10 Years, 12 Nights, 6 Hotels, ONE LOVE - April 2012 Trip Report

[Clarity]

Thanks Gerryg123, Negrilaholic, Eden and Becca_Jean!
Man, we’ve been updating every day…we’re on page 9 and we’re still re-hashing the events of DAY 1.
It’s time to get this trip report moving. Lol

Trip Report continued…

It was getting late. We decided to grab a quick meal at LTU pub before heading over to the Canoe webcast to catch the sunset. I was excited about meeting some boardies for the first time, Sweetness had mentioned she was going to be there. Maybe, I would even get to meet Patty Sather and Delta.

But you all know there is really no such thing as a “quick meal” in Negril.

LTU pub is located across the street from Villa Sur Mer. We had heard a lot about it on the board, but we’ve never been there before. Everyone had raved about the Chicken Lola and Pumpkin soup so we already knew what we were going to order before we sat down.



It had a nice vibe there and a great view of the sea. I can’t tell you what else is on the menu because we didn’t look at it. We just said “Chicken Lola and Pumpkin soup please”

I noticed Markus was looking over my shoulder at something.

“What are you looking at?”, I asked.

He leaned in close and whispered “I think I spotted a boardie”

“Who??” I whispered back.

“I don’t know”, He hissed. “Don’t turn around she’ll know I’m talking about her”

I started laughing “Okay…” I said “Can you describe her to me?”

“Wait, she’s coming over”, Markus sat back with a smile and waved hello to this stranger. He gestured for her to come closer.

I didn’t recognize her.

“Yes?”, The strange woman said “I know you, don’t I?”

“Are you a boardie?”, Markus asked excitedly.

“Am I…a what?” She asked with a confused laugh.

FAIL.

You have to understand, we were both utterly exhausted and started imagining that EVERYONE in Negril is a boardie

Turns out we weren’t far from the truth. Her name was Oya, and she IS a member of Negril.com. Just not a regular poster. She is a massage therapist, and gives massages in different hotels all over Negril, mostly Catcha Falling Star. She recognized us from our trip there in November.

We all got to talking together and we discovered she’s German. She lived in Negril for many many years now and loved it here. She gave us the inside scoop on every day life in Jamaica and was actually really funny! She pulled up a chair and we all hung out for quite a while.


(Markus and Oya)

Eventually our food arrived. I glanced at my watch and realized we were going to miss the Canoe webcast after all. The sun had set, and the webcast would be ending in 30 minutes.

So we just sat back and enjoyed our meal in leisure. We had a long stretch of vacation in front of us so there was no urgency. We would catch the Canoe webcast next Thursday instead.

The pumpkin soup was killer and the Chicken Lola was delicious.. in that “I-know-this-is-crazy-fattening-but-I-really-don’t-care” kind of way. The cheese just spilled out of it and the outside had a delicious crunch…the chicken was really moist. Sooo good. We shared a plate and it was more than enough for both of us



You can see how exhausted Markus is in the shot, but look at that happy face.. we were both in bliss.

That’s when someone tapped me on the shoulder “Hey Daisy”

I turned around and it was ROCKY! Seeing him here at LTU pub threw me off guard! I was surprised that even after a year, he still remembered what we looked like! It was good seeing him again.

Rocky handed us our complimentary cellphone “Sorry I couldn’t be the one to pick you up this time, I hope Wayne took good care of you”

We assured him that we did, chatted for a while and then he wished us the best for our anniversary before heading off to pick up another passenger.

If you’re reading this, thank you Rocky for going out of your way to find us and deliver the phone to us in person! We really appreciated it! You’re the best!

We said our goodbye’s to Oya and went back to Villa Sur Mer with full stomachs. We decided to hit the resort bar for a night cap before calling it a night

We asked Radcliff to make something to strong to knock us out because we were still really hyped and excited. We were in JAMAICA! How could we sleep?



He made us two stiff Rum punches, that definitely knocked us out of our stool and head us stumbling back to our Villa in really really good spirits. We were both cracking as we tried to figure out how to work the massive elaborate shower.

I don’t remember how or when we fell asleep.. I just remember the feeling of Markus’s arms around me and feeling completely content…

End of Day one
We did it! Woot!