Sunrise ... Sunset. Is there any place better that I could get? Trip Report

[bjritz]

Last Full Day in Negril – Part 3

For my last dinner in Negril, I walked over to 3 Dives and ordered a big plate. While they were cooking it all up, I wandered down to the cliff’s edge with a Spitfire in hand.


(I know this is a morning shot, and as you’ve figured out my time stamps don’t always match my story days. But, that’s the spot.)

Just looking out onto the sea with the breeze blowing made my trip complete. What a terrific place.

I took my food back and ate on my porch. I strolled down to the Xtabi deck to take in the last rays. As I sat it clouded up and I wasn’t sure if I’d get a last sunset. Watching the change in the water, the sky, seeing the many of the beach boats carry their cargo up to Ricks, was so nice.



As the light trailed off I just reflected on what this was all about for me. Why did I come? What was the part that meant the most? Was it enough?

I came to clear my head. I hadn’t been on a vacation of any length for years. My heart was just yearning for the Caribbean as I’d never been before and it was on my list. Jamaica just happened to be affordable for me. I’d seen the travel channel profile of Ricks and the Seven Mile Beach and it all looked great to me. So, I came to see it, and participate in the Negril vibe. Yeah, it was great!

Meeting the people, both locals and travelers was the part that meant the most. People of like mind who wanted to while away time at the seaside. There were also people of a different mind who took some work for me to understand. I had many good interactions, many great discussions and a great deal of laughter, the medicine of which I was in need.

Enough? Of course not! No way, this was enough. I just dipped in a toe. But, there is a deep sense of satisfaction about my reach. I had a wonderful time, I was refreshed, renewed and some of my mind set was rebooted.

I ended this evening early again, drifting off with only the knowledge that tomorrow would bring a return to reality that I was unwilling to think about just yet.

No fan tonight, just the breezes and the sounds of the road, the party going on over at 3 Dives, the smoke, the waves and the laughter spilling over from the Xtabi bar to lull me to sleep.