Another year, another visit!

This trip report will likely seem rather tame compared to some that are posted to this board. We are two couple that have been travelling to Negril for a number of years. At our ages, we don't go as much for the excitement as we do for the relaxation and the chillin'. Instead of subs, we have what we call church meetings where we meditate and give thanks. We flew out of Orlando on Jetblue and arrived in Montego Bay to a light rain shower. Our trip through immigration was all of about 5 minutes, one of the great advantages of travelling in the off-season.

Rocky of Rocky's Tours & Taxi was there to greet us. Over the years Rocky has become a good friend of ours taking us on a number of great adventures. It's always good to see him. We get loaded up and we're off to Negril with a cold Red Stripe in hand. Along the way we make a stop at Bigga's for a snack. We have tried to stop Bigga's for several years, but either we were running late or he was closed so this is our first oppotunity to sample his chicken and pork. We ordered a half chicken and Rocky had some seapuss soup and jerk pork. It was all good as were the cold Red Stripes.

We had hoped to stop at a cambio to exchange some dollars but Rocky informed us that the cambios would be closed as we had arrived on a national holiday. Instead, we stop at Jenny's Cakes for some special pastry for meditating upon the porch later. This trip we had opted for a cliffs and beach stay. Our first stop would be Catcha Falling Star.

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We are staying in Gemini I while ours friends are next door in Gemini II. The rooms are quite adequate with a nice porch. The only hitch we had was with the air conditioner in our room. After many drinks at the bar and much meditation upon the porch we discover our air conditioner is barely doing its job of keeping the room cool. We do manage to get a good nights rest and in the morning we let the front desk know of our air conditioning problem. A little later while having breakfast at Ivan's, the manager came to advise us that a new air conditioner unit woulld be installed in the next two hours. Now that is incredible service!

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Through the course of the evening we manage to sample the libations and get to know some of the great staff. The drinks, the staff, the food were all incredible as was the meditation upon the porch.

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Thank you Leslie.

We did enjoy our food and drink as well as meditating upon da porch. Kevin took excellent care of us in the bar and we had an incredible Negril sunset.

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Chuck do you remember a few years back at Seastar we had church service at the bar with some pastries?

Sweet!! Keep them coming! :)

Love the fact that you have church meetings.... myself and some friends have been having our "safety meetings" for years..... nice pics

Lol! Funny about everyone's "code words." Ours is "decaf."

Angie, as I remember you brought the whole damn cake.

Scott, later in the week we were getting pretty churched out so had to revert to safety meetings!

After a night of partying we awaken to our first full day in Negril. Fortunately coffee is available early so we sit pon da porch with our coffee and have a little morning meditation. The grounds and landscaping at Catcha are wonderful and there is a great sea view no matter where you are. It turns out to be a bit of a chill day with a little snorkelling which while it was cool and refreshing there weren't many fish to be seen.

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Yes Chuck it was the whole cake and it was fun! Your pictures are great!