TiCtOc pon di rock LIVE AND DIRECT **TRIP REPORT** On a Zero budget.

[TiCtOc]

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[sandy-girl]

Thanks for all the pics... Glad you're having a good time!!!!

[TiCtOc]

Just to let you all know that we are safe and well and have been put up at westport cottages, all sharing one room for now I have no idea of our sleeping arrangements LOL but we have a roof and Joseph was very kind to us and after all the hassle over no money or cambio he shown me one which is infact open but now the post offices in England are shut as they are 5 hoours ahead of us DAMN
I have likkle bit of lunch money so sent husband to buy a massive bag of patties which will do until further notice.We have all still been having fun I have lots to share, I have had a boardie visit which was fun and I need to catch up with her makesure she is Ok, We enjoyed christmas dinner at seastar,A full review of seastar is coming up although Chris and Francine have been absolutely fantastic as usual,Please do not forget the travellers beach party this friday at 2pm.I will be re-sending the invites tomorrow once I am settled in.Westport cottages is just across the road from travellers beach resort.
If you want to visit us and give moral support LOL we will be either there or in travellers area.I am hoping to come and visit all of the new arrivals very soon just waiting on some cash hopefully tomorrow so I have cash in my pocket.I never go out with no money NEVER I do not know how some people go to a club with no money omg I just could never imagine doing that.
Got the room at the cabins for all of us for 4000j per night I could have got a massively reduced monthly deal for m y family which would have saved me a thousand or two thousand pounds I would have been on the beach and I am next door to a cheap cook shop but you live and learn and I knew my options before I came here I just try to live beyond my means ha ha and I always like to go up to seastar for a bit so I have no-one to moan at apart from myself and I am far to busy having fun to listen to myself having a moan
It was funny before, hubby tried moaning but the kids had walked off and I clearly wasn't listening so the owner of the cabins heard him and said WASN'T ME WHO MESS UP DI TING IT WAS YOUUUUUU HAHA I was laughing.
I said you are in paradise you got a roof a 7 mile beach the sun is shining we even have half a bottle of rum left plus some food money the kids are safe well and happy , we have had lots of fun QUIT WITH THE BIARTCHING
GO HARD OR GO HOME is the motto!
I have lots of photographs to share from the fantan mojah concert which was a sell off!
I am running low on my battery for my laptop and I will probably have to recharge later and post tomorrow.
Joe trinidad and family are at fun holiday I am hoping to see them soon also rastagal and dawn will be here shortly.Felt really sad packing up from seastar it was like being kicked out of my home LOL
I did not want to leave let me live there pleaseeeeeee guess I need rent money LOL
Sat alone waiting for the family to get back from the bakery.Tear in my eye - one week left in negril and then into the country we go.So much fun left to be had so little money so little time!
I will try and update you all by tomorrow with all of the fantastic party photographs and tell you about my fun visitor!I may go for a swim in the sea in a minute to try to get rid of all of these bug bites!
I feel a bit lost as now the lack of money has caused lack of plans I could still roll up and have fun on a totally zero budget but thats really not my thang.Never done it never shall.Take money or stay home is my motto dont show up places expecting people to pay for you it is rude cheeky and disrespectful seen it NUFF on this trip.I don't do that.I may run up tabs and you may have to wait a few hrs or a day to get paid but I always pay.So the boardie rule is correct I have tried and tested it
HALF THE CLOTHES AND DOUBLE THE MONEY
infact we need to change it to a third of the clothes and quadruple the money if we are going to get technical!
There is so much more here we could have done if we had more cash, jetskis banana boats parasailing, Snorkel trips ,sunset cruises, water ski-ing, CROCODILE WATCHING,horse riding water tubing and rafting dolphin watching and swimming and kissing,Bird watching lagoons factory tours omg the list is endless but I have noted them all and they will all stay in the note book for next time when I make my millions and come back and get to try all the things out I wanted to do.The massages I didn't get the pedicures the hair do's the posh food at the posh places, the castles, the mansions, the helicopter rides,,,I will continue to return until I have done all of this and more and then the exploring can start and I will stay forever!
All I can say is that I know now more than ever if you want to stay here for a long time or to live, have a really brilliant plan and lots of money.Not too serious if just one of you but for a family things cost A LOT.
Yes I can stay in a wooden cabin forever and cook all my own meals but I want a different lifestyle to that.I would be happy with that I am not materialistic, My family would absolutely hate it and are about to hate me for making them share a room for four days but I am sure we can all deal with it.This is paradise.They have a roof and some food which is a lot more than some so it is time they learned to appreciate what they have.
I have to learn to cook from flour and cornmeal etc once I go to country so that should be interesting as I have no driver money for KFC and the burger bar so lots of home cooking and the family seem to use flour a lot.I need to learn all about the homecooked floury stuff!We come from a land of processed frozen crap.
I really hoped I would have had lots of homecooked food and swam every day by now but unfortunately that did not work out but this is a full week on the beach now for us so we are just going to really chill and relax and of course all the boardies are about to land so PARTAYYYYYY
Just letting you all know we are safe and well and have somewhere to stay I will post a review of The seastar Inn next

