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Day one: Long travel day, we are all beat!
Arriving: Kiosks were excellent, faster than Club Mo Bay.
Riding through Lucea, didn't see Smith sitting on the seawall!
Headed to Ltu for dinner, chicken Lola
credit to Arlo Guthrie:
Flying into Montego Bay, bringing in a couple gifts, don't check my bags if you please Mr. customs Mon,
More latter, starving for chicken Lola
Enjoy your time, I wish we were there as well
Sounds good; just don't bring home a couple of keys.
Day one continued: very quiet in Negril yesterday. had a wonderful dinner at LTU last night. Walked out with the receipe for Pumkin soup! Then headed to the ice cream place near the Police Station.
Yesterday Arrived at CLP around 1:30pm, floating in the water by 2:30
We are all beat from a late night Saturday and a very early Sunday. The plan is to take it easy today, our fist full day in Jamaica.
How quiet is it here, I walked about two miles on the beach yesterday afternoon, not a single higgler approached me!
It's early but I cant sleep, too many things I want to do!!
Diane, Carly and Keith had a wonderful time yesterday, first day in Jamaica! LTU for dinner and ice cream! Doesnt get better than that! Diane and Carly are trying to figure out how to smuggle home one of the CLP cats.
Big Frank, no keys, just memories! ��
Today is beach, shopping,beach, lunch, beach, shopping, beach, nap, dinner and more Ice Cream!
Enjoy,
VVHT
Okay Boardies, where should we go for dinner tonight?
Sounds great!!
Best of the west
Woooohoooo...it was great to hear from you...will call soon...cya today on the beach!
dinner tonite . . . either catcha a falling star, tensing pen or the spa retreat . . . all in the same category . . . . excellent!!
Dinner tonite? I don't know if you like chinese food, but we had great chinese food last week at Errolls Sunset Cafe, right next to Travellers.
The German Bar or Chicken Lavish. 2 of my favorites.
Kuyaba or Hungry Lion.
Seastar Inn restaurant
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Originally Posted by justchuck
I would second this vote. Keney's is amazing!! And very very affordable. We would not normally venture to Chinese food pon di rock BUT we had it twice our last trip :)
Bnewbe, at Coco Beach for a couple hours. Big Frank, patience, Seastar soon come, almost walked down the lane last night, but kids wanted to hit the hay.
Took a quick trip into town, route taxi there and back. HiLo, Sonia, two trips to Scotia Bank! Heavy bags back to Coco!
Beach time!
Dinner choices all good!
Thanks,
VVHT chilling big time!
Ivans or Hungry Lion.
Ciao Jamaica
Cosmos
I came for the tales...
VVHT excellent reporting. Thanks
VVHT. Love to see some Seastar photos when you get around to it. First and foremost though; do everything your family peeps want to do and you know the drill; don't over-plan.
If you are staying in room #330 can you see if I left my belt there in March? It is a men's, brown in color, size 38-40.
Dax, thanks, Keith needed a Belt! Big Frank, Seastar last night dinner was awesome, no photos, no cameras! Apologies to my fellow Boardies, wi fi is unpredictable at CLP.
Yesterday was jam packed! Too much fun and sun! More today.
My fingers are too big to navigate the iPad mini easily, along with sketchy WFi makes for tough onsite reports!
Lots of time floating on the sea yesterday, water is bathtub warm. Lunch with B: Drive and Lisa at Idle Awhile! Nice meal, great conversation!
More floating on the Sea and grilling on the chaise lounge!
After too much sun, we retired to the pool and played cards. Monday night is Managers Party.
All of us showered and changed for dinner. Headed to Swordfish by Mary's Bay for dinner, it was closed! Slow season strikes again.
Oh well, time to please Big Frank! He may not know it, but it was Big Franks posts about Seastar a few years back that convinced me to try the cliffs and Seastar Inn! Thanks BF!
Seastar inn = Good vibe and great time!
Alvin took good care of us!
Diane and Sassy cat were inseparable!
Today: snorkel, Travellers some bricks, lunch, float, dinner at 3 Dives.....
More soon come!
VVHT chillin!
Thanks bro! 3 Dives Rock!
You can keep the belt....Great report, very detailed, wish I was there.
Just back from snorkel trip to reef! Awesome! Abundent fish etc... Brought bread in baggies! All good,
Headed into town, Travellers for some bricks!
