Boring old guy report... season 2

Well my woman, Corey, decided to head to Boston to watch her grand daughters a few weeks while her kids went shark diving off of Mexico ( f%cking crazy if you ask me) so I took this opportunity for another reach. Always looking for something different, I decided to try out Caribbean Delight. The trip down was pretty smooth out of Buffalo thru Philly and I thought the airport was going to be rough at first because they were stopping all the tourists in the hallway before immigration but it was just to hand out c5 forms (obviously, this is their solution for people that didn't get the memo about doing it online). Once past there, the kiosks and facial recognition station worked like clock work and I arrived at the luggage belt just as my suitcase was coming down the belt! Got picked up by the boys from Luxurios Carib and with a quick stop at the megamart, and miraculously, no line at the Lucea Scotia bank, I was on my way to Negril. When I arrived I had to hunt down Detta, the owner, but she, and Tiny, got me set up in my room over looking the ocean in no time. Being the OCD freak I am, I had to unpack first but there was still plenty of time to throw on my trunks, grab a stripe at the bar and take a much needed dunk in the ocean to let the travel stress just release.

After relaxing a couple of hours it was time to clean up for dinner. I decided to walk down the beach to roots to see if they still have their music going this late in the season and they do! Then walked over to Alfred's for their fish and chips for my first meal since the muffin I had in the buffalo airport at 5am, and it was great as always. I used to track down the bartender Rudy (great mixologist) but I haven't seen him since the old Yard Beach got bought out and he opened his 'Rudy's back yard bar'across the street from Alfred's. I walked back there after dinner and found out he's out of town til Monday, so I'll have to catch up later. From there I decided to walk down the road and find the 24 hour Fusions bar since I've read about it in the past. When I got there it was quiet but I got to talking to the bartender and the chef (I'm horrible with names) and they talked me into coming back and trying their menu(the jerk chicken pasta with pineapple looked interesting). So starting to run out of steam I walked down the beach to Sunny side for the coldest beer I ever had(it was literally a frozen slushy) chatting with some local guys before calling it a night to hangout on my porch, over looking the ocean, to some Bob Marley before bedtime!

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Ukran1ans,


Good good stuff!
More please!!!

Enjoy,

VVHT aka Happy

Thanks for the pics and report Jerry. We've been home 9 days and missing our second home bad. You might want to head over to Drifters this afternoon. Enjoy!!

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Thanks for the pics and report Jerry. We've been home 9 days and missing our second home bad. You might want to head over to Drifters this afternoon. Enjoy!!

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Already on the agenda Nanc!

(Oddly enough, I mentioned yours and Gerry's name to people there and they didn't have a clue who I was talking about but did reference some trouble makers that they were happy to see leave a week ago.. hmmm :biggrin-new:)

Sounds like a grand way to spend the 1st night Ukran1. Hope your trip goes slow and easy.

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Already on the agenda Nanc!

(Oddly enough, I mentioned yours and Gerry's name to people there and they didn't have a clue who I was talking about but did reference some trouble makers that they were happy to see leave a week ago.. hmmm :biggrin-new:)

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Are the pics of the place you're staying? I like that set up. Small and quaint and right on the beach. 1FusionNegril is hit or miss in terms of a crowd being there but since they let guests pick the music they want and use their mic for karaoke if they want it's a great late night option when the other beach bars close as they're open 24 hours. I suspect in off season it won't be that busy but I will check it out next month. It's largely dependent on guests at Travellers and Negril Beach Club Condos but definitely try the food. I've enjoyed every meal and if you're an early riser like me the kitchen is open 24 hours so you can get coffee and breakfast in the early AM if you want. I went over there a couple of times in February around 6AM to enjoy coffee, a spliff, and the sunrise. Nadine and her husband are both very friendly and accommodating as are the rest of their staff.

Sounds like a great start! Have fun Jerry.

Yeah, the 1st, 4th& 5th pics are of the patio off my room's porch and some of its flora and fauna. The funny thing is that next door is a packed beach at Vera club and it's just me and a young couple honeymooning on our lil section of the beach.

So yesterday was more about settling into the groove here. Walked 2 properties over to Alfred's for their Negril breakfast, great sandwich (melted cheese, ham, eggs, tomatoes on coco bread with some Johnny cakes). Then I walked down the beach to stretch the legs for a bit before coming back and settling in for a much needed beach day. Pretty wavy out there but not bad to float around in once past the breakers with my faithful bubba cup of Kingston 62 and Coke, no sugar. Did some reading and relaxed till it was time to hit Drifters. Luddy was his usual best doing 3 sets with a few locals jumping in to give him some breaks. Was a packed house running in to some old acquaintances like Stan and fellow Bills fan, Doc (I swear he's as close to being an expat as can be.. lol, always around). Of course making new friends as well (easy so do when you're the only one that remembers to bring a bottle opener for their bucket off stripes.. lol). I wound up closing the place down then hitting the new Sky Garden across the street for some shrimp fried rice and hanging with some people till bed time.

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Ukran1ans,

Great stuff!
Love the foot fetish photo!!! LMAO!

Enjoy,

VVHT aka Happy

where is carribean delight located. ? did u like staying there ?

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Ukran1ans,

Great stuff!
Love the foot fetish photo!!! LMAO!

Enjoy,

VVHT aka Happy

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That was just for you Happy!:biggrin-new:

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where is carribean delight located. ? did u like staying there ?

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So far, so good! Just my 3rd day here. It's right next door to the old grand pineapple. Not advertised anywhere. Word of mouth gets you here (I learned about it from Nancy Marie).

