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

[Clarity]

Someone tapped on Markus's shoulder at one point. “Hey Markus! How are you?? Remember me??”

Markus squinted in the darkness. “Umm...” He looked perplexed.

“It's Shamma Lamma Ding Dong! We took the boat out with Captain Sparrow last April?” He said.

“SHAMMA LAMMA DING DONG!!”, Markus cried out. They hugged and started talking.


Markus and Shamma lamma Ding dong

This is a big part of what I love about Negril and why I keep coming back. It's so small, that it's easy to bump into people over and over... each time you see them, you get updates on how they're doing and hear about the changes in their lives. It's an ever-evolving story and your relationships grow stronger. People like Courtney the carver, Maureen & Robert from For Real/Sunnyside Bar, Greenie and his steel drum. I never imagined when I first went to Negril, that I would become friends with them and see them again, grow to care about them so much.

Beachgirl66 and Becca_Jean showed up next... the party was really heating up but you can tell by the state of Markus's HAIR in this picture that it was time for us to go home...



Drummerboy, Marley and Ninja left first. We danced with Becky, Dawn and Brasi for a while... and then we decided to officially call it a night too. We bid our farewell to the partying group.

I didn't want to leave but it was getting really late. Tomorrow was Chicken's magic bus trip. We didn't want to miss that and I already knew that I couldn't rely on my cellphone alarm clock...

To be continued - Chicken's magic bus trip
Markus is up next