Or at least as much of it as I can remember
Arrived at Idle Beach on the 9th. We hadn't been back in a couple years, but nothing has changed. Same great place and same great staff... yes, including Needle. We had a few meals here, including our last supper. All were very good. weather the last day was more rain than not, but provided for a beautiful sunset.
Most of our 12 days were just sand gravity, cold beer and eating! Lunch at Lily's, Rasta Aid, Fire Fly ($2 red stipe special 12-2), Norman's patties several times, and of course Best in the West, among others were all memorable and very good. My wife's birthday dinner at The Lodge in Tensing Pen was amazing, but the heat was a real buzz kill. The next night we treated ourselves to dinner in Air Conditioning at Mathew's in Boardwalk Shopping center. Food was fantastic! Coconut Snapper at Charela is always a must. The only disappointing meal, hate to say, was Quality Sea Food. To be honest, I don't think they were expecting anyone, and weren't prepared.
Sunnyside still has the coldest beer on the beach, and only $3.50 us. Tony's is just as cold, but they're up to $5. Disappointing when the beer at Idle were only $4, delivered to my lounge chair.
We travel to Negril almost every August. This year seemed a little busier than most years, except for this past weekend when things got really slow.
Hit the new Hilo almost every other day. First day dropped a 6 pack on the sidewalk. I thought the glass was half full, as 3 bottles remained, but when I tried to walk away I realized I had a really bad slash on my toe. Ya know how it goes... cut my foot on a pop top and had to limp back home. Needless to say that sucked for a few days, but beats visiting the new Medical Center.
The disposable THC vape pen I bought at Chances was $95. Was supposed to be 3.5 grams, but must've been half a gram of garbage instead. A real rip off. The spot in Boardwalk shopping center on the 2nd floor (above Mathew's) was great. Sam was a great guy. He has 1 gram vape cartridges at $35, very reasonable, and quality gummies and bud. I use THC for pain so Sam introduced me to a topical oil that worked like nothing I've tried before. Unfortunately I didn't want to risk bringing it home. Especially when they had a dog at the plane door as you exited the plane in JFK.
As always met some great people on this trip. Rob, Monty & Melo.... it was a pleasure meeting and spending a little time together. I look forward to doing it again next reach.
Originally Posted by VVHT
