Day 7 in Negril:
Well...another day started out the same as the others - breakfast then beach. I just want to take a minute and give a HUGE shout out to the lifeguards at Rooms - O'Neil, Christopher, and Mario. They are such great guys! We sure have some great laughs with them! After the first day - you know how it goes - up early - claim your spot...drag your chairs...ask them to help with the umbrella because for some stupid reason I can never figure it out. I watch them so I can be self sufficient...but I still can't get it right. Any how - they asked on the second day if that's where we wanted our stuff set up. Every morning - chairs, umbrella, and tables were set up. They didn't have to do this for us (I would NEVER ask them to) but did it anyway.
So beaching all day....an icy cold beer at Sunnyside...in the water...repeat. Robert (from Sunnyside) has a cousin who is a rasta and we hung out with him lots last year. We hadn't seen him at all this time - but he had recently gotten full custody of his baby girl (14 mo old) and was busy planting up in the hills. We told Robert that we hoped to see him. Well...today, I happen to look up and who should appear? He was walking towards me with a huge smile but I was not really paying attention. He put his arms out like, "really?!" OMG! Yay - jumped up and hugs/fist bumps were had. Then he pointed back towards Sunnyside and his sweet little girl was with him. AHH she was darling! I could have just snuggled her right up - and I did! We chatted for a bit then I went to go love on that sweet little girl. I asked him if he minded and he said of course not! So we played in the sand - which mostly involved her putting sand all over me. I picked her up and was snuggling her while he went next door. Pretty soon - here comes Brian. He wanted to be sure I wasn't taking her! haha Pretty soon she was looking for her "DA" as she was yelling that and giggling....took her back to her daddy and chatted for a few and said our goodbyes.
Back to the water with a round of beers. More swimming/sunning and then we decided to head down the beach. Stopped at Boat Bar again to grab a cold beer and then off to Dru's for lunch. Dru's has GREAT specials. Their drinks are cheap - the cheapest bucket of RS Light we found - 6 for US $13. Regular RS are 6 for $10. Ordered a bucket of RS Light and we got a patty and fries to share (Brian and I). Tom and Amy got the same. The girl at the bar was probably one of the BEST bartenders I've ever had. She didn't serve them in a bucket - instead kept them icy cold in the freezer. As soon as one of us were close to finishing - she had the next one ready to go. 2 buckets of beer and a light lunch and we were good to go. There was no evidence of the truck that had been stuck earlier in the week.
Public Service Announcement....for those of you as stupid as me. Just in case any of you qualify. Soo....when you use the bathrooms at Wav's they are unisex. It's a long line of bathrooms and when you walk in - there is a partial wall with a trough and water faucets on it. Then there are stalls. The trough is NOT a place to wash your hands. I'm not saying I did or didn't use it to do so...I'm just passing info along. If you walk PAST the stalls...imagine this - regular sinks with soap. That is where you wash your hands. Huh...who knew. I've used some pretty sketchy bathrooms in Jamaica - so I didn't really think that much of it....the guys sure got a great laugh out of that one!
I digress...
Back down the beach - more sun and swimming. Decided to give Swordfish another go. Showers - happy hour - and had Dwight from the hotel take us up to Swordfish (fingers crossed).
Here's some pictures from our day...
Preparing for rough seas?
We arrived at Swordfish and lo and behold they were open. A couple of years ago we met a lady who was traveling solo and joined us for several dinners. On other nights - she had gone to Swordfish and raved about it. It was on my list last year - but we never made it. The view is gorgeous - even though the sunset was cloudy. The food was fantastic! The service was good. The rum punch was not my favorite. I'm a connoisseur of rum punch (or so say I) and this was not my favorite. The bill for dinner was far less than we anticipated - BONUS!
We sat rooftop and had the following between the 4 of us: garlic shrimp, shrimp scampi, ginger pineapple snapper, and coconut shrimp.
Here's some photos from the evening:
And the beach from Swordfish at night:
Back to the hotel - and went down to sit with Kelvin for until he closed. Tom and Amy - off to bed....Brian and I...off to Sunnyside. Stayed late (this is becoming a habit) and eventually headed back to our room and called it a night.
Tomorrow - last full day in paradise. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!?