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So far, so good! Just my 3rd day here. It's right next door to the old grand pineapple. Not advertised anywhere. Word of mouth gets you here (I learned about it from Nancy Marie).

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We land tomorrow morning. Stop by Indies, I'll buy you a beer.

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We land tomorrow morning. Stop by Indies, I'll buy you a beer.

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Nice report and photos! Looks like a place I would enjoy staying. :encouragement:

So yesterday started on the beach after a huge Calypso breakfast at Alfred's but only for a couple of hours after the wind really started kicking up (25-30mph gusts). So I cleaned up and headed down the beach to the Boat bar for music. Unfortunately, they stopped playing on Mon due to the seasonal slow down. So I hoofed it to the White Sands bar for drinks from Paul. I then ran into a couple of people that I usually see on my Nov reach. After chatting a while I was getting hungry again so I walked down the road to Colettas for a nice chicken penne pasta dinner.

Afterwards, I walked back to Rudy's backyard bar. I get back there and not only find Rudy but I walk in to essentially the negril chamber of commerce with all these different people to chat with and get all kinds of different ideas and views about what's going on in town here. It was quite incredible and a lot of fun. I guess it's the secret little hangout after weekly meetings. It was good to see that Rudy still brings in the clientele.

Since Boat bar didn't have music, I was determined to make it to Roots for their band. So I hung out on my porch after Rudy's till I wandered down to Roots and the band didn't disappoint with a great performance. After listening for a couple of hours, I finally decided to call it a night.

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Enjoying your report & pics ~ Quick question, where is Rudy's located??

Across the street from Alfred's, down a path next to Conrad's bikes/ Golden sunset villas

Nice pic's , appreciate the onsite report. And that pasta looks delicious.

Well yesterday was a very lazy day. Just can't recover from the late nights like I used to.. :culpability:. Hit Alfred's for breakfast again and mostly hung on the beach reading and regenerating in the ocean. Stan the man and his wife stopped by looking for friends staying at my place and chatted a while before moving on. I did walk down the road to Sunrise for a shot at their pizza for dinner and it was OK (definitely better than Chances), had the veggie pizza, but still a bigger fan of LTUs (I like a chewy crust rather than thin). Then called an early night (yep lived up to the 'Boring Old Guy' title yesterday :eek-new: ).

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Across the street from Alfred's, down a path next to Conrad's bikes/ Golden sunset villas

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Thanks for posting Rudy's Bar. Never heard of it. Gonna have to check it out. Looks like a cool spot off the beaten path a little.

Since German Bar closed down Luca's pizza at LTU is the best in Negril. Traditional Napoli style.

Ukrans1ans,

And then????

Really enjoying your report. Thank you! Someday I would like to try a solo trip.

OK, the usual drill, Alfred's then beach (what can I say, creature of habit). After a few hours a pretty heavy rain rolled in but I was comfortable on my porch catching up on some work on the company laptop. It seemed to let up so I walked the beach down to the Boat bar for music. The band was great and had a few different singers and even a surprise guest, Glen Rick's, who blew the doors off with his AL Green voice. Part way thru, in walks Doc and his entourage. So he introduced me around and we chatted Awhile. Getting hungry, I wandered down the road to Colettas again for a nice Shrimp Alfredo dinner. Afterwards, knowing Docs strategy, I went to Rondel for their 2-4-1 happy hour and hung out with his gang for a while. I walked over to White Sands to find LeftCoastTom but he wasn't around (What?? He wasn't waiting all day at the bar for my eventual arrival??:biggrin-new: ). Then walked the beach to a great sunset back to my place. I cleaned up and then hunted around for somewhere to go. First Rudy's back yard bar, closed, then hung at Sunny side for a while talking to some people, then made it to Roots for an hour of music before calling it a night.

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Has Alfreds done any live music while you've been down there?

Live reggae tonight (Thursday) at 8pm at Woodstock.

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Has Alfreds done any live music while you've been down there?

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Not since the pandemic have they had music. I ask them every year I come in Nov (was a fav music stop in the past on Fri and Sun nights).

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Not since the pandemic have they had music. I ask them every year I come in Nov (was a fav music stop in the past on Fri and Sun nights).

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Yeah, me too. Heading down in a few weeks and was hoping that they had started it back up. I like the setup there. Woodstock is nice if you haven't been yet. Nice vybz there.

Alfred's breakfast, beach..yadda,yadda,yadda...

Lazy day... It rained off and on, a few times heavy but finally let up mid afternoon. I wound up going to the Canoe bar with friends I made at Drifters for dinner and their steel drum band. The grilled red snapper with jerk sauce and cooked onions was delicious along with the side of hand cut fries. The band sounded great and was very energetically and entertaining. Afterwards, called it an early night.

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Sounds like a fun trip! Awesome photos!

OK, calling all Bills Mafia, if any of you come down before next Thanksgiving, I request that you bring a big ass Bills pennant to mount at Rudy's bar. While sitting there I saw that he had tiny pennants for each team in the league until I noticed there was no bills pennant! Rudy told me that someone took it. So to right this injustice and represent, I took my only Bills coozy and stapled it on the wall.
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Of course, I didn't want my red stripe to get cold, so I bought one of Rudy's coozys.. lol
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I also listened to Luddy (and others) at Drifters and had a nice dinner at Kenny's Italian ( Penne pasta with Italian sausage washed down with a cabernet).

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Ukran1ans,

Too funny you covered up the Cowboys!!! LMAO!

Great reports, keep them coming!

Enjoy,

VVHT aka Happy