First off - Hello. I am new here and I Just returned from my first trip to Negril. I am tempted to write vacation, but it was much much more.
Being newbs to the the Island, my Girlfriend and I booked a vacation a Riu Club at bloody bay. While I will say the grounds were nice. The pool was nice, the staff was nice. This was not what I had in mind for a trip outside of the country. Lucky for us, we booked an afternoon boat trip to Ricks for our first full day. From the boat we saw 7 mile beach and I had a chance to talk to one of the guys on the boat. I asked him, if it was cool to go visit the beach. He emphatically said yes, even after we were told be the resort not go on self guided tours.
The boat pulled up to ricks and they gave us an hour. I looked at my girlfriend and told her, to hell with the boat. Let's stay and take a cab back. So we stayed for several hours talking to people and getting ideas.
Day 2 we were dropped off at Margaritaville - we had a backpack with towels and sunscreen. We walked straight out to the beach and hung a left and never looked back.
The first person we met was Dennis the Menace. Who apparently is pretty popular amongst the locals as well as other visitors to the island. He sat us down. He fed us, he gave us drinks for a few hours. Introduced us to a few other locals around the bar and we got to hang out and just get to know some people for a bit. We paid up and continued on our way.
Stop 2, which ended up being our final stop of the day it was at Tony's Hut. Just awesome. We saw the most romantic sunset there.
For our 3rd and final full day we decided to wake up early. Get out to the beach and walk down into town. We made it to Bourbon beach, The Yellow Bird, Mom's, and a few other places. We had lunch at bourbon which was excellent.
We ventured into town. took some pictures. Walked around etc. Then headed back and stopped at every single one of the previously mentioned bars all the way back to Tony's for the sunset.
This is where I fell in love with Jamaica and really felt a connection. We were told to go next door to Niah's for Patties. There we met Niah. One of the kindest most gentle and spiritual people I have ever met. He came over to Tony's after awhile and sat with us and I bought him a couple beers and just talked with him for a good long while. He was super sweet to my girlfriend also. He brought me over a carving with his name in it, and a bracelet for my girlfriend and wanted nothing in return.
Upon leaving he offered a hug to both of us and told us to hurry back down to Jamaica and visit him at his hut.
So we will, and we have been back less than a day and are planning a 7 day stay on the beach for thanksgiving.
We have looked into Tony's, the Yellow Bird, Nirvana, Mom's They all seem to be VERY reasonably priced. We dont want or need all inclusive.
If anyone has any other beach suggestions please let me know!
My body is back in Philadelphia, but I feel like my soul is still in Negril
Welcome to the board mi fren!!
Originally Posted by Flipadelphia26
