Trip Report Dec 1st - 15th - Relaxing and Chillin !

Saturday

We arrived into MoBay at 11:30am and breezed through customs. No sooner out the door and John and Anita were ready to whisk us away to our favourite home away from home.

We enjoyed catching up on news and quenching our thirst with a couple of red stripes, before we knew it we had arrived at Seastar. Definitely like coming to visit family and benefiting from the warm friendly staff that work at Seastar.

Arriving by 1:30 in the afternoon really was a pleasant change for us so we could drop our bags and enjoy our first official drink at the bar with John and Anita. My first order was the jerk chicken salad which is my most favourite light meal at Seastar. My other is the Grilled Mahi Mahi - cooked to perfection!

Seastar had our table reserved for the big show that night - Luciano ! Mamade1 and hubbie and Cherry North and Sunshine joined us for the evening festivities. Regrettably I have no pictures of Luciano as I was up front dancing my derriere off and did not carry my camera with me. You might have seem Mamade1 and I trying to follow the steps of the Seastar dancer - she wanted us to shake our booty but for the life of me - I just couldn’t get it to perform :) Great night had by all!

Looks like a took a couple of photos of the drummers - that was it on the camera -

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Tuesday

Spent the day at Seastar and reserved dinner at Catcha. The entrée of crab cakes were delicious.
We caught a great sunset that night.
When we got back to Seastar we went to the bar before closing off our night.
Chris introduced me to Tawnee whom I had not had the pleasure of meeting before. Great gal that Tawnee is and we enjoyed a number of good times together.

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Great report and pictures ,thanks for sharing!!

Nice report! I hear the Seastar Inn is nice!!!!

Geez some how I skipped by Sunday and Monday

Sunday

I was shocked the next day to discover we had slept in until 11:30am - that has not happened since, before kids - 27 years ago - Wow - I must have partied like a rock star.
I worked on my cell phone which I had brought down from Montreal, Anita had picked up a Sim card for me and a 1000 ja card - the SIM with tax was another 800 JA - installed the SIM and voila I was in business. I had the chicken wings about 3 times during my 2 weeks - they were delicious.

Monday

Each morning I quietly leave our room while honey bun is still snoring away. I go down with my mug and book and make myself some toast and or blueberry muffin and go up to the pool for a little me time. Usually Delroy is doing his thing around the pool - sweeping - wiping off the cushions and cleaning the pool. Barbara or Clarol are getting the juice for folks and taking care of their special orders for breakfast. I saw Percy and we talked about the family. His son Tyrane who bartended at Catcha had gotten married and was now foreign - sad I wasn’t going to get to see him this trip but happy he had found the girl of his dreams and was now off on a new adventure.
We grabbed the shuttle down to Sunbeach at 11:00 to enjoy their hospitality for the day.
When we got back to Seastar there was a gang staying there from Manitoba. There were 18 of them and celebrating a 50th birthday. The gals all dressed up fancy like and the gents had these tuxedo - T-Shirts - they had a party that night !
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Rochelle - Clarol and Barbara - the Stars of Seastar !!!

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Please continue! :D

billndonna and HuskerJohn here we go .... con't
gerryg123 - too funny you are :)

Wednesday

Another Pool day. Akima brought her little sweetheart Liah over for us to see - just 3 months old - what a cutie. Tawnee and I took some pictures of the new rooms at Seastar - this is a great addition to Seastar.
I think I officially met Marko this day - very nice gentleman.

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Irie always it was great meeting you and hubby and thank you for reserving that wonderful table!! It was a great show and great time. And thank goodness there are no pictures of that booty shaking, we all know mine did not cooperate at all!!

mamade11 - my dancing partner! did you ever get to your excursion the day after Canoe? I believe it was raining the next morning and thought about you guys.

Thursday

Tawnee along with honey bun and I went to the Canoe bar in the afternoon. This was our first time visiting canoe and it certainly won’t be our last. The “rock-a-boat” drinks for happy hour were certainly making me happier with each refill and honey bun was challenging the bar gal to make those Caesars - hotter ! John and Anita dropped by for a drink. Shortly after they left we ordered dinner while listening to the refined steel band players. I had the pineapple ginger chicken and honey bun had the lion fish - I must say it is very tasty and good!
I think I stood in front of the camera trying to say hello to my sister while talking to her on the phone, so some of you I’m sure saw that drunk lady on Rob’s webcast :)
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Friday

Tawnee and I did the Pub Crawl together. The bus was filled but no one had to stand - we all got seats. Great time as usual was had by all and we brought the gang back just in time so they could enjoy a happy hour drink at our most favourite establishment. It’s really interesting to watch the reactions for some of the folks who we pick up at the all inclusive. It is an eye opener for them and they realize there is a whole other part of Negril to enjoy once you leave the compound of the AI.
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Saturday

Honey bun gets invited to go deep sea fishing on Stanley’s boat. He had a great time and I’m sure it was the highlight of his trip. They caught some small tuna and some flap jacks but the 10 foot bull shark gave them a run for their money. They managed to get it close to the boat so they could see what kept them hauling on that rod for 90 minutes and then let it go. But like all fisherman - no pictures to prove the tale :)
Enjoyed another Seastar buffet and show but we toddled off to beddie-by quite early that night.

