Gerry awesome report.You as well have a way of bringing us all along for the ride.I hear what your saying about dreaming of Negril and always thinking of it when your not sleeping.I think for a lot of us if we could figure out a way to move there we would .its never far from my thoughts.It was great to read your report :-)
Here are a few more photos (top to bottom):
1, On the flight home .....
2, The ageless and beautiful Patty S.
3, Bentley ya mon
4, Feelin' very Metro at Half Moon Beach ....
Great pics Gerry!
A few more things I left out:
-- Like I said, this trip was a good chance to re-connect with a lot of familiar Negril faces that I had not seen in a long time. One was Karl Ricketts, an exceptional artist who has been around a long time and is kind of an icon in the neighborhood. Many moons ago, back when my now ex-wife could still stand me (lol), we had met Mr. Ricketts and bought a painting from him.
For once, it was refreshing for a local to be sincere about actually remembering me -- he did not, ha ha -- but it was still nice to see him because the reunion was one of the things that reminded me about how much I have always loved Negril. I'm assuming Ricketts will be around forever, and next time I see him, I want to buy another painting.
-- I did have a few tense moments, including a little "misunderstanding" between me and a young higgler on a motorcycle at the Shell station near the Roundabout. I'm still not sure if he was kidding or not, but when he begged for some of my gasoline and I turned him down, he said to me right in front of the station attendant: "What if I put a gun to your head and pull the trigger?"
I kind of laughed it off at the time and did not take it seriously because the attendant was right there, too, but no one had ever said anything like that to me before, and I was a bit relieved when he simply sped off with his friend riding piggy-back. I did not consider it a big deal.
-- I had one near-spill on the scooter with Suzie Q in tow when I wasn't paying close enough attention while maneuvering the little speed bumps on Seastar Lane, but otherwise it was smooth, danger-free 11 days riding through the hills and seven-mile beach. For the most part, the traffic was light.
-- I brought along a total of four inflatable rafts, and it was nice to spread them around. One was at Blue Cave Castle, one was at Seastar Inn, one was at Seasplash and one somehow popped at Blue Hole -- either a little hole in it or too much jerk chicken and too many fruity drinks, lol.
-- At Keith's house, he has a big TV that nearly covers a whole wall, and he set up a high-tech video game in which you race a sports car through an obstacle course with a steering wheel, gas pedal and break pedal. It was fun watching Keith's live-in assistant, Rasta, really get into it. The local loved to play that game, even though I'm quite sure he has never drove a real car in his life.
Last edited by gerryg123; 05-30-2012 at 10:23 AM.
Gerry, Isn't it amazing what one can experience in Negril? You are going about his business at the gas station, and moments later a stranger is making a death threat. Why do we (or should we) put up with such behavior? If the person was so bold as to say that to you at a gas station in front of witnesses, I would shudder to think what might have transpired on a lonely road. Should it be taken seriously? Words are only wind, (or so I have been told in Jamaica), but for someone to say such a thing in response to being unsuccessful in begging, is very troubling. Back at home, and probably in Jamaica, a person might expect to land in jail for making such a statement.
I have a few more pics. Here is a SUZIE Q special:
Love the Foo foo drink Pic!
"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold" R.N.M
We're winding down. A few more pics (top to bottom):
1, Bustling day with school kids
2, Chillin' at Rhodes Resort
3, Gugirary gets Sweetie Pie in MARCO POLO
4, Panel of judges
5, Half Moon Beach
6, Nice dog at Seastar Inn
7, Little house in country
8, Negril has the best chicken in world. This is a plate from Half Moon Beach
Some more pics (top to bottom):
1, Chillin' with Bobo
2, Typical Negril scene out in the country
3, View from cab while driving past Sav
4, Rasta Stan's better half ....
Big Up BoBo
(thx Gerry and by the way I think its brilliant that you kept ONE thread for your report so its all in one place) Bless!
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