Rumpolephoreskin's Existential Wanderings in and Around Negril

[Rum-polephoreskin]

Brasi,
One married sister.
How old are you Brasi?
She has a 22 Y/O daughter who is quite fetching.

There is no one quite like her though IMHO

[Rum-polephoreskin]

Day 8

I realize my story has passed the dénouement, but there are a few days left on my trip. To an extent I see my trip report as payback for the help I’ve received from fellow boardies. I’ll continue the report in hope that other boardies may find useful information herein.

I took Mrs. Peel up on her offer to re-enter the salt water. After coffee, calaloo and fritters we head back into the surf. It didn’t look like her mask was going to work.
Her face is too tiny for the seal. I McGyvered her up. I got the face mask as tight as was comfortable. I put the snorkel through her strap, then we got out our plastic inflatable raft.
Kudos to Gerryg for that idea, don’t leave home without it.

I put the steering reins back on my ankles. I suggested Mrs. Peel then scooch up on the raft so her head was beyond the end of the raft. She could then put her face in the water, breath through the snorkel, see the bottom with only a little water getting in at a time. She had to drain her mask every so often but it didn’t fill up with water immediately. I don’t think she minded being towed around like Cleopatra either.

We brought a bag of bread along for the reef fish. I think bagels would have worked better. We swam out from Xtabi, around the point at Three Dives and into their little bay.
We had good luck with fish but nothing spectacular. Mrs. Peel has had limited luck snorkeling in the past. “I don’t seem to get it.” I didn’t see any point in trying to teach her, with a mask that didn’t fit, and our jerry-rig worked fine our purposes. We spent an hour or so exploring the waters near Three Dives and the Rockhouse.

[brasi]

I am significantly older than Mrs. Peel's daughter. How's that for ambiguity?

"Sarah" was 23...and her parents HATED me because of our age difference.

But thanks for even considering destroying the solid gene pool you have going.

[gerryg123]

She is too old for Brasi ....

[Col. Andy & Wildcat Pam]

There is a thing called a fish scope to view underwater without actually snorkeling. There are factory made ones that are megaphone shaped with the small end at your face and glass on the large end. You will see Jamaican fishermen using one made from wood or even a big coffee can. They will look over the edge of the boat to see if there are fish or what's on the bottom.

Respect,
Col. Andy & "Wildcat" Pam

[Sophie2012]

First and foremost, CONGRATULATIONS!! What a beautiful place to get engaged to your longtime love.
I will be in Negril for my first time in June, and while I'm there I will be getting married to my love . I will be at an all inclusive (I see most people on here don't care for them too much lol) since that seemed like the 'easy' way to go being a first timer. I can't wait to see the beauty that everyone keeps sharing on here.
One more thing - I'm also from Wisconsin. Looks like all us WI folks have the right idea on where to go to get away and let the good times roll!

[Delta]

Congrats to you Rum and The future Mrs. Rum!

[Guirigay]

Finally got caught up here Rum, very nice. Early in the week I had mentioned to Sweetie Pie and another couple we were talking to that Pressley would close his place for a relatively small fee. We walked by it several times. Sweetie Pie commented with out any reference at one point that she thought Pressley's looked very Jamaican and romantic. We will visit our next reach. So you rocked the Sweetie Pie Seal of Approval

Never had a problem with the sub euphemism, it's frequently used around these parts as my TR will attest. Doesn't anyone watch How I Met Your Mother?

[two4today]

Congrats to the both of you .... Great story!!!

[Rum-polephoreskin]

Apologies for the hiatus - I just started a new semester so I've been busy.
Soon come?

That afternoon we walked down to Sunset After Dark. We saw an interesting scene take place there – only in Jamaica. A car pulled up outside. A guy went to the trunk and pulled out an arm load of kingfish and a scale. He approached three women that were sitting at a table. The queen bee of the group said (in an American accent), “ I told you I only want one.”


Back to the trunk. He returned with only one fish, the scale and they concluded business. Where else can you do your grocery shopping from the comfort of a bar?

We slid down the beach to Canoe (there actually is a little beach there). We had a couple drinks there and took in Canoe’s Van Gogh colors.


We talked about going on the Love Bus. We were feeling romantic though and decided just to keep each other company that night.



Next stop was Mi Yard. That is a relaxing place. The porch chairs are what I was talking about when I said we found some Cubism too.

I don’t mean to suggest that both arms are on the same side of the chair though. That was an art history joke (and I apologize).

We had a couple of beers with ice on the deck and waited for the peanut lady to come by. We could here her steam whistle approaching. The Jamaican peanuts are so good. Alfred says the shells are tender because they don’t use artificial fertilizer. We watched the sunset there.


We stopped at Chicken Lavish for dinner. I’d heard good things about their coleslaw. If you like your coleslaw with vinegar dressing it’s good, if you’re into creamy style coleslaw, no dice. We had their chicken combo half jerk half fried. Both were good. After dinner I had a mind expanding conversation with the owner. Mrs. Peel looked beautiful that night.



I was happy to be going home with her.