same here.......lolOriginally Posted by marley9808
Hey Marko!!
It was great meeting you too....we sure had lots of fun and laughs....I loved hearing your stories
And I really liked you too.....up until that last comment about where you will be in a week!
Ha
Just Kidding!
have a blast (no need to really tell you that)
And tell Bentley we said hi!
Bentley loves his boardies and mi sure mi will gain a pound or two because of him........ha ha
Cool Runnings, Marko
Americana Ocho Rios 82~HedoII 84,91~T-Water 85~Wexford Court Mobay 85~Miss Mary’s 86,87~Barry’s 88~Seawinds Mobay 89~LTU 91~Charela Inn 92~Negril Inn 92~SamSara 93,94~Ocean Edge 95,96~Singles 95,96~Thrills 95~Hilltop 96,99~Pee Wees 97~Kool Browns/Bentley's 97~Cottage 99-03~Roots Bamboo 03~Merrill’s I&II 04,05~Corals Seas Cliffs & Beach 06~Catcha Falling Star 07~Blue Cave Castle 08~SeaStar 10,12~(4x)Bourbon Beach 12~T&J Cottages on Ella Dr 12-18~PeWee Cottages 18~Lynch Cottages 19,20
Day7: Thursday April 27, 2012 cont.
NINJA's 2Cents
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On this isle Family came,
Though blood and birth all not the same.
On this journey Together we walked,
With vivid dreams and fathomless talks
From Divine heights to fearful woes,
A family built a family grows.
Set on the backdrop of azure blues,
Vibrant Substance and sunset hues.
One Love, one goal and much to share,
in our Negril Family all gather here.
As we took in the growing night dinner was full of a sense of spirited conversation. The wave of talks was like the ebb and flow of the night waves crashing on the cliffs with robust laughter and love. Even now as I try to remember the conversations from that dinner I can’t but I simply remember the feeling of sitting in such a wonderful place in time and enjoying the world around me. Nothing else was necessary at that moment. Food...CHECK, Friends...CHECK, Conversation...CHECK.
As dinner ended the bar called to us more importantly the Booper/Jizzy contingent needed drinking companions. This would be our last night as a group of rowdy drunks. And soon we’d GuiriPie and then us and Hubbity soon after. I didnt want to dwell but sometimes you cant help realizing you have to go back to reality. I shook off the my solemn mood and we paid for dinner and quickly shuttled to the bar.
The party was in full swing and when we joined it amped up to 11. We took our niche at the inside end of the bar and drank and talked and drank some more I busted out a Cuban for some consumption. Soon we were all singing, it was liek the jamaican version of Cheers where everyone knows your name even if its your boardie name.
Now I have to correct my wife on one thing. Booger moved us out to the cliff edge (And yet again my wonderful Peanut butter compadre Pooper decided to jump in. If you look closely at the group photo you can see her hair is wet.) , we had set off our (Shauna’s) 10 lanterns the night before as practice so now it was time to do it again. We had a couple of miss lights here and there and one or two with holes but we got most if not all off without a bang. The correction comes here we took the group photo as the last thing we did before we called it a night. I only know this because my camera has the time stamp on the photos in iPhoto. We hugged tried not to cry as we would be 4 down tomorrow. We promised the quad group we’d party on in there absence.
side note: Shauna’s was this night or was it the night before that Tizzy was reunited with her iPhone. See now if everyone would have just let me use the iPad to do a search we’d have found it days ago. However I think it was fitting she lost it day one and found it on the last day
When the night was done and my head hit the pillow I thought of future trips and friends on the west coast, across the pond and to the north. Yet another reason to visit Cali,Texas or the UK, or win the lottery so we could open our own compound somewhere and eat peanut butter drink rum and red stripes, think of negril and since almost more than half of us are artists just create. Clearly I was drunk and probably high.
On a side note I hear there is some land open in Waco for my compound (ok that was in poor taste but its friday and frankly I’m ready to call today the weekend).
Before I fell asleep I took some time to listen to the crashing waves and to think of what tomorrow had in store it would be our only full day at catcha where we didn’t plan on going ANYWHERE. I also thought of how happy my wife was and how I love it when she is.
On this isle Family came,
With mirth and ardor our hearts set flame.
The sun did rise and New days end,
our time spent made than friend.
With mated Heart and kindred soul,
a fundamental truth became our goal.
One Love, one heart and much to share,
in our Negril all Family gather here.
