Shauna (marley9808) & Raul's (ralonzo29) 1st Anniversary in Jamaica *Trip Report*

[marley9808]

DAY EIGHT (October 13, 2011...My Birthday):
So I wake up, again to the sounds of the waves crashing, and I smile....this is the life! And today is my birthday, ahhhhh life is good! My sweet hubby asks me what I want to do on my special day.....and I think a minute....my special day? Every day here feels special, and I feel like I already have everything I want...I am in my favorite place, with my favorite person, and the weather is nice......so I say the only other thing I can think of that I want at this moment......FRENCH TOAST from XTABI!!!!! lol
And so we get up, hop on the scooters and head down the cliffs to get my favorite breakfast. Mmmmmmmmmmm
I swear they put crack in it! So good!
Anyways, after my delicious breakfast we decide to take the scooters down to Green Island to visit Half Moon Beach and Rhodes Hall as we have never been and we really want to check it out. So off we go. We had a really nice ride down the beach road and past Orange Bay, we pass by Rhodes Hall and make our first stop at Half Moon Beach. When we get there it looks as if we are the only ones but when we walk in there is actually another couple and then a mother and daughter but still, it feels like we have the place to ourselves, and the place is beautiful. We stop at the bar and get some drinks, really nice people! We head out to the beach and plop our stuff down on one of the loungers and almost instantly we are in the water, partly because we are ready to snorkel but also because it was HOT, like REALLY HOT this day and I was ready to jump in already, so we did. It is beautful out here, I highly recommend visiting this place. It's like you have your own private beach, really cool! So we stayed for a couple of hours but then I realized I was getting too much sun, funny how by the time you realize that it is usually too late!
But we also were rather hungry and I said, well we can't be in Green Island, hungry, and this close to Biggas without going and getting some chicken....so we did. We left Half Moon Beach and headed into Green Island up to Biggas stand for some mouth watering jerk chickem....and it surely didnt disappoint!
*Clarity ask Chicken to stop here for you guys, he knows Bigga really well and he swears he is the reason everyone knows about him since he stops there all the time, lol

So after that we decide to head back home to Catcha as we had made plans with the Twisters to head to Canoe for the webcast. So we make it back to home base, shower and head back out to canoe.....I took my nice new sunburn with me too! LOL
We get to canoe and the Twisters and Rob are already there so we join in. It was a beautiful night and we had a nice time with the 2 for 1 rum punches and all the thoughtful birthday wishes from everyone, so nice. We ordered some of these world famous french fries we had heard so much about and we talked and chatted.
After the webcast we decided that Mr Twister and I would celebrate our birthdays together, mine being that day (Oct. 13) and his being October 18 (but they would be traveling home that day) so we picked our dinner location to be Pushcart as we were both ready for some Pepper Shrimp after I told him how good and how huge they are there. So off we went, Raul and I on our scooters and The Twisters on theirs. We had a nice ride up the west end and we stopped at Pushcart. The place was packed and the Mento Band was in full gear playing to the crowd. We were seated and I ordered a Pina Colada....I have to say, it was one of the best I have ever had, who knew? We ordered soon after as we already knew what we were there to get. The Twisters and I ordered the pepper shrimp and Raul ordered the Jerk Sausage. We got some rice and peas and plantains as well. The jerk sausage was really good, and I have said this before, I think their rice and peas are my very favorite in all of Negril. The pepper shrimp came out and I would say it was about 1/2 the size it was the last time I ordered it, which I think might have been in either November or December. Lisa had warned me that the size can vary quite a lot depending on season and she was right.....but even though they were much smaller than my last time ordering them, they were still very good. We were not disappointed with our meals at all.
After dinner though we decided to head over next door to the Rockhouse for some dessert. We ordered the cheesecake and a nice frosty drink to go with it.....yum!

It was a great day to say the least.....but spending your birthday (or any day for that matter) in paradise, can never be a bad day, right?

The World Famous (or maybe Shauna famous) French Toast from Xtabi


Half Moon Beach, Green Island Jamaica












Welcome to Negril, ok so the sign could use some help sure.....but the message is the same....welcome to paradise. Funny enough I have a picture standing next to this same sign on my very first trip to Jamaica back in January 1999


Best Billboard ever....love it!