Ok, we've been home a little over a week and if feels like a month!!! PNS (Post Negril Syndrome) to the max!!! We arrived in Negril on the dreaded Friday afternoon (we were scheduled for early Friday but the airlines changed our flights a million times between purchase and trip so we got what we got). On top of it being Friday afternoon, it was also a rainy Friday afternoon. We zoomed through Montego Bay, but the trouble started at Hopewell (half hour to get through) and then Lucea was a nightmare!!! 90 minutes and we didn't even make it all the way thru Lucea. Bryan, our longtime friend/driver and knowledgeable of every pothole on the island (which takes mad skill) veered off the main road before arriving at the "floodwall" in Lucea. We went straight up a hill to go around Lucea. It was literally one of the worst 5 roads I have ever been on in all my years on the island. What a mess, holes the size of the car, etc. It went up a steep hill and soon enough we had a beautiful view of Lucea Bay. Back down the hill and we came out on the other side of Lucea just across the street from Rusea High School. Back on the road to Negril!! The rest of the trip to Negril was uneventful. Soon enough we arrive in Negril and head directly to Red Ground. Normally our tradition is Collette's and then Red Dragon, but Collette was away in Canada visiting friends with her son, so we went straight to Red Dragon. After a couple of drinks we head for the beach. We get checked into our normal room at Rondel Village and head down to the bar. It's Friday, so that means Happy Hour at Rondel.
More to come...a couple of photos from the first night/morning.
M&M
First night Sunset, not bad considering all of the rain late in the afternoon
First morning walk. Walking towards town, I usually head towards Sandals, but today was a walk towards town
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