Thanks everyone! Love the replies!
jamaicarob.....I'm not saying the wall doesn't have its uses, (chair, bar, etc.) I just wish they would paint it a different color or something. I always enjoy your reports too btw.
Part Two of the Crawl.
We made a usual stop at another one of our favorite little quirky places called Jenny's aka Connie's Country and Western Pub. We love it here, and we don't even like country music. (she plays a lot of the old classics which makes it more tolerable) The vibe here is always great, and the special cake can be very effective.Now, I know what some of you are thinking. "Oh no, here comes another story from some doped-up idiot"? Well, to that I say, o' contrair mun frair (What?) it's not like that at all. In my defense I would like to say that we don't "do drugs" at home, in fact we barely even drink at home, we are both gainfully employed, and we don't have children to set an example for, so frankly.....I don't consider eating a piece of cake all that terrible of a thing to do with all other things considered. But, go ahead and judge me anyway if you must. Haha!
Country jojo and the fish? Let me tell you something......this chick can Par-Tee!!!
Can't waste the crumbs!
C&W Connie.... A really awesome lady!
We met a great couple from Philly on this tour that were staying at Xtabi. (Lois and Steve I think?) It just so happens that it was one of the other stops we made. They asked a few of us if we wanted a little tour of their cottage while we were there. What? Sure we do! We love doing that!
There are so many different places to stay in Negril and they are all a little different, but we really liked this place, it was very nice! It had an upstairs loft with a bathroom and the bathroom on the ground floor had an outdoor shower. Wow! I believe they were in cottage #4 and let me tell you, these folks were great hosts. They pulled out beers and booze with all different mixes. They even had snacks! They were both giving little tours, bringing us all around the place. I didn't want to seem like too big of a freak so I didn't take any pictures of the inside. The whole place was so neat, and these two were just awesome! I don't think we even went to the bar at all, we just had our own little party at their place untill we left. It was so cool.![]()
A little cottage in Negril.
Our last stop was at Negril Escape and it was a loooooong one. We had to wait for Lenbert to drop off the entire other group before he came back to get us. We made the best of it as usual and got to party for a while longer at at this place. (Luckily I was feeling no pain by that time)![]()
It was our first time being at Escape and it was a pretty cool place. The bar area and the seafront were very cool. They have a nice big area to explore and a couple of neat places to jump off. The one thing that absolutely blew me away was the little cove in the cliffs area between the lighthouses that I dubbed "The Devils Washing Machine". I don't know if it is always like this or if we were just there during a certain tidal surge or whatever, but this was a truly amazing spectacle of natures power. The sea water would pour through this small opening between the cliffs and the surge it created was pretty awesome to watch. The water level in this small cove was rising and then dropping about 20-30 feet and it would expose the cliffs that were way under the usual water level. It was pretty cool to watch. I tried to take some pics but they don't really do it any justice.
These pictures were taken about 5 seconds apart.
After being mesmerized by this for some time, I noticed this girl hanging casually over the edge right over this spot. Scary!
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The only thing we didn't like about this stop was that there were a few locals hanging around with the bartenders there and they all had their children with them. There were probably 5 or 6 kids that just went through the crowd all night asking for money. Now, I have no problem with someone trying to make a buck but, really? Having your kids out with you, in the bar, at night, begging for money? That just seems kinda wrong to me. And it wasn't just one or two times either. These kids just kept going from group to group, all evening, one after the other. I watched them go back to the same people over and over, and they were persistent every time. (I assume that's part of their training?) We tried to just ignore it after a while but it was a little disappointing to watch.
On a happier note....there were so many fun people on this crawl, some of them boardies, most were not. Nobody got too crazy but every single person there was having a great time and it was truly the funnest Pub Crawl we've been on yet. (I say that every time)Even the ride home was a blast! We met up with another boardie couple, Ziggy (and his wife) and another couple from Colorado that might lurk on here. (Sup Rick & Rhonda?) All of them were total strangers to us then, but we now call them friends. That's another perk to vacationing in Negril, 90% of the people you meet are of like mind and that usually equates to everyone getting along pretty well.
Next up....... The Beach Adventures.