My first trip to Negril (2nd to Jamaica) was the week before Christmas last December. The beach was pretty much deserted the first few days so we were easy pickin's for the vendors. Most days, we were on the beach from about 8:30 am until darkness fell (see: sand gravity). That is approximately 600 minutes (36,000 seconds) per day. The bull horn took away about 45 of those seconds (spread out over 3 trips down the beach over the course of the day). Neville took up another 2 minutes every day but those don't count because I couldn't wait to see him. The fruit lady was welcome at first but I can only eat so much fruit so, she ruined about 45 seconds each day. The pot/cocaine guys wasted a total of about 6 minutes total (72 attempts at 5 seconds each) over the first three days but then got the message and left us alone. The other vendors combined took up maybe 3 or 4 minutes a day total. I'm not great at math but I was left with peace and quiet and Red Stripes and dirty bananas and great food (some of which I didn't even have to get out of my chair to get) and beautiful sights and new friendships for the majority of the day. I make my triumphant return in 103 days and may just hug Neville when I see him. I am glad that all 36,000 seconds of beach time each day will not be spent in isolation inside the friendly confines of an AI. Just one man's opinion.
Originally Posted by Lax1724
