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with this being our 5th straight trip in a row to negril we have had issues with damaging our feet, some resorts have a lip of tile going from room to room, or the 1/2 inch lip of tile from the balcony to the room, i had issues from this and having tooo many Red Stripes running across the road by ROOMS and stubbed my toes, or just by the pool, or is it just me? , soon come
I hate when I drop kick a concrete ledge
every year we go someone always has a toe injury, L.O.L. soon come
Sounds more like you need to take it easy with drinks and other goodies you have access to in Jamaica. LOL!! the steps are not jumping out in front of you. LOL :)
there is always tile issues from room to room, 2 years ago i ran across the road in bear feet , stubbed my big toe, and had the big flap, but every year one of us have had a toe issue, L,O,L soon come
Hahaha Can you imagine traipsing around Negril in steel toed boots??!!! LOL
Be more careful with those piggies JamaicaRob!! :D
Rob, You gotta leave those Bear feet back in Canada man!
A friend of mine won a trip to Montego Bay some years back. This was during the time frame when it was fashionable to wear timberland boots. This doofus came back with pictures of him on the beach --in timberland boots--. When I asked him what he was thinking g, he told me he was keeping it real... I had not thought about him or that incident in years, but it was the first image in my mind from your post. Boots and the beach (or cliffs) are not a good look :)
Walking from Canoe one night I tripped over a rock or something did a summersalt and spilled my beer! There was a crowd of locals across the road, I got up looked over "I am alright" lmao.
This year will be 21st...as landing there as 1988...(as I ventured other lands) that said I bring....for 5 week stay 3 pair of water sock shoes/reef runner shoes/...cause I find I wind up living in them. That said.....I can almost smell the scents from the West End where I stay..there's nothing like it....Man I can't wait...1/30/13-3/6/13...sweet!!
OMG, that is sooooo true!!! So many rooms have that likkle lippy ting...somewhere!! I recall specifically room 3 at Seastar. Small "bump" area heading into the bathroom. First time there, we figured this out real quick!!! And that was stone cold sober!!!! Took a day or so, then somehow the body adapted even when not sober! I have yet to figure this phenomena out. For me, I am almost always barefoot around the resort and in our room...so, first thing I do, is walk around and check each area out.
On top of that, the floors are always a force to be reckoned with fi sure. One small spill or drip from a freshly showered body and you are suddenly airborne. And ya don't hit softly!! Even with all this, we all love it and I can't wait to get back!!! So, I'll hit the ground, not running, but treading lightly....but ready to have the time of my life...again, and again......:)
as long as its not my turn this year.......I just did in my baby toe a week or so ago so that should do it for me I hope!!!!
I read about the lips at Seastar and still busted a big toe on it one early hungover morning. And this was after Sandie did it as well. I say put in better flushing toilets so you do not have to worry about it and level that floor.
LOL, and what's up with the uneven stairs? and the edge of the bed that catches my shin at least once each trip? Walk Good!
we started tripping-toe stubbin, and stumbling since 1984, and from the very first day, we asked WHY? is that there???
we understand the toilets are plumbed above grade, and access may be needed....the one inch step here and there we assumed it might be to "squeegee" water out of the rooms....but even on a "yard like" grounds, all of a
sudden..."THERE'S A STEP"!...for no reason we can see....:)
it didnt take many trips (pun) to learn to bring small flashlights......
we would get back people would ask.."Hows was your trip"?
"which One ? was the reply....lol
Hey Jamaicarob here is a story I alwayse stay at the White Sands. When you are coming up from the beach there is about a one inch tile rise. Two years ago a lady who had way to many tripped and went face first into the concrete. She got hauled off to the Hospital came back two days later her nose busted and two black eyes. So maybe a toe isnt so bad. Steel toes wouldnt have saved her. Anyway thats my story. Peace
so i guess it is not just me, soon come
Oh wow! This is like AA - Jamaica Toe Stubbers Anon! I thought it was just! I have class, though. I manage to save the toe and get ball of my foot every time! You gotta head for the beach. Seawater does wonders for the wound and the flap! Painful. Maybe that's why they have so much pum runch and Stred Ripe .... medicine for the toe stubs!
Steel toe shoes, helmets, shin pads, wrist guards.....I realized my best accesserory in Negril is a good pair of non-slip shoes like Keens. Although ceramic tile floors are extremely practical from an endurance and cleaning standpoint, they are dangerous when wet....and when I'm in Jamaica, I tend to be wet.....
At least now I know it's not just ME! You never know how crucial that pinky toe is until you actually break it....ouch.
Perhaps that's why one of the local farewells is "Walk Good".... ?? LOL
Steel toes and maybe a helmet. Thought it was just me too. One day on a walk on the beach I tripped over a good sized rock in the sand. Stumbled, jumped did everything but fall down. Jacked up 3 of my toes real good blood coming out and everything. Wife was laughing as I cursed up a storm and limped in a circle. Made my way down to the water and soaked as I limped the rest of the walk on the beach. Have a nice trip? See you next fall....
last year my wife and sister in law did in their toes, 2 years ago on our 2nd day of a 17 day trip i ran across the road after a few Red Stripes at Jah Bs and stubbed by big toe on the rough pavement big time, by the time we got to our room my big toe was covered in blood with the FLAP, bandaged it up for the nite and deal with it in the morning, next day we went to the drug store to get more bandages, gauze, liquid bandage, along with a few pairs of latex gloves, with the help of my wife she bandaged it up and then cut off a finger of the latex glove and used it to cover the toe, it was a great conversion piece because everyone asked why i had a condem on my big toe, L.O.L., soon come
Once at a resort in Negril I realized I hadn't taken any sunset pics and we were leaving in 2 days. I rushed from the room down the sidewalk to the beach barefoot. Because I was rushing and looking at the sunset, I didn't see where the concrete was broken and had a jagged edge. I hit the edge full force with the bottom of my foot and ripped (yes RIPPED) a huge chunk from the bottom of my foot. My momentum propelled me forward and my injured foot landed in the sand.
I limped back to my room and to show my wife the damage. I had a very large, deep skin flap that should have been bleeding, but because it was packed with sand, there was little blood. She went looking for the resort nurse, but because it was late, she had already gone for the evening. We cleaned it the best we could and bandaged it with what we could buy from the gift shop.
The next morning I limped to the nurse's station. The nurse looked at the would and said, "Ya mon, that's bad. That needs to come off.". Without warning she reached over and got a razor and proceeded to cut off the skin flap. OMG! then she stuck my foot under the faucet and washed it and began to scrub the wound bed with gauze to clean it.
Thankfully that was our last day before heading home. I didn't miss too much fun because of my injury. It took almost two full months before my foot completely healed. I would gladly wear steel toed boots on the beach if it meant i didn't have to go thru that again!