I have thought about this, too. I think a person is still a newbie until they have accomplished at least 4 of the following:

1. Figure out how to stay longer then 12-13 days at a clip...
2. Have lost count of their trips...
3. Driven a car in Jamaica...
4. Left Negril proper and seen some of the countryside...
5. Eaten something else other than jerk chicken
6. Buys Qs and Pepsi at a bar
7. Knows where Red Ground and Whitehall are
8. ????

Just kidding btw. Who knows what makes someone "not a Newbie?"

I am on my 8th trip to Negril, 9th to the rock. I am still a NEWBIE for sure. The more I think I know the less I find out I really know.

Each step forward makes my actions on my last trips---on those trips I was assuming I knew the drill---look more and more idiotic. haha.

The fun is in the trying.