Landed in MoBay and met by the Club MoBay rep. The airport wasn't super busy, but there was a long enough line that I was glad we could bypass. Got through immigration and customs with luggage in hand in about 10 minutes. Got to the lounge and first rum punch of the trip. Another rum punch for the road and out to meet Tulla. We book through NegrilOneStop and Tulla was our driver last year. Off we go - head to the cambio to change some money and in to HiLo to grab some supplies for the road. Tom and I do the money and shopping. Last year, Amy was sick on the way down and Brian stayed with her in the van while Tom and I did the money and shopping. LOL I hope next year is NOT my turn being sick! Stopped at another shop in Lucea for some beers and back on the road. Had a Red Stripe Light Lemon. Um, that's interesting...very juice like - not beer like. I don't think it's my favorite. Finally - we arrived at Rooms.

We go in to check in and the girl at the desk said she had bad news. Now, having been to Negril many times, my first thought was that we are going to get bumped to another hotel. Amy's first thought was that our room wasn't ready. I suppose that's the difference in the experience. Neither was the case. They upgraded our rooms to ocean view. NICE! This means we have a fridge (finally - we always request, but never get one) and the sound of the ocean all the time! I was glad to have the room, but these rooms do not have balconys and we REALLY missed not having one. Oh well - I am certainly not complaining!

Dropped our bags - and headed down to say hello to Kelvin at the bar. Then over to Sunnyside to say hello to Robert. I was the first to put my feet in the water. Last year, Brian beat me to the water...so I had to be sure I got there first this year!

Decided we were starving and headed down to Alfreds for fish and chips. YUM! As we were finishing dinner, Brian started not to feel well again. At this point, we'd been up for 18 hours and in addition to not feeling well - we were exhausted. We needed to leave - so we headed back to the hotel and went to bed. At 6:30. We went to bed. This is not how we planned it. But, we clearly needed the sleep. Woke up at 5 the next morning and he was feeling significantly better!

Typically - we land in MoBay and I'm already in vacay mode. The tension of my reality is gone...this start was completely different. For the first time, it took me a couple days. However, it was more because I was worried about Brian. One full day in - and I had nothing more to worry about. Let the fun begin!