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my two cents. agree 100% with the harassment and the increasing aggression. as i have mentioned before i got into a shouting match over ganga with a guy at pasta ade and for the rest of the trip he harassed me .
i do hope though the motorcycle ganga guy did not get arrested . he is pretty funny. regarding the guy with the dogs i did not think he was harming the dogs and i question that anyone would fall for i need money to take the dogs to the vet.
I actually had a similar experience two years with a guy near rasta ade. I was at woodstock with my fam and walked down to get a lemonade and check out the menu. This guy was pretty mad I didn't want any ganja from him and was telling me how "him and his guys run this beach". It was awkward and I didn't know which was it was headed for a minute. I kinda just dipped out and kept an eye over my shoulder on the way back to woodstock. He was the worst person I have had to deal with on 7 mile. When I went back to Woodstock in October I didn't bother walking down there with the past incident in my mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by original spanky
If people would stop buying anything from the overly aggressive, harassing vendors they would leave the beach - problem solved. Buy things from nice people. Establishments that allow 'rude boys' to hang around and harass tourists should be avoided for the benefit of the entire Negril business community.
So true Kold Ass Mofo..its a ticking time bomb when a horse will run over a child on the beach...very frustrating to see them there and nothing is done. They wouldn't be there if people would stop giving them money for rides and pictures. Last week a horse did its thing and the guy pretended not to notice. I informed him quite loudly to pick it up..he stopped and did. That was in front of Coco..and the guy with the dogs and puppies..same thing. Someone cut a water bottle down and filled it several times so the dogs could drink..very sad..
Great news, it's fun to interact with the friendly people on the beach but one bad experience can ruin your trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbynh
we also avoided rasta ade the last trip down. we enjoy the food quite a bit but for some reason the owner lets people hang out there who he shouldn't . just do not feel like dealing with that again.
That is good news.
Yeah wi still have a beach problem and mi personally usually just avoid it and stay on the Cliffs....
Sad dat mi live here and won't go to the beach...and so it goes
Mi get plenty of ocean every morning and some afternoons snorkeling/swimming on da Cliffs...yah mon
So the only people trying to sell mi something are the guys on dem glass bottom boats....lol
Cool Runnings , Marko
Makes me doubly glad i chose a cliffside stay at SamsaraQuote:
Originally Posted by Marko
I do hope that you get a chance to check out the beach. Negril is to be experienced. The beach at the Grand Palladium aint much.Quote:
Originally Posted by gdbear65
Absolutely - Samsara runs a shuttle to Legends daily - looking forward to checking out 7 Mile Beach - just glad our accommodations are on the cliff. Grand Palladium was horrible - i would never recommend it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kold Ass Mofo
We spent 4 nights on the beach this yr at Idle. The dog guy came there for quite awhile. A lady gave the dogs water. We actually seen less hustling this trip . Seen the usual guys but no hassle . It was pretty nice.
We have noticed an uptick in police presence on the beach. The horses and the motorcycle drug peddler are scarcer than before. Now if only they would patrol the sidewalk as well.
My only question is, what ever happened to "investigative reporting"? Seems anyone can write into a news paper these days, say anything they want, true or untrue, and the news papers can put that on their headlines. I think the prudent thing for the Observer to do in this case is to send a reporter to Negril and see for themselves what is being reported. Seriously folks, "the beach is overrun run with pimps, prostitutes, and hustlers, and drug dealers". And my favorite part of the article, "we could not walk for more than two minutes without someone offering us drugs". Come on, where is the investigative reporting and why would the Observer even print something that is so defamatory to Negril and Negril Beach without out even checking out for themselves. If they did in fact send someone out to check on this story, they would see that the beach is not overrun by pimps, prostitutes, and hustlers. The beach is overrun by tourists. Oh, many be a few hustlers here and there but overrun, I think not. This is coming from a guy that spent, a least a little time on the beach almost ever single day, November and December and was not, I repeat not, approached every 2 minutes by a drug dealer.
I don't buy ganja so the guy (ganja on wheels) with the motor scooter is a little annoying especially when he drives at speed down the beach. He pulled into a little bar I was at (at high speed) drove in and around the people in the lounge chairs, drove up to the bar area, where I thought the owner was going to give him hell for driving on his beach. Nope, owner bought some weed from him and gave him a drink. Bottom line....as long as there is demand, the drug dealers, prostitutes, and hustlers will be there. Perhaps if we removed "the demand", then the they would go away, oh wait, the demand is from the tourists.
-Message to the author of the over embellished letter the The Observer; If you don't like it here, don't come.
-Message to The Observer; If someone writes a report about something they may have or may not have seen, check it out first before you write an article that may bring harm to the tourist industry.