Juls, do you have a few more thoughts or notes. We can all use a little extra. Newbie reports are like GOLD around here. Please, just a little bit more.
Juls, do you have a few more thoughts or notes. We can all use a little extra. Newbie reports are like GOLD around here. Please, just a little bit more.
juls, your report was a combination of delight and frustration. Delight that you folks had a great
time, frustrating to read about scammers preying on tourists, especially what might be first timers.
You can look forward to your next time, being all the wiser, from advice from the folks on this board.
dang, gerry 123 I knew that was a ripoff!!!
Hey, thanks for all of the positive statements...I do realize it was hard to read it..but if I would have paused...I would have ran out of couraga!..and deleted everything!! Next, time.. I will do it better, promise! And also, it will help to post the pictures..which I will...as soon as someone figures out this outdated piece of technology!!~~ Better?~~...I will tell you all that there were a lot of people there that were looking out for us..While we were trying to walk to Ixtabi..(in the dark)..one local that rode his bike by us said.."Switch sides when you are able to." So we did...We had it in our minds to walk against traffic, to see if someone was going to run us over. But when the side you are walking on runs out of a shoulder..switch! ~~Also, when we were leaving the beach the first night and about to walk thru a big area of grass, another guy riding a bike went by me and said.."Put on your slippers." These little things meant a lot to me..I don't care if I looked like a newbie or not!!! .. P.S...My daughter has a degree in English and is currently going for her Masters degree..I didn't share this with her...I know my flaws!...LOL!!!
Thanks for sharing your report Juls,it was great!!
so Juls --- what would you do different next time? :-)
i know stay on the beach --- any hotel come to mind?
Excellent glad I took the time to read it>
Trip #59 most of February
Nice read, thank you!!!
Juls, its a great trip report and you kept me smiling the whole way thru. Can't wait to see pics
Don't waste your time with explanations, people only hear what they want to hear.
Thanks to all of you for your support!! Yes, I have learned a lot from this trip! Yes, I am going back...already looking at hotels! There are so many layers to Jamaica and I want to uncover them layer by layer.. It may take years.. but I am ready for the challenge!!! No, I will never, ever, give out my phone number again, or the name of my hotel. I will never walk in the dark in the cliff area. (I knew most of those rules, but got there and got caught up in the magic of this beautiful country!) ~~ Here comes a crazy part..When I was at an AI 9 years ago (Trelawny), there was a Rasta type guy reading peoples palms. Of course, he was actually in the resort area, we were basically told it wasn't wise to leave the resort area. He looked at me and started talking about my Grandma who had passed the year before. He was so spot on about it, I was moved to tears. No one would know the things he spoke to me about. That always touched my heart. When Les and I were walking on the cliff area, I looked up and saw the name of a road..Ella Drive! Yep, that was her name, just Ella, not Drive! Also the fact that when she was in a nursing home (at 98), there were a plethora of nurses aides from Jamaica.. And they doted on her and made her feel so good.. She said they were always smooching on her.. will never forget that or the feeling I have in Jamaica!~~ Things I regret about my trip? No grizzada, no dirty banana from Yellow Bird..and no 1/3 of a 'special' brownie!!! Cannot wait for next year!!!!!!
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