TRAIL OF ASHES TOUR: The adventure continues as Gerry G returns to Negril

[gerryg123]

So the plan was the meet my friend Anthony at Whistling Bird; he is a great guy, an expat who runs the hotel and has been in Negril for like 20 years .... he has some great stories about the old days when schools of hundreds of rays used to darken the shore on the beach.

Oh yes, I cleared up the issue of who owns Whistling Bird, an issue that was disputed in my last report six months ago. Anthony has indeed inherited the hotel from his parents. He says he wants to be in my trip report again, too.

We ate jerk chicken at Whistling Bird -- spicy, good but still not quite as good as the road-side jerk stands -- then Roger, Vincent's first mate, called and said he was having issues and was sending another boat to pick me up. All good. We were greeted with a new boat and crew a short time later, joining three other couples of mix-n-match Canadians n Negril locals, and we stopped for a snorkel on the way to Booby Cay. It was a bit choppy but still fun!