Takin' the Newbies along...a trip report

[Jenn]

Sunday:

Woke up...early. And the race for the umbrella began. There are a few umbrellas for use on the beach at Rooms. Hubby prefers to have shade - and there were always folks under the trees. Well...there's an umbrella not taken. Let's grab it. Yesterday, a couple had it, but never used it. I barely saw them on the beach at all...so, I was all about snagging it this morning. I thought I would be able to move it. Uh..no. Hubby and I struggled with it for a minute and then came Oneal to help us. Moved the umbrella - got set up for the day and grabbed breakfast at the hotel. Rooms includes a continental breakfast and also offers made to order should you choose. They have changed the way the do the breakfast and I like it better. Coffee, tea, juice, water - self serve. Then you just go up and they serve fruit, toast, and pastries where the bar used to be. Easy and fast.

Lay out - swim - drink at Sunnyside. Repeat - most of the day. We took a break from the sun for a bit over at Sunnyside to chat with Maureen. While there we ran into a couple we met a few years ago. Was great to see them, as she had some health issues and I had often wondered how she was faring. She looked fabulous, but sadly they were leaving soon. Was great to meet up with them and chat for a bit. While sitting over there - SunBeach had a gentlemen walking the beach and advertising for them. He possibly has the most radio DJ voice I have ever heard! He stopped and chatted with us for a bit and told us about the reggae show at SunBeach that night. Well, we had planned on hitting up SunBeach anyway - why not tonight? Perfect!

Later - head out for dinner. Walked the beach down to SunBeach. Some pics of our walk:









Dennis meets us on the beach and we get the table closest to the water. The band is playing and they sound nice. Round of drinks - and we order dinner. Had the lobster bisque before dinner. Jamaican chicken for me and Aims and the guys had lobster. So in between bisque and dinner - Aims and I went off to the bathroom. Walk up there and there is a guy standing there in basically a net tank top and shorts talking to himself. Ok...whatever. Well, she came out of the bathroom first and he at this time was in a loincloth saying "hey" over and over to her. Remember this experience (not at an AI) is new to her...so she mostly just stood there looking away from the man in the loincloth whispering "hey" while rubbing something all over his body. I come out - she doesn't say anything until we get back to the table and then I simply laugh. Dinner comes and the band takes a break...just in time for the next part of the show. A fire dancer. NOW it makes sense. Loincloth...check....some sort of anti fire stuff rubbed all over ...check. We watch the show - good time - crazy, but interesting to watch. Here's some photos of our night:









My favorite picture is the last one. The fire dancer was collecting tips and we asked if we could take a picture. He sidled right on up to my friend and grabbed on to her for a picture. Remember - she was a tiny bit creeped out by him when we were at the bathroom, not knowing who he was or what he was doing. This left me in giggles the rest of the night.

Walked home along the road - even though there were lots walking the beach, it was getting to be late, so better safe than sorry. Stopped over at Sunnyside where our motto reared its head: One love, one life, one more!