I am so glad you are continuing your report!Love love love reading it! Thanks!!
I am so glad you are continuing your report!
Clarity, Yep!
Once you go, you know......too true!
It really does feel that way....but I think that is exactly what makes that exhilarating, exciting feeling you get from it!
I'd need many dirty banana's to jump.. and by the time I had enough I'd be too intoxicated to jump!
Jamaica Bound!
Yeah, my husband messed up and landed on his side. He even had a bruise.
Joe Trinidad - Sweeeeet!!Originally Posted by Joe Trinidad
Muahahahaha Blue Hole mineral springs: Height was around 34 feet to the water.
Video of the jump: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150137270866000
Muahahaha
Beachgirl66 - lol - If I can do it, so can you! Maybe on this next reach?
tfw73 - Ouch... hmmm, maybe I'll skip the vine swinging at YS falls...
Thanks Jenn! next update coming soon
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Thanks Patty for your sweet comment!! It made me smile!
We can't wait to meet you!!
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There is a change that occurs after 6 days in Negril. It's difficult to describe in words. Your other life begins to fade away and find yourself falling into this relaxed groove. Anxieties dissolve and concerns about work feel really far away. Your skin becomes tan and smells like ocean air. You wear less make up (your foundation no longer matches your skin tone anyway...) and you care less about silly body image insecurities. You wear a lot less clothes, basically your bathing suits become permanent uniforms.The toxins from all the fast food consumed in America are out of your system and you just feel more healthy from all the fresh fruits. You walk a little slower, you feel a slight tingle in your cheeks from smiling so much and you say “yeah man”... A LOT. It's involuntary. It just comes out as a response to most things followed by a nod.
You're in Island mode. It's the best feeling in the world...
After 24 hours in Catcha, we reached that 6 day mark and we were in a state of bliss. Markus was so relaxed and happy. We both felt so blessed and so in love. I felt like nothing in the world could rip us out of the cloud.
Jamar had taken a day excursion to “Little Bay” but we had decided to spend our last full day lounging around at Catcha Falling star. We just wanted some romantic one on one time, some real relaxation. Nothing to do, nowhere to go... We snorkeled together, lay out in the sun, made love in our cabin,sketched together and jumped off cliffs.. I walked over to Banana shout and met Milo. We had a delicious lunch at the jerk shack across the street.
We watched our last sunset in our private little cove carved into the cliffside overlooking the ocean. We lay side by side on the comfortable lounge chairs holding hands and watching the sun sink below the horizon.
The sky was filled with warm oranges, while the lapping ocean soaked in the last rays of the golden sun.
The last sunset is always so bittersweet. You're filled with gratefulness for the whole experience, but you also don't want that sun to disappear... You want to hold onto that light, hold onto that moment...
My eyes filled with tears. I tried to blink them away and they spilled down my cheeks. Markus wiped them away and kissed me.
“Honey, don't cry... we're going to be back. You know it.....”, he whispered. “This is only the beginning of many trips we're going to take to Jamaica, for the rest of our lives and we have a long life together ahead of us.”
I nodded but it's just really hard to leave Catcha Falling Star.
“C'mon lets get showered and changed. We'll have dinner at Ivans”, Markus suggested. “You can try that Lobster Thermidore you keep talking about... I think tonight is a good night to do that”
The mention of lobster thermidore immediately made me smile. My whole life I had wanted to try lobster thermidore...
We started walking across the grounds of Catcha towards the Gemini Cottage and who do we bump into again?
Bella Bea!
I was so happy to see her and we hugged. She wasn't even supposed to still be in Negril, but she had extended her trip by a day. Seeing her and her mom's smiling face brightened my mood too.
They settled down at a table for their dinner at Ivans while Markus & I went back to our cottage to change.
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After our AMAZING dinner, we walked over to Bea's table. She and her mom had just finished their meal too.
Bea mentioned she was planning on hitting Alfreds for some dancing, but we decided to stay at the resort and take it easy. We had to be up early to meet Jamar at Blue Cave Castle for breakfast, then catch the noon webcast at Fun Holiday before speeding to the airport with Chicken to catch our flight back to SF.
Bea and I said our goodbyes. I thanked her for the beautiful Jewelry she had given me in the traveling jewelry exchange.
“I sure hope we'll see eachother again someday”, I said.
“Certainly we will” Bea said will a smile.
(And we actually WILL next month!.)
When Bea left, Markus and I settled down in the comfortable seats at Ivans Bar for a final round of Dirty Banana's.
Bob Marley was playing on the speakers, and Kevin the bartender was singing along to “Cornerstone” while making our drinks.
We decided to attempt to play Dominoes. We noticed that everyone plays this game in Jamaica.
“Do you know how to play?”, I asked Markus. “Because I don't”
“um...I think I remember playing this as boy in Germany...”, He said. Spreading out the pieces.
After a few rounds, we noticed that Kevin was watching us with an amused and perplexed expression.
“Hey, Do you have any hints and tips for Dominoes?”, I asked.
Kevin wiped his hands with a bar cloth and walked up to us with a smile. “Yeah, mon.. first of all, You are playing this game all wrong. That's not how we play it here in Jamaica. Let me show you how it's done”, He said.
So we began playing Dominoes with Kevin. He showed us how to play proper and he let me win a few rounds before kicking both of our butts!
Warning: This man is not to be reckoned with. He is a master at this game. Don't let him convince you otherwise.
We could have stayed there all night playing dominoes with Kevin but it was getting late and we knew it was time to retire..
That's what's so amazing about the staff at Catcha. We were only there for two nights and we really feel like we got to know all of them. The kitchen staff, Ty, Kevin, Carol, Maureen, Andrea... everyone. Just an astounding group of caring people. Everyone called us by our names after less than a day.
Ordinarily, I would end the day right here, but actually there was more that happened that last night. I'm going to open up about it, even though it's embarrassing.
The next part of this trip report is for Rumpolephoreskin
To be continued....
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Yep! You nailed it.....this is the most perfect explanation of the phenomena we all love, we all strive for, we all save our money to get back to!
And in 1 month....we get to have it again! Lucky us!
Oh and the special table is great! That was where we had our anniversary dinner!
P.S. It makes me so happy to see that you both loved Catcha.....but I knew you would! How can you not? It is a magical special place that I thought existed only in my dreams
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