[TiCtOc]

Ok I have a confession to make, I am MORE than grateful for a roof over my head but there was a bit of a funky smell coming from thebathroom , all my family were being mean to me so I left them with cash for food , the room key and ran away and left them to deal with the smell
I have told them where I am I am not worried about food at all I seem to be getting fatter not thinner! Its them eating constantly so then I get food too!
So I have told them where I am and left them to hopefully deal with that funky smell LOL TICTOC DOES NOT DEAL WITH FUNKY BATHROOM SMELLS THAT IS DEFINATELY NOT ON MY AGENDA OR IN MY PLANS LOL, I am fine I will sleep on the beach but I am not dealing with funky stuff.I dont can't and wont , I dont do it at home and i wont do it here LOL a gals got to have some standards you know I have swapped a bed for a bathroom,Not sure if that was a good idea or not.We shall soon find out.CAMPING JAMAICAN STYLEE
Should be an adventure,We have done it before and after reviewing my costs of this trip most likely if bringing all the kids again going to do it this way again.There is a cooker/stove some fridges and it is a hop away from the beach the owner is nice they taking care of us.Could have got a month dirt cheap lots of return visitors.
I like my stays at seastar though.Somethings gonna have to give.Less kids, more money , shorter stays or longer stays lower standard of hotel.
I refuse to give any of the above up!
I will go home work on getting a big bundle of cash and get straight back here.Now I know where all the little cheap eats are its great but I learned far too late the budget has been blown now but I will know for next time.

[TiCtOc]

