love the poopin reviews....
love the poopin reviews....
Rented a scooter from "Gas"......what a character and that's an understatement. Explored Orange Hill, the road to Sav, Good Hope, Little Bay.....all over the place. Took another tour of DB Farm (farmer Debbie's place).
Working on a little math about the cost of renting a scooter.... Scooter cost per day+ cost of gas. - savings not having to use a driver - the savings not drinking any beer......starting to think a scooter saves me money.
Originally Posted by Eco
How much are Gas scooter's now per day?
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Lol, he made me promise I would not say my price to anyone. In general you can find them for 20 per day if you rent for a week or more....maybe 25 if demand is high. Renting for just 2 days I planned on paying 25-35 per day. I rented the last one on his lot, I guess business is good. Actually, while I was picking mine up a dude waiting in front of me was delivered a dirt bike with "JB" on it and I know that the logo was from Jah B's on the beach.....maybe they help each other out with supply?
Whats up Eco, Glad to hear you rented a scooter from Gas I spoke to him recently and he's cool. Sound like your the adventurous type. Im sure the beach is cool and all but its nice to get around and see the sights right. So Whats about DB Farms? Is it a stop by place you hit when out on the road?
Your girl is on the back of the scooter? any problems with the roads out to little bay?
And whats you take on scootering it up to Half Moon Beach or cousins cove, I hear theres a big cave (Arawak) up there.
Peace.
. Yes girl on the back of scooter....she tried riding one last year in the Dominican Republic and it didn't work out. You can actually hold up to 4 people on them but when I tried that a fey years ago I blew a tire and crashed.
The roads to little bay are fine, prolly the worse part of it is the payment and potholes from the negril gas station out to the golf course. The route over orange hill is wonderful but have someone draw you a map. Some of the locals up there can be a little odd...hailing you to stop or yelling crap at you.....just keep riding by if you don't feel comfortable. The other way is on the road to Sav, ask where the race way is and when you come to the final y in the road turn right. Everyone down that way is very friendly if you get lost. You could also hire a bike route taxi guy from the Sav road turn off onto the marl rd to escort you down.
DB Farms is a small produce and goat farm owned by a lady from Maine who married a JA farmer. Call ahead and farmer Barry can give you a tour. It's cool walking around looking at the baby goats, the baby donkey and the other animals. Barry farms all sorts of stuff including some GIANT yams. If you are into animals or growing veggies it will be lots of fun. Contact Debbie at 470-0418
Also while you are down there check out the rat bat cave by the school, Marleys mineral pool...all sorts of things. Ask for Boot or call him at 416-2292 for tours down there.
Not sure about half moon beach, think that is the one I went to that wanted an entrance fee. Might head over to Percy's Riverside retreat today if the weather holds up. Google Percy's, it's a nice little scooter ride heading back toward Mobay and only maybe a mile off of the main highway.
Thank you for this most enjoyable report, lots of great info
Gas is definitely a character lol. My dude rented a scooter from him on our 2nd to last day, and we only wished we had for the whole trip.
Stir IT UP
So yesterday evening we missed yet another sunset....getting comical that we have not seen one yet this trip. Watched the lack of a sunset at hammock park, our second or third time at the park this reach. The older local guy that hangs out playing the guide/host/waiter part is really a good guy. I met him a few years ago there and ended up giving him a ride home after business was done for the day. As soon as he saw me the other day he remembered my free taxi service. I have no clue what his relationship to the business is but he seemed to cater to the tourist crowd more than the male bartender who was to busy washing glasses than taking care of guests.
Later in the evening my girlfriend didn't feel well so I went out for dinner....I so wanted to enjoy a nice meal while she felt bad in the room...but I'm not a dick. I ended up getting pizza from the German bar......important....their large comes in a large box but it's a rectangle shaped pizza that takes up 60% of the box.....it says so on their menu which I didn't see. I thought I got the wrong size but didn't care....I was hungry and GF needed food. I gotta say for a 1500ish pizza it was great....correction....it was one of the best pizzas I've ever had outside of Atlantic City. Oh....and it filled both of us up.
This morning we rode up to Sip and Bites because it was one of those mornings where we didn't want to risk anything going wrong or taking too long for a meal. Their orange juice is expensive compared to the places that sell 500j a bottle oj but it was excellent. 350j for a tallish glass.....buy one! After that it was over to Xtabi for diving.....but the water was a little rough and it was raining.
This afternoon we took a ride over to Percy's Riverside retreat which was cut short when my GF figured out she had. An ear infection. But in the time it went from my ear hurts to I need a doctor we spent some time at Percy's and Rhode's Hall. Rhode's Hall was a delightful place with grounds and critters running around that dreams are made of. We even saw a few mongoose just chilling.....first time I ever saw them not running away. Some worker gave us the details of tonight's webcast and all you can eat.....we were sold....now except for the ear infection thingy. Pro tip....if you go there and a larger security lady is working the gate say something other than we want to look around. Lol, she gave me stern look and said I had 3 minutes and then I had to leave. For all she knew I might of been interested in staying there or whatever...so I didn't honor her 3 minutes....I took 8 minutes.
Back to this nagging ear infection, I remember a recent thread on here about clinics but driving down the road on a scooter with no computer I didn't have a way to find it. I did however remember seeing a clinic past the second gas station in negril heading toward Sav. We were told by the desk lady that an office visit was 60-70us then 5 minutes after being seen GF walks out and says he wants 200us and wants to talk to me. I was fine paying the 200 but she was pissed about the cost of everything....he kept lowering his price until he got to 150us. I was done with a simple medical thingy killing my vacation vibe so I paid up. While I generally pinch pennies a silly ass ear infection can not hold GF up from flying home.
Oh so I'll have to post a picture when stateside as proof....the doctors name is " Dr. Ganga Reddy Mutyala".......note it's not Spelt Ganja but funny how close it is.
You mentioned Barbara from sea star a couple posts back. We have never stayed at sea star, but have eaten there a few times (only once for the buffet/show, too busy for me), but Barbara has remembered our names for the last three trips. I only go once a year, and I know Jamaicans often say "I remember you", but she honestly did. The woman must have an eidetic memory.
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