Does anyone have any information/pictures on this place? I believe it is just past Little London
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Does anyone have any information/pictures on this place? I believe it is just past Little London
there was a excellent trip report posted about this place a while back - i am not sure if it was before or after the board software update, but it had pics and lots of general information about the resort and the area around it.. as well as a ganja report - lol.. but i did enjoy the review - and thought his backbacking adventure sounded like a great time..
search and ye shall find..
http://www.lostbeachresort.com/rates/rate.html
It is more than "just past Little London" as you turn towards the coast and travel several miles to a secluced area. It is kind of expensive per night for a place so remote but that is what some would argue to be the "charm" of the place. I have stayed in that area for a few nights over the years and found it to be a little too slow for my liking. That is just my take and not the opinion of others..... I am sure of that!
Peace and Guidance
I can't speak to the resort as it didn't exist when we lived in Spring Garden. However, on days off from going to Negril to work we would go over to (new)Broughton beach or Little Bay.
Very quiet and private. A nice respite from the hustle and bustle of Negril even in the late 70s and early 80s
I think it is closed. You turn right at Little London.
It is closed I called yesterday
Even if the place is closed I'll bet it's worth the ride.
I'm going to go out there Saturday of the weekend I'm there before the show.
My son Linston is hanging out with me for the weekend and he has a Corrola.
Looking forward to seeing it again.......It always was a special place to Miss Ginny and me
You know Captain, I once spent almost a week there as a guest of a friend while Lennox Lewis was training for a title fight and running up and down the mostly deserted beach.Quote:
Originally Posted by captaind
I mostly manage and run a small, eclectic motel here in South Florida and know the cards are mostly stacked against a small, non-chain business before you even get started. It is tough enough for a motel or hotel to make it along the 7-mile beach with tourists aplenty without trying to do it out in the middle of the boondocks. Secluded and Rustic and code words for "in the middle of nowhere" and "in need of repair". During the best of times it still was struggling and now with the ailing economy, it has died on the vine.
I would sure like to see a picture or two of just how it looks now. I loved the place because of the people who worked there.
Thanks.... Peace and Guidance
I'll post some when I get back to Seastar. When we used to go to the beach there was nothing there at all. We'd pack up the Peugeot (pronounced "pee...jew" in Ja). Kids, drinks, food etc and spend the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Accompong
BTW.... that 504 diesel was a great car. Very French but very unbeatable.
It still looked real good I was by there in August it looked like it was being taken care of but was closed
"we" were planning to have Lost Beach as our first experience in Jamaica...then the boyfriend had the nerve to die on me (I am a bit sarcastic---it is how I deal with some of life's junk); so I was going to go there alone...received an email from them saying they are only hosting large groups and potential buyers....bummed.
so, still doing Negril solo.... (I will be the old, fluffy-i.e. fat- woman sitting at the bar)... :) 14 DAYS!!
How long are you stayingQuote:
Originally Posted by livlvlife
IF I COME BACK NORTH (Capt) headed back the 28th ;)
livlvlife, where in Negril will you be at? i'm a fat ole broad traveling alone too, we should get together! :)
We were there two years ago. We like offbeat kind of places, don't need luxury at all but we only made it three days and left, even though it meant losing two days worth of already paid rental. The good -- it was quiet, it got out us out Negril for a few days so we could see more countryside, the price was good and the food was super, especially supper and the staff was nice. The bad -- our room was as far as you could get from the restaurant, the pool, stuck out in a building at the end. It was large but dingy and there wasn't one single element of charm or comfort to the room. It looked like it hadn't been touched in years and years. The Pool was closed. There were more sandfleas that I thought was possible and even though I slathered myself with poisonous stuff, I had hundreds of red welts on my legs. The screens in our bedroom were full of holes so the mosquitos came in every night unless we closed the window and the air conditioning was ancient and very loud. The final thing that made us feel weird was that we were the ONLY people there other than the owner and the staff. I felt bad bailing but I couldn't hack it. I generally can tell by the website and the reviews if I would feel comfortable at a place and if it suitable to our needs, but I missed out on this one. I have NO idea if it was sold after we left and if anything new and exciting has happened because it could be a fun place. I suppose it just got run down because there wasn't enough action and owners can only carry a place so long. It must be difficult to work hard to make a place survive. Anyhow, that's my story. Last year we went to Treasure Beach as our second week out of Negril and were thrilled and love it there and we were not staying at the Ritz there either but I loved it.
So the "resort" doesn't exist any more........it wasn't there the last time I was there (1983)......
I'll post a report after I go.......I loved the place and it sounds like maybe it's the same as it was.........
Damn I hope so.....
We used to ride off road out there all the time. The first time I went the place looked great - the rooms were in great shape, the pool clean, the restaurant and bar food and service excellent.
The following year - not so much. And it kept getting worse so we stopped going :(
But the ride and the little towns like Salmon Point and Broughton are really nice. I so loved riding trail out there, through the bush, along the coast on the beach. I do miss that.
This thread I started on one of my "where were these pictures taken" has several pics of the resort and views around the area. It was still open back then.
http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...res-taken-quot
It is pretty much due south of Little London in little community called New Broughton. Here's the best map I've found of getting there.
http://www.lostbeachresort.com/discover/broughton.html
I agree with most posts in this thread.
It is in a little bit out-of-the-way area - but some find that a good thing. I love day-trips to places like that, but agree I need more nightlife on vacation.
Even without staying in the resort, I thought the drive there/back from Negril was nice.
We took the south route there - past the lighthouse and thru Little Bay - very scenic.
Then coming back, went north to Little London and then took the main road back to Negril.
FYI - In case someone won the lottery - I found this online ad:
http://www.viviun.com/AD-168062/
I was at lost beach last friday. Could not tell if the resort was operating, but
the gates were open. The beach was pretty trashed with litter from the recent
storms. Really nothing there other than the resort.