Takin' the Newbies along...a trip report

[Jenn]

Monday:
Our days have settled in to an easy routine...up early... down to beach to watch the world wake up....then off to breakfast. We tried to hit up Montana's again...again, no luck. Didn't feel like going too far, so we stopped and had breakfast at Sweet Spot (right across the road). It was good...plain ol' eggs, bacon, and toast. Ate and headed back to the beach.

Someone asked for the perspective of the newbies. I'll do my best, as they aren't on negril.com. Up until today, we hadn't wandered too far. Remember she wasn't feeling well, and we just sort of eased in slowly. We're in Negril, right? No need to rush around. Sand gravity also had a pretty good hold too! Anyhow, they pretty much followed our lead. We'd given them a few pointers before going, so they sort of knew what to expect. That being said, it's hard to describe to someone who hasn't tried non-AI and you never really know how people will handle it, ya know? They were rock stars! They laughingly referred to the "rules" throughout the trip - you know, the basic, don't tell people where you are staying....just smile and say no thanks....don't tell them when you leave or that you just arrived, etc. They laughed one night when someone at Sunnyside asked where we were staying and I responded, "Rooms". They were like "WAIT - That's rule 1.a. Don't tell anyone where you are staying!" Um...yeah, about that. It doesn't really apply when they watch you walk over from there and home again. haha The first few days they just spent a lot of time looking at everything everywhere we went. "Just taking it all in - there's a lot to take in" But they quickly found their groove and a couple days in - they were pros.

Decided to wander down to Coco La Palm for lunch and to try the jerk chicken pizza. Had a few rounds of red stripes and ordered up a pizza. It was a good, but I have an idea for jerk pizza that doesn't include pizza sauce. I would love it with jerk sauce then chicken then cheese. I'm going to try it at home....I'll let you know how that works out. While we were there, we checked out a room. We've always considered staying there, so since we were there - why not take a look. Nice place. It's on my short list! (On a side note - the beach bathrooms at Coco are SPOTLESS!)
Pictures at Coco





Finished up there and headed back down the beach. The girls were in the lead on this walk and as we approached White Sands - I whispered wait for it and then take a sharp left....they'll follow. We pulled in to White Sands, grabbed another round of beers and headed up the steps to take in the beach. A great view! And we had the place to ourselves!



Finished our beers then back on our way. Pulled in to the Boat Bar for a dirty banana or two...or? The band was just beginning to arrive - so it wasn't too busy yet. We hung out, had a dirty banana, and then Schaef and Aims decided on a game of pool. The beauty of going on a trip with friends - someone always has enough money for another round. haha They were playing pool I ordered another round of drinks and realized I didn't have enough money to cover it. Walked over to the pool table and said, "Um, I ordered us another round, but I have no money left..." You know you have found great friends when nobody misses a beat and hands you the money to cover it. We had gotten into a pretty easy groove of we buy, you buy and nobody keeping track - it'll work itself out. Game over - my girl won and one of the girls at the bar offered up a game with him. So they played...for shirts. Needless to say, she won also! Looks like he's gonna be topless...oh wait. Some pics from our time:











Dinner at Xtabi...to be continued.