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After several delays since October. I am on my way!!!!!! I don't know if I'll write a trip report yet.
I just wanted to thank everyone for the invaluable information I've received from all of you.
Well, have to go now flight is boarding in 10 minutes...
I will check in when I can to see what's going on around town.
Ya Man.....boarding now. :D
YAY! <claps hands> have a great time, might see you on the beach
yay!
hope i get to meet you since im staying the extra day!
SG - That's such great news!! Have an amazing time in Negril!!:D
Yay! I'm here having a real Jamaican dinner... Thanks Lady Jane, Clarity.....Quote:
Originally Posted by BreanaAshlee
Breanna are you going to Long Bay Beach tonight? Who's going? Holler!!!!! LOL! :p
Sandy,
See you around town next week......
have a great time ... dont do anything we wouldn't do!
@ Sandy have. I'll be at the show sometime tonight
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i will be there with irie and friends!!
party for all of us!!
Breanna, sorry I missed you I hope you had fun at Long Bay Beach. I was too tired--my travel day. Maybe next time????
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i understand.. you would have been exhausted all of the good acts didnt come on until 4:30-5:30AM.. but irie and i stayed for it all.
You're a trooper Breanna. I'm glad you had fun. I have a case of serious sand gravity.
I have to make it to one of the webcasts soon. I still have two weeks to make it.
Free Pool Party at Coral Seas tonight.
Yo go sandy Girl! I'm so jelly. I can't wait to land of the island 6wks to go.
I'm having so much fun. Went to Canoe Thursday met Rob, Lisa, Patty k, and Kirby. Wnderful people. After that went to the Jungle...thanks for the advice Tic. I had loads of fun...
On Friday went to the Boat Bar.. The Hiyah Grade band played.
Today Seastar Inn and Roots Bamboo with Capleton.
Ya Mon :cool: :D
Nice! Glad you're having a fun time!
Capleton? Man am I missing out! Have a blast! I think I am watching you right now at Seastar! lol
I've been home exactly one week and am wishing I was back there already. This was my longest trip to JA and my most memorable. I met a lot of new and old friends again.
I hadn't been in three years. It was just amazing. I got two massages, went on a couple of day trips, saw two artists, and ate fruit I've never tried before.. Oh, I finally went to the Jungle. lol.
I see the April boardies are getting ready for their trip. I hope I can get some of you to fight the sand gravity and get out there and see another part of the island. do something different.
While there I wrote about what I did everyday, but I lost my notebook and now I have to commit to memory. Everything seems meshed together, so I guess I'll just highlight
my most memorable moments on a Brasi scale of 5.0. :D
Right now, I'm looking at a video I took at the Boat Bar with Otis Gayle ( http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2.../ent/ent2.html ) singing and the Hiyah Grade band backing him.
The sound on the video is not too good (my likkle cheap camera couldn't handle the sound system) but believe when I tell you the band and plethora of singers did an awesome job.
Tuesdays and Fridays, after 2PM at the Boat Bar is where it's at.
The trumpet player (forgot his name) is everywhere as are the musicians playing seen and unseen on this video. They had the place jamming, dancing and drinking.
These guys work hard and you can see them almost anywhere. This day they played for four hours straight with a 10 minute break--from 2-6 PM.
I saw any combination of them at the Boat Bar, Bourban Beach, Alfred's, Roots Bamboo, and Coral Seas Garden.
You can tell they love what they do, however receive little compensation for their hard work. Be sure to leave a tip in the box however small it may be, they will definitely appreciate it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9QhV...ature=youtu.be
On my first Thursday (3/15) in Negril I realized I still hadn't been to a Negril.com webcast to meet Rob and Lisa. I went online to look at the schedule. Canoe was on from 5-7 PM., so off I went.
I got there at around 4 and they came in a little while later, smiling and cheerful. I immediately said, Hi Rob - Hi Lisa!!! They just smiled and said Hello without knowing who I was. When they realized I was sandy-girl from the board they made me feel welcome.
They are great people that get the chance to be and do what they love the most and it shows in their faces and actions.
Canoe Bar and Grill is an awesome place and has a homey feel and of course the steel pan band --Greeny and Steele was great. I went to two Thursday web-casts there.
There was not one empty table at the place. An added bonus is the owners Patty K and Kirby make you feel at home.
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That same Thursday on the advice of Tic Toc I went the Jungle for the first time. I've got to say it was interesting. It was great for people watching, was it ever!! :p
Of course, Thursday is ladies night that means if you want to get in for free you have to be there before midnight. I got there at 20 minutes before 12, so I wasn't
sure if I was going to get in without paying, since the line was quite long. I finally made it in with minutes to spare with the help of some other foreign ladies on line.
I will say this the Jungle was fun and interesting and will keep it at that. :p If you've never been just try it once and see what it's all about.
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I went to Black River in Saint Elizabeth and on the way there stopped by the Peter Tosh tomb and property. I met his mother Vera who is 94 years old. She was
sitting in her living/receiving room listening to Christian music.
The Black River tour was cool. Saw the crocodiles, many birds, the morass up river, and tried the water. :eek: The tour guide on the boat said the water was clean and
to demonstrate got a bottle filled it with water and drank some. He suggested we try. I did and it just tasted a little muddy, but was pretty clean, up river.
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On the way back to Negril stopped at town called Border and had lunch fried fish and bammy.
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Thanks so much for sharing Sandy-girl, great report!
Thanks Sandy-girl!! Love the report :)
good report. I like the pic of the croc ....
One day I decided I wanted to go to Mayfield Falls. I called my driver, but we headed out pretty late. Half way there it started to rain really hard.
We made it there went all the way down to the valley and didn't do the river tour for fear that the mud was to slippery with small mudslides..So,
we hung out there for a while.
The day was not lost, in my opinion. I got to see some of the countryside. Saw a cane field on fire, ate at a roadside cook-shop and spoke to some people out
of Negril.
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I did make it the Sea Star Inn for the show and buffet, of course.
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I saw Gyptian at Bourban Beach and Capleton(The Fire Man) at Roots Bamboo..
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Thanks copper350, TizzyATX, ans Gerryg. Just a little summary of some of the things I did.
In between, I lounged on the beach...lol. I did plenty of that. :cool:
I jumped off the small cliff at Xtabi after I drank a Dirty Banana, my first was delicious. Then had lunch with girl-friends. I had the conch burger.
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I went to the Dolphin Cove in Lucea. That was fun, but pricey..
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I decided to hit The Red Dragon in Red Ground my last Monday to get jerk pork and got the last of it. It was finger-licking good.
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In between, I vegged on the beach, went to different spots for dinner and drinks. Overall, it was my longest and best trip to Negril ever.
It cemented my love for the place. I'll be back!!!! I wish all the future and April boardies a fun, safe trip.
RESPECT! SG
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Just puts it all out there. Thanks sandy-girl. :)
The best Dirty Banana I've ever had in my life was the one at Xtabi. I still dream about it...:)
Thanks SG for sharing your pictures and experiences from your last trip! Loved it!
Thanks spottycatz and Clarity.. Yes that Dirty Banana was so delicious. It reminded me of you when I was drinking it. After all you kept telling us about in your reports. :)