My review of
The Seastar Inn
Arrived to a nice hey hello how you doing and was given my room key in a flash.
Ordered some food for everyone at the bar, We were understood clearly greeted with a smile our order was wrote down in a second and sent to the kitchen.
Food came on time every time.The rooms we were given this time were number 6 and 4 downstairs rooms.Spacious clean everything you need.
We were given a mobile phone to use which came in very useful and there was no charge , there is a guest computer with free wifi which my girls took over from the moment we arrived again good to keep the kids happy.
Free breakfast GREAT!
It has all been refurbished in the bar / stage area
The place looks fab and I hear Francine the lady owner Chris's wife helped out a lot , she carved some animals and things into the wooden beams they look superb and she even knocked up a frame with a guy and covered it and made the V.I.P sofa! She is very creative and she plants lots of plants and flowers and does landscaping the flowers are beautiful if you spend time to go look at them.
The room had a tv with cable a bathroom with soap clean towels lots of them all the time and toilet tissue.
The maids are absolutely excellent I need to find some cash to give them.
Bar staff infact ALL staff are incredible they respect the owners and their job and are very nice with us tourists.
My favourite bar staff are clarol and barbara they are so much fun and so genuine there are quite a few others but I have forgotten their names clarol and barbara are my dancing ladies they know all of my favourite tunes and they can dance and will give you a wiggle and a sing and a good laugh when they have a spare minute LOL they are great fun to be around and really care about their job and do it well.So do the others the men too it is just I saw those two ladies the most and bond with them.
I did not have any cash to give clarol and felt really mean but she liked a dress I had so I gave her a dress and a purse which was empty unfortunately so if you have some money to put in it and you go up there and she serves you well tell her tictoc said hi and stick something in it!
You know one reason why I love the staff at seastar is because they will treat ALL of my family really well and nicely whether we have cash for them or not.We can still hang have fun and feel welcome whether we have cash to splash or we want a chat over a free glass of water.
I bet you are thinking yeah I bet they call you names later but I believe they do not I believe they are genuine people and they understand and because of that I love them and when I get some cash those are going to be the first people I go to , to take care of.
Some people in Jamaica will give you really bad service kiss their teeth or just stare through you if you cant dont or wont tip no matter how polite you are to them.
Seastar staff treat everybody the same regardless of race , class, religion or your bank balance.
Chris was excellent with the whole family, always on hand if we needed him or help with something, transferring credit on to my phone, bringing famous people down to visit , putting on shows working hard and just generally being the lovely person he is.
The little christmas tree lights on the palm trees were very cute and I could wake up to it every day!
Security is the absolute best I would not leave my eldest to babysit just anywhere but we frequent seastar and I know how tight security is plus the locks on the doors also we have mobile phones internet access 24/7 guard there and I am never more than 5 minutes away and can get about 10-15 people to my kids room in about 20 seconds so I have no qualms with letting my oldest stay there for a few hours.Not saying I would do that everywhere because I most definately would not, We used to pay for a room for a family member to stay and she would babysit when they were younger or we hired onsite nanny services but the girls are old enough now for a few hours if the place is mega safe and there is a lot of security plus good communication.
I know how good security is this trip as I got told off twice LOL
Once we came back late and we were having a bit of an arguement and security said straight up be quiet dont make me make a complaint about you.So we shut up but it shows he cares about the place and others peace and quiet.
The next time I wanted a piece of chicken I saw a lot of food coming from the kitchen so a guy who works there said I will see whats left I was going to pay he was not stealing he was just seeing if anything left as a lot of food was coming from the kitchen but it was late and security sent him out and said he did not have authority to do that.We had all been drinking he was doing no harm but again top notch for security for watching and protecting the rules!
You do not even realise they are there but trust me THEY ARE and they are very very good.
I do not trust my kids to stay just anywhere like my first week at shields I partied with bert and my husband stayed with them as we do not know that place.
You can also hire babysitting at seastar if required if you have little ones.
The only downside I found was that I got bit a lot by mosquitos because of the lushness of thegrounds but I did not help the situation as i bought no lotion as i can not be bothered applying it so prob half my fault too.We bought bug spray for the room but they still got in mine.Minor matter I think they were getting in through kitchen door a 2 dollar draught excluder may sort that situation out again minor issue.Everything was clean safe and secure.
Oh while I am telling you about secureness,One night my son was going crazy he thought he had lost or someone had stolen his handheld computer console, I said dont worry his little friend probably had it in her room anyway over a day later we found it safe and sound behind a cushion in the lobby I have no idea if he left it there or what happened but thing is it was STILL there.
After the concert there one night I went to bed and had left my handbag on the bar
It was returned to me the next morning.
This is why I love this place, it is safe secure no thefts no violence no harassment and everybody treats you a* all the time every time.
We never really made use of the beach shuttle this time but it is there and is free if you want to use it.
The food had changed a little since last time I was there I did not really have money for the bigger nicer meals just simple things with fries but I hear there are two chefs
and I know they are just fries but they were not consistent.Some days they were absolutely delicious just like I make at home-we all eat a lot of homemade fries
but other days we left them all and they never got eaten and the only reason I can think of for this is that they are either using different kinds of potatoes on different days, or they are half frying them and then when an order comes through just lowering them back in the basket.Or perhaps they just taste different as the two chefs may cook them different.I don't know who was on when as I did not enter the kitchen but that was my only very minor complaint get the fries consistent!
I do not know what the reason was behind the fries somedays perfect some days really not.The good fries chef needs to show the other one the fries situation.All other food we had was excellent reasonable priced cooked and served in a timely manner christmas dinner was lovely the buffet was lovely and well worth it.
We all loved our stay and will definately be back as soon as possible with more money to try out more of the menu.
I will probably add more to this but my battery is running out so I will have to recharge and continue tomorrow.I am at travellers beach right now if you want me or later across the street at westport cottages come say hi!

