sandy-girl is en-route to paradise.

[sandy-girl]

Breanna, sorry I missed you I hope you had fun at Long Bay Beach. I was too tired--my travel day. Maybe next time????

Relaxing on the beach..

[BreanaAshlee]

i understand.. you would have been exhausted all of the good acts didnt come on until 4:30-5:30AM.. but irie and i stayed for it all.

[sandy-girl]

[sandy-girl]

You're a trooper Breanna. I'm glad you had fun. I have a case of serious sand gravity.

I have to make it to one of the webcasts soon. I still have two weeks to make it.

Free Pool Party at Coral Seas tonight.

[copper350]

Yo go sandy Girl! I'm so jelly. I can't wait to land of the island 6wks to go.

[sandy-girl]

I'm having so much fun. Went to Canoe Thursday met Rob, Lisa, Patty k, and Kirby. Wnderful people. After that went to the Jungle...thanks for the advice Tic. I had loads of fun...

On Friday went to the Boat Bar.. The Hiyah Grade band played.

Today Seastar Inn and Roots Bamboo with Capleton.

Ya Mon

[tfw73]

Nice! Glad you're having a fun time!

[rastagal]

Capleton? Man am I missing out! Have a blast! I think I am watching you right now at Seastar! lol

[sandy-girl]

I've been home exactly one week and am wishing I was back there already. This was my longest trip to JA and my most memorable. I met a lot of new and old friends again.
I hadn't been in three years. It was just amazing. I got two massages, went on a couple of day trips, saw two artists, and ate fruit I've never tried before.. Oh, I finally went to the Jungle. lol.

I see the April boardies are getting ready for their trip. I hope I can get some of you to fight the sand gravity and get out there and see another part of the island. do something different.

While there I wrote about what I did everyday, but I lost my notebook and now I have to commit to memory. Everything seems meshed together, so I guess I'll just highlight
my most memorable moments on a Brasi scale of 5.0.

Right now, I'm looking at a video I took at the Boat Bar with Otis Gayle ( http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2.../ent/ent2.html ) singing and the Hiyah Grade band backing him.
The sound on the video is not too good (my likkle cheap camera couldn't handle the sound system) but believe when I tell you the band and plethora of singers did an awesome job.
Tuesdays and Fridays, after 2PM at the Boat Bar is where it's at.

The trumpet player (forgot his name) is everywhere as are the musicians playing seen and unseen on this video. They had the place jamming, dancing and drinking.
These guys work hard and you can see them almost anywhere. This day they played for four hours straight with a 10 minute break--from 2-6 PM.
I saw any combination of them at the Boat Bar, Bourban Beach, Alfred's, Roots Bamboo, and Coral Seas Garden.
You can tell they love what they do, however receive little compensation for their hard work. Be sure to leave a tip in the box however small it may be, they will definitely appreciate it.

[sandy-girl]

On my first Thursday (3/15) in Negril I realized I still hadn't been to a Negril.com webcast to meet Rob and Lisa. I went online to look at the schedule. Canoe was on from 5-7 PM., so off I went.
I got there at around 4 and they came in a little while later, smiling and cheerful. I immediately said, Hi Rob - Hi Lisa!!! They just smiled and said Hello without knowing who I was. When they realized I was sandy-girl from the board they made me feel welcome.

They are great people that get the chance to be and do what they love the most and it shows in their faces and actions.

Canoe Bar and Grill is an awesome place and has a homey feel and of course the steel pan band --Greeny and Steele was great. I went to two Thursday web-casts there.
There was not one empty table at the place. An added bonus is the owners Patty K and Kirby make you feel at home.