Da Ninja - 1st Annual Belly Flop Champ - Soon Come
~Fear accompanies the possibility of Death, Calm shepherds its certainty.
People's actions no longer affect a warrior when he has no more expectations of any kind. A strange peace becomes the ruling force in his life. He has adopted one of the concepts of a warrior's life -- detachment.
~from "The Eagle's Gift"~ blog.ralonzosinclair.com
Raul, lurker, Mr Marley, whatever......like everyone else we had the pleasure to meet, greet and mix with, you are a one of a kind. As a mate I would want you with me for your smile alone, it lights up the stadium. Love your stuff.
Rise early, treat everyday as though it's your last and your last day as it's your first.
YEP!!!!
About his smile....I tell him that all the time....it was what I first liked and always remembered when I very first met him
Would you believe he doesn't like his smile? And that I have to tell him to smile in photos...
Thanks Catz
Love you Marley
Da Ninja - 1st Annual Belly Flop Champ - Soon Come
~Fear accompanies the possibility of Death, Calm shepherds its certainty.
People's actions no longer affect a warrior when he has no more expectations of any kind. A strange peace becomes the ruling force in his life. He has adopted one of the concepts of a warrior's life -- detachment.
~from "The Eagle's Gift"~ blog.ralonzosinclair.com
wow awww.... that was truly beautiful sir ninj-hool... u have the gift of words... i do not lol...
And the smile is a great one, he has to like it, he just wants to hoard it and keep it all for himself lol hehe
Day 8: April 28, 2012
I awoke this morning much like I had each day before, to the sweet sound of the waves crashing against the cliffs below us. But this morning they sounded like maybe they weren’t as strong. You see, the sea had been rather angry during this trip and most, if not all of the days, the water around the cliffs had been too rough to swim or snorkel in, so up until this point we hadn’t even been in the water yet. But today was our last full day in Negril, and we decided to spend it doing something we had not yet done on this trip.......We decided to spend the entire day at our home away from home, our favorite place on earth....Catcha Falling Star.
And there was no better time to do it. The seas had calmed down enough for us to swim, and also by this point we had GG, SweetiePie, Daisy, Markus and Sweetness all staying there too! So with that thought I was up and out to breakfast. Quick stop by the coffee bar and then over to our usual table with Sweetness. We enjoyed a nice breakfast with a view like always and we told Sweetness our plan of chilling at Catcha for the day! Around that time the rest of our friends started waking up and making there way to the bar and breakfast area. Everyone was on board for the chill at Catcha day!
Sweetness and Sweetiepie at our breakfast table
I called our good friend Brasi who was down on the beach and invited him to join us at Catcha for the day as well. Daisy and Markus went to get their snorkel gear and we made plans to meet at the cliff edge soon for our adventure! Raul and I picked a nice little nook and settled in for a bit on the edge of paradise....what a view! Soon Markus and Daisy arrived ready to get in and snorkel.....well, Markus was ready at least! LOL
By this point Raul had taken off to walk the property in search of some amazing photography shots, which he definitely found. I think Daisy was still a little gun shy of the waters, so Markus and I went in first to test the waters (aka make sure there were no lionfish!) LOL
We hopped in and snorkeled around and soon after Daisy was convinced that the waters had been properly tested and she joined us.
Markus testing the waters
We swam for a bit and then I looked up from the ocean and saw Sweetness perched on her balcony watching us.....she waved and I waved back. She even managed to get a pretty nice shot of me in the water....you can even see my hot pink flippers! lol
Hi Sweetness!!
Eventually the ocean started to get a little rough again so we made our way back up the ladder and decided it was a perfect time for a drink break at the bar! (Every time is a perfect time for a drink break at Ivan’s)
We head up to the bar and realize that while we were swimming Brasi had arrived and he was at the bar chatting with GG and SweetiePie. Hey Brasi! So we all ordered some frosty beverages and did a cheers to our fantastic surroundings with our new family of friends!
Raul had been walking the property like I mentioned before and he managed to get some really amazing photos of Catcha (God I love this place)
About this time is when Daisy and I both were like “Where is Raul?!?!?!” and then we turned around and noticed he was over in the corner taking photos of us! Sneaky ninja!
As we were all laughing someone shouts out “Dolphins” and we all turn to see a pod of dolphins jumping and playing out in the ocean off the cliffs at Catcha. Raul actually managed to get a bit of a shot of one of them....see the tail!
