Looking forward to hearing about your adventures!! I'm assuming you got your suitcase figured out?
Looking forward to hearing about your adventures!! I'm assuming you got your suitcase figured out?
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Have a great vacation.
Day 1... Guess I'll be working backwards here..I'm sure I'll warm up to this trip reporting..I tend to write like I talk..subjects may be changed mid stream and if you see typing errors I hope you guys can let that go cause the IPad does funny things sometimes...
Day started off with an 8 am flight. Well of course it only left at 8:20 cause as you Northerners there is de-icing which happens.. I had the pleasure of the middle seat and it really ended up being a pleasure. I had a gorgeous woman Daphne sitting beside me..she was born Jamaican and has lived in Winnipeg for 44 years. I mention the years cause she told me was 70! She attributed her youthful appearance to the coconut and all that organic eating from in the Island when she was young. We pretty much talked for 5 hours..we had a lot of similarities because we both grew up in the country. We talked about all the foods I wanted to try and thanks to my research and this board I'm not completely stupid about what JA has to offer. Did I say she was good looking? Man I wish I had her legs! Lol.. She ended up sharing her lunch with me and I told her she was my wife on the plane...oh yea...back up...in line waiting to go through customs I was looking after all of my husbands and my papers (I am the organizer) and I said to him "I wish I had a wife!" This guy in the line bursts out laughing. I'm like I'm serious! Lol...so back to Daphne. She is single. We talked about how husbands like to be taken care of and I told her what I'd said earlier...then said she was my wife for the plane ride. I did take a photo of her which didn't do her justice and I won't post cause I didn't ask permission. We exchanged phone numbers and I hope to call her when I get back..
Anyway..arrived at MB and wasn't full at all. I of course picked the slowest line..I always do..girl in front of me said she does so we split apart and this time she was in the faster line. No issues there. Walk past the gauntlet of taxis etc...reminds me of the shark out at Puerto Vallarta airport. We are travelling with another couple and there happened to be another couple we know that have gone to Negril for years on our flight and they had their regular driver pick us up. Norbert. Or Shorty as some people call him. I'm calling him Norbert. I got to sit in the front as I'm the unofficial planned of GT's (Good Times). We stopped at the Mega for some goods. We are all starting to get a little cranky by now after being up since 4am.. Stop at the service station for beer and we all get a lot happier..I don't drink beer but I'm in JA so what the h*ll..off we go..
I proceed to chat Norbert's ear asking a gazillion questions and telling him about what I've learnt..he showed us where our friends house was that they built close to Hopewell. All along the way he pointed out little details..now about this time I know I'm hungry for a patty..so. Next stop Juicys!
I ordered chicken, callaloo, and vegetarian. Not all just for me! I liked the chicken the best. It had some spice to it. Moving along...
We get to a the Rondel and it looks like..first impression...good! We get our room and it's the only one without a balcony. I've decided I'll get over it..besides..a lot of the balconies are so close together you could kiss your neighbour! Normally I unpack everything immediately but I'm thirsty so to the bar we go. We meet our friends, that are already here and Donovan is tending bar. Had my first dirty banana...check! Walked into the ocean...check! We have a few drinks and decide to head to the Italian Cage for pizza. kK is our waitress and she's nice. Service starred off painfully slow but did get better...pizza was good
Starting to run out of steam at about this time and start the walk back...pass a group of people having a party and the music is pumped and I can't resist shaking my booty..lol...my husband is like..you couldn't resist could you?..and. I...I couldn't
I'm sure as the weeks go on these reports will get shorter...I am chatty and will try to stick to the points. Now I gotta unpack and get outta this room!
Last edited by chris55; 02-13-2014 at 08:37 AM.
"When I feel like dancing, I dance. I don't care if anyone else is dancing or if everyone is laughing at me.. I dance.."
Oh boy! You are off to a great start.
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small world . . . daphne and i move in the same social circle . . .
sorry, no edit button . . . good thing you left yesterday . . . another snow storm this morning . . .
It all sounds great so far . . .
How exciting! That 4:00 a.m. wakeup about kills me..but its worth it once I get there!
Sounds like your trip is going great! I'll be at Rondel Sat hanging with my BF Robin and her hubby. Woooo Hooo! See ya on beach
Deanna (aka DeeDee from NY)
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