Marley and Ninja: Having Their Cake And Drinking It Too! Trip Report - April 2012

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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!