[Vince]

sounds like a little time on da beach now-Ya'll are going to stay in da country for a while?~Bless!!

[JitterBug]

it's insane to be in jamaica with no proper amount of money . . . especially with a family of 3 kids . . . you got balls lady . . . . good luck to you

[Laurel]

Jitters ... BOAL ~ this is a hoot ~

[TiCtOc]

I have some serious issues going on over here H.E.L.P my room stinks of urine and nobody will clean it and i have no clue nor no money to go buy bleach and mop buckets and mops and cloths.My son put the fan on and it wafted the smell around so much that I was heaving and gagging.I had sand all on my shoes and feet so I removed my shoes-needed to use the bathroom , foot stuck to the floor I ran back out and put my daughters washable shoes on I do not understand what the hell the smell is but it has made me feel DISGUSTING I will probably sleep either outside on a chair or on the top of the bed on top of a long big cardigan I have plus my shoes.Plus I swapped having a room with extra bed to get that bathroom I think I may have made a boo boo
The place is great for low budget the wooden huts are great but this was supposed to be a better room its a concrete one and granted we just sprung up with no reservations but it just absolutely stinks and I cannot breathe in it and I have no idea what I will do.I asked my husband to ask the owner for some bleach but he said no he may think we are being rude saying its not clean but hell it STINKS surely everyone can smell it.Even my 6 year old was making jokes to me saying what was I thinking?
I am braving it out I have ran away with my girls to travellers because I cannot bear the smell and I may cry a bit like earlier
I was sat alone at the beach at travellers grieving for my grandmother a bit aswell as wondering wth was I thinking regarding urine smell and getting really mad over the cambio situation I have waited about 5 days now I think to get some money sent and I was just having problems every day.Now my mother tells me it is a bank holiday tomorrow in England so maybe the post office will be shut AGAIN.
I got 3000j and a room full of @@@@ lol but life goes on...The good part about earlier was it was lovely to be back down on the beach again and I sat on the water edge and splashed around and stared at the sun going down and birds circling for about 2 hours, the water was nice the air was warm the view was amazing, I was a bit tearful over my situation quietly tearful though haha a man asked was I ok I just said fine thanks.It is lovely to be back on the beach but I want my room back at seastar but I love being on the beach but I never find anything suitable at a suitable price for us all or with the fantastic service we get at seastar.
I am looking forward to staying at travellers beach resort friday and saturday i booked and paid most of it before we flew out and the speakers are good , the pool is well lit and looks lovely the family here are nice this could be my new preferred beach spot.
We have 4 bed spaces and 5 people back there at the huts!
guess that means I will sleep outside on the chair the smell will be better anyway! I got my woolly cardigan I am going places
I am sat here seriously thinking about that smell I do not think I can allow my family to sleep in it.Hmmm what to do what to do .He only had one wooden cabin spare hes pretty booked up SENDMESOMEBLEACH.COM
I do not understand because its always been a fine base there before.The bathroom mat definately gotzta go.
I am in panic stations but we are all looking forward to a nice beach day tomorrow, hopefully we will catch the webcast and get to meet joe and family.I need to sort the cambio situation out though too.If they are shut in England I cannot leave the smelly stinking bumb@@@@ room LOL
I am still being grateful though I have a roof and I am very grateful for that.
I know my husband will be freaking out about that smell right now back there.I am not touching it though I am going to have to say something as I did not fly across the world with a mop and bucket and bleach.
I am also in big doo doo when I get back home for the amount of cash this zero budget trip has actually cost but hey who cares I will pay it back and still get back here as soon as possible.There is so much we wanted to do and haven't even touched on yet!I need to know how my boardie friend christie is doing at blue cave castle so please please if anyone can find out I would be very grateful.I have no phone now and she has no internet but we wanted to meet up.
It is not fair I cannot go to the coral seas show this evening.

[TiCtOc]

did you all hear me? I said it's just not fair lol
and i have no-one to blame but myself so i best go and kick rocks:d