Is sand gravity a choice? Trip report 2014

[billndonna]

Great report please keep it coming!

[freebirdny]

Glad you are enjoying, thanks for the comments!
Of the many memories and experiences from this trip I will start with my first night stupidity. First of all, I am afraid of flying and although I'm working on it and it is getting better we have found that the trip is so much more pleasant for both of us if my doctor prescribes me some Xanax for the flights. I take one an hour before flight time and then another just before getting on the plane. Tremendous help! I don't consider that part of the foolishness, that followed later, since I only fly two to three times a year that's only eight to twelve xanax a year. I think I'll be okay with that. The foolishness was that I forgot that Xanax isn't just a nice way for me to fight my fear of flying, it's a frigging narcotic for God's sake! So, I had a Bloody Mary on the flight. Okay, okay, it's the beginning of my vacation. Then of course I had to have an ice cold Red Stripe handed to me by our driver the minute he saw us. That wasn't so awful, was it? Then the hotel gives out free Rum Punch when you first arrive, it would be rude to turn that down, right? Well, you see where this is going don't you? I definitely overdid it, definitely considering that I still had Xanax in my system. And when I indulged in one other treat offered up by Jamaica I went right over the edge! I quickly become nauseous, dizzy, paranoid (I kept telling my husband not to let me fall asleep because I was afraid I was dying, that's pretty paranoid), overheated and barely able to walk. Now you guys don't know me so you'll just have to take my word for it that this is not how I usually spend a Sunday evening!!!! Well, thank God for a sympathetic and cool headed husband who put me in the shower, gave me glass after glass of ice water and tucked me in bed reassuring me that with a little sleep I would be okay and held my hand until I was asleep. That was about 6:00 p.m. At 8:30 or so he woke me up to see if I was hungry, which I was and feeling better. He had saved me half his dinner (poor guy had to eat alone his first night of vacation!) which was a pasta dish from the Idle Awhile restaurant and some garlic bread. I remember looking at it and thinking I am too sick to eat this but as soon as I took my first bite I was so relieved that he had already eaten so that I could finish it off. It was really good and the carbs were exactly what I needed. As soon as I finished dinner, I was back in bed and slept straight through until 7:00 a.m. feeling so embarrassed and apologetic. I missed my first night in Negril!!! What an idiot and it could have been worse! You can bet I won't repeat that mistake.
My original intention was to write a trip report on site, sitting down and reporting a little each day. Forget it though. I don't know how people do it. I simply couldn't focus my thoughts or muster enough energy to actually do it. But on either Monday or Tuesday morning I was on Negril.com with just that intention in mind when I read that there had been a fire at Country Country. We stayed at Country Country in 2008 with my brother and sister-in-law and liked it very much and had also eaten many meals at their restaurant. And the odd thing is nobody was talking about it on the beach, not even the staff, so I didn't quite believe it. But we decided to take a walk down the beach and have lunch somewhere and check it out. Sure enough the restaurant had burned to the ground! I know it's already been covered on this site but below is another pic.

I have no idea how it happened but it was such a cute little restaurant I was very sorry to hear about it and shocked that we didn't hear any commotion during the night while it was going on.

[Shaggy]

great trip report ty