A few more of the photos Ninja took around the property:
This place should look familiar, Daisy...and GG and SP it will soon look familiar to you as well
Tizzy and Jon...these places should look a little familiar to you as well
And THIS....this is my home
After the excitement of the dolphins we settled back down to the bar and soon after I heard someone asking for Marley....It was Coco and her hubby, they had just arrived and of course their first stop has to be Ivan’s. It was great getting to meet them as I had talked to Coco previously on the board and she had even brought something for me from the states that I asked her to bring for some of the staff...Thanks again for that Coco....I owe you and your hubby a drink the next time we meet! So sorry we didn’t get to spend more time with you two!
After visiting with Coco and hubby for a bit, Daisy and I decided to head up to visit Sweetness in her room, Venus. I had promised another boardie that I would take some photos for her of what would be her room in a couple of months. You may know her, GarySteph1018She had posted on the board that she had booked Venus but was wondering if she should switch it to I think Moon. I had assured her that she would NOT be disappointed with Venus so I wanted to be sure to get some nice photos of it for her to ease her mind LOL. So we went up and Sweetness gave us the 50 cent tour....what a room. I actually videoed the whole tour but somehow I managed to erase it by the time I got home so all I had was a couple of photos of the view to share with Steph.....of course as you may know now....that was all it took anyway
View from Venus (and it just happens to be a view of my very favorite place)
At this point we made plans with the group to meet for dinner, have one more fun night at Ivan’s and then head over to Seastar Inn for the Saturday show and buffet and also Tawnee’s Birthday Bash. With that agreement we all then sort of went our separate ways for the next few hours. Markus and Daisy chilled on one of the daybeds while Markus did some sketching (He did an AMAZING sketch of Sagittarius.....I nearly stole it from him....it was so good!)
I think GG and SweetiePie might have headed for a “nap” or something lol and Ninja and I spent the afternoon and early evening chilling in our most favorite place on earth
After sunset we decided to get all dolled up for some reason....I guess since I had spent most of a week in a bathing suit and cover up I decided I wanted to dress up for our last night. So with that we head back over to Ivan’s to see if everyone was ready for dinner and guess who was at the bar? The Mighty Californian (Gerryg123) and SuziQ. They had stopped by for some drinks at Ivan’s so we visited with them for a bit while we waited for the rest of the gang to arrive for dinner.
Soon after everyone was there so we were seated at our table and we had another amazing dinner. We sat at the same table we had the night before so I felt it only fitting for me to once again order the Seafood Linguine....well that, and also because it is amazingly delicious. And this time I remembered to take a photo of it. However, I snapped this shot before I realized they had not added the capers in it (which makes it even more pretty in my opinion and even more delicious too) but once they brought out the capers I think I inhaled the dish and forgot to take another photo, oh well lol
Raul had the chicken stuffed with callaloo
And we had the peanut butter cheesecake for dessert and it was delicious!
After dinner we headed to Ivan’s, of course, for our last night of the Kevin and Ty show. Brasi stopped by to join us for a drink at the bar and I told Ty that we had just a bit of our cake vodka left and that since it was our last night we needed to finish it off in style, and he agreed. So Ninja and I went to the room to gather the ingredients and returned to the bar. We gave Ty the rest of the cake vodka and he agreed to make “Pineapple Upside Down Cake shots” for everyone at the bar, and he did. Cheers everyone!
And then we watched our last performance of our trip....I love these guys...greatest bartenders ever!
And with that I gave them both a big hug and a “See you next time” goodbye.
We were ready to head over to Seastar for the Saturday night party but unfortunately we had to say another goodbye to Guirigay and SweetiePie because they had an early morning flight and were going to head back to their room to try and get some sleep. We had to also say goodbye / goodnight to Brasi who decided to head back to the beach instead of over to Seastar with us.....all of these goodbyes were just too much! In just a week I had grown to know and love these people like family and saying goodbye was very hard to do! There were lots of hugs and a few tears and with that, Ninja and I and Daisy and Markus headed up the lane to Seastar.
As we entered the gates we realized we might have been a little late to the party. I think it was maybe 10 or 11pm but there was hardly anyone left. We were sad that we might have missed everyone but then we looked around and we saw Rob and Lisa, Beachgirl66 and Plus1, Tawnee, Jim and Donna and also Bella Bea! So there was still definitely a party crowd left to dance and enjoy the show with!
Oh and Lorax2....we DID look around and ask for you...so sorry that we were too late to meet you! Hopefully, next time!
It was only fitting to think we were ending our trip much like we had started it....dancing and enjoying the show with our boardie friends at the Seastar Inn Saturday night party!
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