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

[Clarity]

After breakfast we swam in the lagoon pool. I just floated peacefully on my raft listening to the rushing waterfall...I'm in love with this pool...





Kimi extended our check out time so we didn't have to leave until 2 PM. We decided to go back to the main villa for some more snorkeling off the cliffs.



Markus wanted to snorkel further then my comfort zone allows, so I told him to go ahead while I dried off.

“You sure you'll be okay all alone?”, he asked

I glanced around the private villa, not a single soul in sight. “Yeah, I think I'll manage” I laughed

Markus went off to explore a cave to the left of LTU pub underneath Citronella while I watched him from a distance.


(markus waving his arms around inside the cave)

That's when I heard someone shout “Hey beautiful!!”

I looked around in confusion. Huh??

“Over here!!”

I turned to the sound of the voice and saw 3 muscular cliff divers waving at me from Ricks Cafe. I laughed and walked a little closer to greet them.

“Hey!” I waved.

“Do you want company?”, they yelled

“No!”, I shouted back. But then I laughed and politely followed it with a “But thank you though for the kind offer!” I didn't want to seem rude...

“It's no problem, We'll come over to you!!”, One of the divers hollered

Suddenly they started scaling the wall between Villa Sur Mer and Ricks Cafe..balancing on the edge of the precarious wall and heading towards me all smiles. A daring move, one wrong step and they would plummet down onto the ragged rocks below. I was shocked!

“No no no!!” I said gesturing wildly with my hands for them to turn back “I'm here with my husband! No!” It was so bizarre, that couldn't stop laughing, What in the world?? I couldn't believe how agile these men were, but of COURSE they were... they jump off high cliffs and out of trees.

I could just imagine Markus's response to this. He would flip out. How would I possibly explain the presence of 3 ripped shirtless men lounging around me in our private villa?!

“Well, Where is your husband then??”, One of the guys asked

“He's in that cave!” I said pointing to my right. Then I added “We're celebrating our ten year wedding anniversary!”

The leader of the threesome laughed and gave me a thumbs up sign. “Okay! Gotcha! Back up guys..back it up” They all jumped off the ledge back onto Ricks Cafe, cracking up and hitting eachother playfully.

I breathed a sigh of relief, waved goodbye to them and returned to watching Markus.

I wonder what it must be like for a single girl in Negril?.. Really flattering but wow! A little crazy..

Markus returned 10 minutes later. He was excited to report that the cave was FILLED with bats, hanging out all over the walls.

“Come! You've got to check it out! It's amazing!”, he said grabbing my arm.

I pulled away and just stared at him wordlessly with a horrified expression.

“Oh that's right, you're not a fan of bats”, Markus said laughing

No. I'm not. But for those of you that ARE... feel free to check out that cave. You can reach it from LTU Pub, Villa Sur Mer, Citronella or swim over from Ricks Cafe. (Markus was probably waving his arms around in the cave to fight off the dive bombing bats)

We realized that it was getting late. It was time to pack up our belongings and bid farewell to the beautiful and amazing Villa Sur Mer..