photography or find photos to transform into what I need. So I’ve recently been on a quest to just take the photos I want and start my own collection. I set off around Catcha to capture not only some good scenery shots but the beautiful tropical flowers all over. As Shauna showed you I took a lot of photos.

After some time wandering around and just enjoying capturing the property I went to find everyone. The gaggle of friends were all huddle enjoying the all too good libations Ivans has to offer. I took a moment to enjoy everyone's interaction. The laughs the deep conversations. The expressions. Its just fun sometime to what good friends interact with each other. The hum of conversation was music to my ear. Suddenly Shauna stops and concern emerges since she hasn't seen me in about 1-20 minutes. I love that she does that. I’m usually always in ear shot, except for maybe earlier this week when I pulled my disappearing act (no need to bring that up again). Daisy starts to look around and like that I’m discovered watching the natives.

I join the festivities at the bar and enter into my own conversations with Brasi and Guiriguy. We had been go go going for so long that it was nice to just relax on the property and get to know our friends a lot better. They guys and I found some common ground to lament on and we shared our woes and jubilation. It was nice, feel like we cemented a bond. Soon we were back in the fold hooting and hollering and having laughs. At some point some dolphins came around to join the party. I stood transfixed waiting to get just a shot of them. It paid off Kinda.

Being that we had spent so much time on the run partying and this was our rest day so we parted for a bit to just enjoy the property. I set out recording the peaceful crash of the waves on my macbook and taking pictures of the ever elusive HubbyMan as he sat in his element. It was nice to just people watch. As everyone just enjoyed their space.

We came back together for one last hoorah at Ivans and some dinner. It was a night like so many I wouldn't forget. A lot of laughs, so much fun. Even now as I write and think about it, it brings a smile to my face. The guys and I had shared a cigar and drinks and then we said our goodnights and our goodbyes to GuiriPie. We ended the night the way we ended the first night here, having some last drinks with Hubbity at Sea Star.

As my wife and I journeyed back to Sagi I had a thought. Out of many, one people meant even more. We had been such a group of disparate people that only really knew each others as 1 and 0’s on a computer with jamaica as a common like. But here in this place we had such a great time and everyone I met at the bash or the flop or a webcast had been so genuine. This trip, this day wasn't an ending ...

Watching the event unfold from afar, your bale sure seemed to find a good a rhythm. I am so excited for our trip, but a part of me wishes we were going to be in Negril to witness the reunion at New Years. Thanks for keeping the story going :)

CherryNorth, there is still time to book for April :)
That will be the official reunion and I know I look forward to even more turtles joining up next April, it's sure to be amazing!

(Hell, officially there is still time to book for NYE too) ;)

Great update Ninja. I remember this day was really relaxing and chill. I enjoyed just kicking back and unwinding from all the excitement of that week. Miss you guys!

Hey Marley - I have some good news!!
Sending you an email with details;)

Yay!
I am waiting.....refreshing my email like a crazy person, if you don't send it soon, I am calling you missy!
LOL
I am happy already and don't even know what it is yet!
Love and miss you guys!

ahem....

where's my email?

:o

I'll text you Tiz ;)

well put me on a stick :p

lol