All is criss!
VVHT chillin big time!
3 Dives, soon!
Awwww shoot...sorry about Swordfish...
but glad Travellers is working out...
annnndddd....ummmm...Rob is in burger heaven right now...lololol....
thanks Happy!
Keith and I grab a route taxi to round a bout, short walk about past corner bar, another route taxi to Seastar Lane, walk down lane, nice lunch with Barbara and Garret. Snapped a few photos for Big Frank, nah cannot post da bumba clot photos to da ras clot Internet!
Jambarney, while at Seastar, went across da lane to visit Delroy!
Headed to 3 Dives in a few hours.
All is good,
VVHT, super chilled
For wifi, try logging in to Sandy Haven's on that side of property. I even got it nice and strong mid beach close to CCLP restaurant. Sorry to hear it hasn't improved much at CCLP since the upgrade.
What's the CCLP property like now with the new building? Is it crowded on the beach and restaurant? I'm a little worried about that. Haven't been there since the new building...any idea how many new rooms there are now? Thanks!
tfw, CLP has only a few quests right now. Plenty of room on the beach and no wait for anything. Haven't seen the new rooms yet. Okay to ask more questions.
If today is Wednesday, than it must be day four! Last night at 3 Dives we had 3 orders of 1/2 jerk chicken and 1 brown stew goat all with rice and veges. Very good food. Diane isn't talking to me right now, she is wicked pissed I ordered goat for dinner! She says "how can you eat something so cute!"' I burped and said "just fine"!
Gary Coopers band rocked the yard! Keith was going to go up on stage, but decided to hold back.
Off to Mayfield falls today
VVHT
Thanks! I was curious as to what kind of added wait/congestion the new rooms add. Sounds like y'all are having a blast! Have fun :)
Mayfield Falls is a good country journey to the falls!!- We will always return there! Roaring river is kool too. Take the cave tour. but always neogocaite your prices.
Mayfield Falls was an adventure, fun had by all. Antonio our driver shared lots of good info on the ride.
Current was strong, but we all handled it well. Likkle cold at first, but that passes.
Just as we ended the river walk the skies opened up, free shower back to the base camp. Stayed for lunch, paid for the photos, glad we left the camera with Antonio otherwise it would have got wet from torrential rain. Bought some souvenirs and jelly coconut and honey bananas.
It was an expensive day, but well worth the cost of adventure for all of us. Water shoes are a must, they rent them, we brought our own. Some of the rental shoes did not survive the walk in another group.
I've done Mayfield, YS and Dunns. Mayfield is my favorite.
More later, time to chill!
Sounds like a fun day.
Glad you liked Mayfield Falls. Roaring River is kool to. Rocks are really sharp though. Nice ride up to Mayfield though!~Thanks for keeping us going with ya!
tfw73 - regarding the new building at Coco, when I was there the end of May, it wasn't too crowded overall so I don't know how many people were in the new building to make a difference. Our room (521) was right near the entrance/steps to the new building and I didn't see a whole lot of activity in or out. The sundeck upstairs is really nice and there are loungers, tables, and a nice bathroom, but no umbrellas which makes it not too appealing in the middle of the day to be up there. I'd rather be on the beach! We did sit up there a couple nights with take out from Best in the West and it was nice.
Rooms in the new building are nice, but I hear they are very loud due to the acoustics of the hallway. There are no patios or balconies unless you are on the 3rd floor, so it's kind of "motel" like.
After Mayfield Falls we hung out at CLP and ended up having dinner for the first time onsite. The meal and service was excellent! Before the meal Diane and Carly were given lessons in the ancient art of folding napkins! ��
We had the Jerk Chicken wings as an appetizer, followed by seafood chowder or pumpkin soup, the bowls were large and the chowder/soup was excellent. Entres were brown stew pork, steamed snapper and chicken Alfredo all were very good. Devon ice cream was on the menu, so we indulged in our own decadence. Diane and I had banana splits, Keith cookies & cream, Carly had pineapple fruit bowl instead of ice cream. Raqueen (?) our server, was very good and we had a very entertaining evening. Early to bed after a long adventurous day!
We took a vote and today is a chill day. Breakfast, workout, stop by St Anthony's (it was closed yesterday when we went by). The girls want to para sail, then beach/pool time! Canoe for dinner.
Enjoy,
vVHT