New Years 2016 trip report, Groove style

[groove16]

departure day 1/10/2016...last few hours of beach

[groove16]

that brings me to the end of my 9th trip, 7th since sept 2012....reservations already made for our 4th boardie bash in a row....
I think we got it BAD!!!!

[billndonna]

Fine Job Terry!!Won't be long and we will all be sharing Red Stripes on the beach and doing the boardie bash and making your next trip report,cheers!!

[jojo p]

You are now properly ''warmed up'' for April....wink

[Mike_D]

for food, i think you asked for stuff in JA dollars...so i am gonna name a few of MY favorites---
across the street from rick's, somewhere near, is a place that sells box food, very good, verry cheap...i think the name was t-birds, but just ask a local for the box food...

This is my go-to place for a quick box lunch on the West End. The sign says Mango Tree Restaurant and Bar, but you're right - it's on the same property as T-Birds resort.

Excellent report Groove! Another one for the record books.

[LivinInThe603]

Officially booked for Late April. Looking forward to the festivities!

[tcross420]

Awesome trip report groove. We met on the bar crawl in 2014 i think. Good times!

[groove16]

thanks for all the replies and cudos.....makes it worth the time....

I did a solo trip last week of november for thanksgiving...roy and sheri had taken their daughter, and janet had her time off taken away at work, so I did a week at fun holiday by myself...when ii checked in, i was surprised by an all inclusive package janet found for me...cost an additional 18.00 a day for it...i dont drinkmuch, but couldnt beat this deal....well this was a "boring" by our standards, I ate EVERY meal at FH, and didnt visit alot of our normal spots...

because i had 3 weeks after i got back before our new years trip, didnt have time to reflect on this trip....

gonna do a short trip report with a few pics....just gonna add it to this thread...

[groove16]

So I arrived on sunday...I got a new phone, was using my old smart phone as my camera and turning it into a jamaica phone...I was late getting picked up and not satisfied with quality of my supply...I get checked in at Fun Holiday, and hit the beach running...drifters for the sunday jam...maybe roy and sheri will b there...they do not know i am coming....i find on of my boys at one mile, always does me right, and got a sample...(when i am shopping, i collect samples before i committ...walk in drifters and see roy from afar...i sneak over and get my video rolling,and surpise...lol...but when sheri came over, it took a minute to see me but she screamed my name, and dropped her stuff and hugged me until she cried.....thats what u do when u see your best friends...
They were actually saying their goodbyes as i arrived, so i said my hellos and goodbyes at the same time...they walked me back to fun holiday, as i was leaving i put in an order, liked the sample, always do from this dude.... they dropped me off and headed to crystal waters..they had their daughter with them...she had never been to jamaica....so they were gonna show them around...i was gonna hang out with them some, and relax at the resort, and try to put a dent in the party supplies for the week....

we went out to bb as usual, but jessica doesnt drink or anything else, so she can only take so much of a bunch of drunks before she is ready to go...who can blame her...she is a twenty-something year old, who has a condo with a awesome view of the beach, has her internet, fridge full of refreshments, pool, etc...

anyway, not much on sunday...
monday i catch a ride to town with shane...he is taking babyface and family on a trip...i go to digicel to fix my phone for jamaica...i didnt have my id on me, but they let shane show his for me...then shane left and i got my phone and walked back...cut through the craft market and walked the beach back to fun holiday...I chilled at fun holiday for awhile, then walked the beach a little...took advantage of drinks and kept my bubba keg filled...i walked over to woodstck, my first time there...lenbert had his bus there, stopped there to start his pub crawl...

baby face and ginger called, they were back...they were headed to aubees for a burger.....i went along for the ride...didnt eat....walked over to tensing pen for a tour, then to ricks and then ltu to give jessica a tour of the area.....took lots of pics...

there was a show a roots bamboo on this night...talked to janet on my new phone, then headed to listen to the music...i checked fb, sent a couple messeges while there, then was gonna call roy to see what was up, when i couldnt find my phone...never left my table i was at when i sent messages, but a few minutes later, i cant find it....lol....i always borry a throw away phone from my driver...always...it makes calls...never have it out on fb, never lost one of those...i have a more expensive phone for several hours, and boom...it disappears....lol

no big deal, lesson learned...go back to the burner phone for calls...hate i lost the pics tough

[groove16]

Tuesday i was still mad a myself for letting my phone disappear....I called my friend shane...I didnt use shane as a driver, but he brought me a phone to use anyway...what a friend....decided on the spot that since my driver was late picking me up at the airport the last 2 times, (1st time it was 10 minutes, no big deal, this time it was about 30 minutes...funny i had a lot of ride offers, but no one had minutes on their phone when i tried to call him...)I was gonna just call my friend shane to pick me up next time...and he did in december and was on time...lol....
roy and gang stopped by fun holiday to see if i wanted to walk to times square with them...then discovered they left something at the room..so we walked to cw and back to times square....bought me a new backpack, one of the bob marley ones..like it alot....it rained pretty hard on this day, if i remember right...