Treasure Beach 2020 Who’s Down When???

[Rumghoul]

Johng - I thought I responded - must have closed out before I posted reply. Anyway, we are still exploring Michigan. Funny you mention Grand Rapids - we have not been there in a couple years and are going for a weekend the end of the month. My husband and I love craft beer and breweries so it is a good destination for us lol. We still have not made plans to leave the US - I just don't trust that testing won't be started again in fall if/when things heat back up. We have our own business - just the two of us - so we really cannot be stranded anywhere for any length of time. But - if the worst that happens to us through the pandemic is we can't travel as much, so be it. Too many have lost so much - including too many lives.

[johng]

Rumghoul,
Glad to hear that you and your husband are well!! Understand your situation but it's too bad that you can't sneak a few days to recharge your batteries in TB. I am in a somewhat similar situation so I get it!! There is so much for me to still discover within a few hundred miles of where i live. Jamaica is always on my mind and I can't wait to return sometime soon!! All the best and enjoy your summer!! Regards, John

[johng]

Hi sunchaser,
I was a former college hockey coach and used to recruit the BCJHL both on the Island and the mainland. Driving and taking the ferries was very cool. You are so lucky to be living where you do!!!
Have you ever checked out Sunset Resort and Villas in Treasure Beach? Many Canadians stay there. Kory South, an American guy and his Jamaican wife run the place. It's a hotel a couple doors down from Jakes but far less expensive. Their restaurant features fresh seafood and offers a great breakfast included in the room rate. They also offer a couple units will full kitchens so it has a lot of options to choose from.
Hopefully Treasure Beach recovers from the loss of tourism due to Covid over the past couple of years!! Have fun!!

[Odinson]

Treasure Beach and Vancouver Island! Two of my favorite places in the world. We stayed once on Treasure Beach in a huge home with a pool. rooftop deck and outside shower- it was designed by Sally Henzell and has a nice dome on top of the master bedroom - you can usually pick it out from a shoreline view with that feature. Its webpage used to be www.treasurebeach.com but it doesn't look active anymore. Right next to the fisherman's beach, very nice for the best fish and lobster.
Not much info on the VIsland home we rented but it had huge picture windows through which we watched the whales spouting off every day. Great hiking and huuuge slugs!

[johng]

Odinson,
I'm not familiar with the property you mention but Sally and the Henzell family have fingerprints on all things Treasure Beach. Jason runs Jack Sprat's among other things. Perry Henzell was as we all know the Director and writer of "The Harder They Come"!! and it's sequel "No Place Like Home" a couple years later. They have been established there for a long long time!!

[Odinson]

Odinson,
I'm not familiar with the property you mention but Sally and the Henzell family have fingerprints on all things Treasure Beach. Jason runs Jack Sprat's among other things. Perry Henzell was as we all know the Director and writer of "The Harder They Come"!! and it's sequel "No Place Like Home" a couple years later. They have been established there for a long long time!!

Found it - The Buccaneer! It was a cool property. There were two graves in the concrete by the pool. The old caretaker explained they were his parents who had been granted the land after slavery. The land was passed down to him and with no heirs, he sold it to the (then) present owner with rights to live and work for the property until he died. He was pretty old - I took over the pool duties while there as he was struggling a bit. Saw my first mongoose there!
We were there when Portia took over as PM in 2012 - one of the caretakers got pretty angry when the vuvuzelas started to blow - that's how he found out he lost his public sector job as a rubbish collector - government changed from JLP to PNP and he was JLP.

[johng]

Greetings to All South Coast and especially Treasure Beach Lovers!! Anybody been down recently who can give a quick Travel Report? Would love to read what I have been missing!!