Newbie Trip Report 4/12 - 4/19

[nutz4travel]

As we were walking back to CocoLaPalm, I really needed some liquid nourishment and a break from the hot sun when before my eyes appeared Tony’s Red Stripe Hut. Milton was the bartender, and is a friendly, fun guy. This was one of our favorite places, and we returned there several times throughout our week long stay. He had several games sitting around to play (Connect 4, Trivial Pursuit, cards, dominoes), and we discovered a new favorite game called “Shut the Box”. I actually found it on Amazon, and it arrived a few days ago None of us had ever heard of this game before...kind of funny we had to go to Jamaica to discover it!

I'd never seen it before either, when we were there in April a young lad (maybe 8-10?) actually shut the box. It was awesome, he gave him a sharpie and let him write his name where ever he wanted. It was fun, I know we'll be back

[jamaicarob]

great t.r., we got married right there on the small beach across from Princes bar in Belmont 6 years ago, soon come

[drenee]

great t.r., we got married right there on the small beach across from Princes bar in Belmont 6 years ago, soon come

what an absolutely beautiful place to get married. The colors of the sky and the sea were just so vivid there.....I bet you have some beautiful wedding pictures!

[jamaicarob]

ya mon, i can post them, soon come

[68Stang]

I'm enjoying the trip report!

[drenee]

thanks for the encouragement everyone! Gosh, I just want to go back!!! It's been raining....and raining....and raining some more at home Guess it's better than snow, but we need some sunshine!

[obaygirl13]

Love this report! I got married on the cliffs almost 5 years ago and there is just something magical about exchanging vows with that beautiful sea behind you.

[Lola]

keep writing

[nutz4travel]

Love the Pelican bar. It is a long haul, we combined it with YS Falls for a fabulous (but long) day

More please...

[drenee]

Wednesday was a relax/walk the beach day again. We did venture across the road to Best in the West for some jerk chicken. Everyone loved it! It was fresh off the cooker, and was so good! We ended up at Tony’s Red Stripe Hut and Sun Beach....again! Poor Milton – think we drank him out of almost all of his brands of Vodka that day! We did venture up to Margaritaville later in the evening and had a good time - there was a catamaran there, so several people were on the beach dancing to the DJ (and maybe a few of us as well).


Best in the West

Thursday morning we had to meet a boat at 6am. Dennis the Menace had hooked us up with one of his friends to go fishing. That was a little rough as we had stayed out pretty late the night before. We went “fishing” from 6 until 10. Not one bite....Nothing! Not that our guide (Marshall) wasn’t trying, there just wasn’t anything biting, but we still enjoyed being out on the water. Really enjoyed seeing the island from the water!


view from our fishing boat - definitely authentic Jamaican fishing!

Our friends were heading home today, so we saw them off and headed down the beach to Times Square for some souvenirs. It was a very hot, humid day! Thankfully several of the shops had A/C! Got some good deals on souvenirs here. Went to Margaritaville for some dinner and some t-shirts to take home. Food was kind of expensive, and just okay. Not bad, just okay. We did like the atmosphere though....they are very good at providing entertainment. A catamaran had shown up, and Margaritaville had it set up so there were teams competing to build a hut with materials they provided....was quite comical to watch! Think there was also a stop for a drink or two at Sun Beach on our way back to CCLP.....it was on the way, ya know The bartenders there were all always very friendly, and it was just a cool place to sit and take a break!