One Love Bus

[Bnewb]

I did not know Lenbert was in the bar business.....and it is in the middle of no where...Thinking the locals are not drinking there....Just have a real bad taste in my mouth about it. I will now stop my bytching

I'm really, really not understanding how it's a bad thing for someone to be successful.
Many businesses have other side businesses. Not to pick on hotel owners...but some have scooter rentals, car rentals, farms, construction companies and so on.
Why can't Lenbert do the same?

[RonMon]

Obviously, it's not a popular opinion, but I understand the feelings of the original poster. We began going on the One Love Pub Crawl about a year after its inception. At the time it was a great way to get off the resorts and experience new parts of Negril, it was exactly what we needed to be prompted to leave the A/I and not look back. Lenbert was very engaging and a wealth of knoweledge about the area. We have probably gone 5 or 6 times over the years and noticed a definite change. The last time we went we made a stop at Lenbert's ex wifes "bar" which only opened when the bus pulled up and shuttered as we pulled away. We did not feel this offered much in the experience department as it wasn't really an actual operating business.

We then went onto the "shantytown" stop, which turned into quite the mob scene. We have been told by those in Negril that are far smarter than us, not to cater to the begging culture. We donate through Travelers Resort and let them decide what to do with the things. I understand Lenbert trying to help people out, and I don't know what I would do if I were him, so I don't judge, it's just not for me. The bus was quiet after that stop, everyone was kinda in a bit of shock and awe by what we saw. It really did get quite aggressive as has been described before, folks coming on the bus, pushing back the "school supplies" and asking for cash, etc., etc. Lenbert seemed to be pretty stressed and really didn't engage like he used to. I can only imagine the pressure he is under by the businesses, community etc. to get him to stop at their places.

We realized after that trip that the One Love Pub Crawl just wasn't for us anymore. I have referred others to give it a try and we may again at some point, but I feel like it has evolved and I just preferred the original. To each his own and I wish Lenbert continued success and he has done a lot of good for Negril for sure.

I wouldn't call Lenbert greedy, but I do get how one could feel that your money is being a bit more "directed" with the selection of the stops over what it used to be.

[Rob]

Borntobeach,

The bus driver was Lenbert's son. He has been employed by Lenbert because Lenbert now has a second bus for the crawl. It has been so successful that he wants his son involved in the business.

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Lenbert and I came up with the idea for a free pub crawl as a way to entice people staying at the AIs to leave the compound and see Negril. Since we started it in July of 2011 and Lenbert was a member of the then West End Cluster, we decided to have it focus on the newly named "One Love Drive".

Here is a link for the very first One Love Bar Crawl:

https://negril.com/forum/showthread....RealNegril-com

Here is another post from Lisa about a month later, explaining how to get on the bus:

https://negril.com/forum/showthread....AR-CRAWL-Today

The Crawl has advanced over the past seven years from those early days when me, Lisa and Lenbert were the only ones on the bus.

The crawl has evolved many times and will continue to change. The children begging started early on because of how Negril developed. Well meaning visitors would give handouts to the children and many times their parents. This is a lesson quickly learned and their children and grandchildren of today were not lost in that lesson.

Lenbert and I have discussed at length about the issue but it will not disappear overnight. But one thing that Lenbert wants to demonstrate to the begging children is what happens when you work hard and look forward to the future. The handouts are gone usually that day, but Lenbert lives in a nice house with a nice car and now his own family bar that makes money to help grow the family business. Plus no better way for the kids to learn than by example.

And just to be real, Lenbert has been doing crawls sometimes seven days a week. I congratulate him for taking our simple idea and becoming so successful with it!

[Borntobeach]

The driver the day we went looked older than Lenbert....very nice gentleman. We have always enjoyed doing the crawl in the past....so much fun. Not so much anymore

[msbaltimore]

I can't wait for my next visit and One Love Bus ride. I hope Lenbert still has his new home on the route, I would love to see it and congratulate him and his wife on their success. I'm so proud of how he has developed his business. I can remember the early years when there was still room for Rob to do his live stream on the bus, lol.

[booger]

The only time I had a $hit experience on the bus was when I invited myself onto a full bus, near the end of the journey. It was a Hedo group and they were just nasty, and this is coming from a rather liberal guy. Lembert was nice enough to allow us to join, even though this group had chartered the whole bus. I blame nobody but myself, and appreciated the hospitality from Lembert. We rode in the early days too, in fact our first ride was just my wife and I, and Rob trying to connect for a webcast. We had numerous rides after that, and all were a good time. I wish the man nothing but continued success, and encourage those who are nervous to leave the compound to give it a shot. Hopefully he can clear up the begging issue sooner than later.

[MikeyNYC]

The only time I had a $hit experience on the bus was when I invited myself onto a full bus, near the end of the journey. It was a Hedo group and they were just nasty, and this is coming from a rather liberal guy. .

You can't post a juicy nugget like that and not elaborate!

[RonMon]

You can't post a juicy nugget like that and not elaborate!

We got stuck sitting on a return flight between a whole bunch of Hedos folks. They were the most obnoxious bunch I have ever encountered in JA. There were 8 or them, if I had a dollar for ever time I heard "I put my pants on for this?" Then raucous laughter from the rest of the gang. It was beyond annoying. I am far from a prude, I have been a guest at the Playboy Mansion and spent a night on the town in LA where Hugh paid everyone's tab, but this was just beyond ridiculous.

I know not all the folks are like that, but if he ran into a tribe like I did I can only imagine.

[saeyedoc]

You can't post a juicy nugget like that and not elaborate!

Tried finding the original thread, but it may be too old. Essentially we were signed up for the bus and they pulled up with a bus load of folks from Hedo. It was me, my wife and our daughters who were 18 and 22 at the time. There was one other couple on the bus who weren't with the Hedo people. They begged us to not leave them alone with them after we were ready to bail after the first stop. They were licking each other at the bars and having sex on the bus while others were in the bars. We ran into booger and some others we knew from this board who joined us for the last stop for sunset. We had Lenbert drop us at a jerk place on the way back and ran into the other boardies there and shared stories over dinner. According to the other "normal" couple, it got way worse after we left.

[DConkle]

Do you really care? It’s a tour of places we might not ever think to go... the man is making a living,right? I’ll be there in April and will ask to go to his place!