Sunday

Football afternoon at Seastar! Another day around the pool.

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Monday

Another beach day - there were only 2 on this 2 week trip - I’m quite satisfied with the pool and atmosphere at Seastar. Honey bun likes to stay out of the sun and most often enjoys his hammock on the Seastar room balcony. Before going to the beach the staff had cooked up a batch of yummy oatmeal - it’s like a cream of wheat with all kinds of blended fruit and spices - if you get the opportunity - it is a must have.

While at the beach there were a couple of Sting-Rays floating around - this lady was nto aware at the time but when she caught on she was out of that water like a bat out of hell :)
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BIG CRAB IN THE WATER HERE

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Tuesday -

Just another wasted day by the pool. Also learned about the 40 legs that are in around the area. Seems they can pack quite a wallop if they happen to get their stinger in you. Seastar keeps on hand a bottle of their anti venom which consists of - yep a bottle of many dead 40 legs - seems the trick is to get them in the jar when not yet quite dead so they can spill their venom - which then becomes anti venom - probably the most disliked insect on the island.
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Wednesday

Took a cab down to Hi-Lo to do our shopping for returning home. Bought coffee - rum cream and a Tortuga cake. When we got back we walked down to LTU for lunch. We basically had the place to ourselves. Some local lads came through and jumped off the ledge into the sea. Seems they are blocked from where they usually get access to Rick’s so this is their new way of getting over to there. We then went back to Seastar in time for Happy Hour!

Thursday - Another chill day by pool

Friday

Enjoyed the Seastar amenities until 1:30 then all the girls went to Canoe for a surprise baby shower for Francine. For those that know Chris and Francine, the arrival of their soon to come baby girl has been long anticipated event for them. Francine must have cried for at least 5 full minutes, she was so happy with the gathering of all her friends. We also got to enjoy the saxophone tunes by Celia Baron .
Back to Seastar we went in time for one or two happy hour drinks. The rum punches finally got to me and by 9:00 I staggered off to room. But first I paid my bill and then Akima made sure my alarm was set on my phone and that Rambo would give us a knock on the door by 6:00 AM. We were getting picked up at 8:00 and I wasn’t packing until I got up in the morning - since I was in no shape to do it that nightJ saved my big party for the last night - not the best idea!

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Saturday

Alarm went off and then Rambo knocking on the door…… oh my head doesn’t feel so good. I’m heading home to detoxify! John and Anita were right on time. I was pretty quiet on the ride back to MoBay - drinking my water. We got to the check-in and my bag is 6 lbs over weight - now we have to juggle things - pack up the knapsacks. Maybe buying rum cream and coffee and packing in suitcase was not a good idea. After that little bit of stress - honey bun gets a little upset with the weight thing, we got through security and went to our gate. Wow - they got quite a duty free shop now in that area - takes up the complete width of the floor. No sooner sit down and the pre boarding call starts. We got into Montreal at 4:00pm and the immigration was loaded with folks. Luckily we had our Nexus passes with us and bing a bam a boom, we were through - bags came out 3 minutes later and out the door we went.

Back to reality - Back to work - Back to Snow - freezing rain - sleet - rain - Christmas - baking - entertaining, have not seen the sun since we left MoBay - but then ………. 7 more weeks back to Seastar !

We made it the next day! Took about a 4-5 hour drive around, and it was a really good time :) Really jealous looking at that that countdown but happy for you guys!

Beautiful pictures and report. Sounds like you guys had an incredible trip!

A couple of times while reading I totally forgot about being in the cold and felt as if I were at Seastar.

Thanks,

Jamb

Excellent stuff!!!

Thank you,

VVHT

Thank you Iriealways for sharing your experiences and for posting all these beautiful pictures. I'm so glad you guys had a wonderful time in Negril! Those beach pictures are killing me, the water looks so inviting! And the food too! Nice to see some familiar faces as well! So many happy faces and bright smiles!
(that jar of creepy critters gave me the chills though! OMG! What are those? Centipedes? Scorpions? AAAGH!)
Loved this TR! Thank you!:D

centipede...big & poisonous - if you leave your shoes on the porch make sure you shake them out first :)

Glad you guys enjoyed the report - Just trying to pay back for all those that contribute.

Those centipedes were scary, I agree! Looks like a lovely trip. How awesome that you get to go back so soon!

Iriealways, wonderful report. It warmed me right up even though there is snow out my window. Loved your pictures. Seastar is sounding better and better. My brief visit clearly did not do it justice.

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Couldn't agree more Clarity, except I'd be checking them out, my wife can't see this post or it's a no go.

Great report! I agree...those 40 legs look creepy....hope I never encounter one!
And congratulations to Francine and Chris :)