For the most scenic spot left on the old road...

[Rob]

Please click on the link below! You will not be disappointed!

http://negril.com/nt/nt052017.htm

[JaHowards]

Oh I remember that old road well. It truly was the beginning of the Negril adventure in the '70's

[JahCruiser]

Memories of coming round the curve and being upon "Ganja" Bridge

[captaind]

Glad this is out of date. That road was PITA if you lived here.

But I do understand your feelings

[VVHT]

I'll never forget the first time across the Ganga Bridge! The bus slows down and vendors start thrusting huge buds through the windows!!

[johng]

Rob, great picture of the "Old Road" although I can't remember exactly where that spot is and I have never heard it referred to as "Ganja Bridge" I think it might have been a location used in the Bond movie "Live and Let Die" filmed in many parts of JA. I guess the crocodile factory scene was shot at Ross Kananga's Jamaica Swamp Safari in Falmouth but there were numerous "Shoots" shot on the "Old Road" from MoBay to Negril specifically the double decker bus chase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuDAx4Yndv0

You probably know the facts better than I do but in any case the "Old Road" was / is very cool!!

[Rob]

Johng,

It is located in Cousins Cove. I never referred to it as ganja bridge, because it is not the ganja bridge.

And as for the old road being "very cool", it would take many hours, heck, sometimes overnight just to reach Negril. Sometimes the road fell away into the sea and there was no road at all. Nothing "cool" about that.

In that Cousins Cove area, there are still a few guest houses seldom used anymore. Pet and I talked about them. When the old road was bad, the houses were filled with guests trying to get to Negril.

Those old "I survived the road to Negril" shirts actually made sense back in the day. Interesting road yes, but "cool" doesn't come to my mind... (grin)

Live and let die!

[JahCruiser]

Rob
where was the ganja bridge

[captaind]

In the early to mid 70's when I would travel back to the US occasionally the only way to go was the Sav - Whitorn - Anchovy rd.

It was rough but dependable!

Cap

[Accompong]

The past is just that.... it has passed. Constantly glorifying it as if it was somehow magical and your seeing it first somehow makes your sight better is selectively myopic.

What is "cool" to you was a constant hassle to those who had to live through it daily. Most Jamaicans wouldn't trade what they have now for the "good old days". Ask them if they had a choice to go back to the way things were in 1975 and live with spotty electricity, no cell phones, few cars available, etc. etc. I believe most wouldn't ditch now for the nostalgia of it all.

For myself, I get more excited for what may come than for what has been. I can't wait to return in October and have already pretty much forgotten a lot about when I was there last October.

Just my opinion.