Greg & Tiffany's 1st Jamaica trip... Pure bliss with a side of rice & beans!

[booger]

Nice work so far! Your enthusiasm comes across so well and it's good to see you had such a great first trip. I'm currently flying home having woke up from Catcha this morning.
please continue.........

[wpyogi]

Loving this! I can relate well to the trip alone with the hubby. Our first trip to Negril was dubbed the "investment in our marriage".

Anyways, you guys look like you had a ball. And you look like our kind of peeps. A bucket of beer!? YES!

Carry on...

[Jaherring]

Loving yalls trip report!! I cant wait to be at Catcha in August. We stayed in Venus two years ago...wonderful view!

[Jaherring]

I really got a laugh about yalls first walk down seastar lane....we felt the same way...awesome trip report!! That dirty banana looked delicious. Im looking forward to having a few.

[irieworld]

I love hearing about first trips, the first taste of Jamaica is so mind-blowing. It brings back memories of the first of many trips for me.

[garysteph1018]

Again, thank you all for the sweet comments. This has been kinda difficult trying to remember what happened. I may pull a GerryG next time and take notes.


Our 2nd day in Jamaica/Our 3rd Vacation Day

Today was Sunday… and our first full day in Jamaica! We had plans to hang around Catcha, walk over to Wise Choice, and in the evening we were meeting RastaDave & his precious wife for dinner and drinks.

We woke up about 8:30 in our cool bedroom…. not cool as in ehhhhh, but cool as in burrrrrr. I rolled out of bed super excited and went straight to our bedroom window. Even though I was looking through some bathroom construction at Banana Shout, the view was beautiful. I could see the spectacular blue Caribbean thru my window. Oh my goodness, are we really here! HELL YEAH WE ARE!!!!

Gary & I decided to go down and have our first Jamaica breakfast and cup of coffee. We walked out of the bedroom and got hit with some major heat! UGGHHH! July in Jamaica!!!

I wanted to go out on the terrace, so I went over to the doors to go out. Geez, are you kidding me …Gary had dead bolted us in, top, bottom, & sideways as if Venom (the evil spiderman) was going to break in…. I was completely irked! Once we got all the locks undone, we walked out to our terrace and the view…. OMG even more beautiful today! I believe I took a picture of this everyday!!!!

After taking in our view, we got dressed and headed down to Ivan’s. Adria, sweet as can be and absolutely beautiful pregnant, was a morning waitress most of the week. I just fell in love with her, as I did most everyone at Catcha…but some were definitely more special than others. Her voice sounded tired, like every pregnant woman is, but her smile was delightful. I introduced us, and then of course had to ask if she knew Marley and Ninja. I kept forgetting that those names aren’t the real ones, but she sure did remember them…. I, like a good little boardie, told her hello for them. She smiled so appreciatively.

So what to get…. My nerve wasn’t up for the ackee & saltfish, so I got the french toast with hot banana syrup. Gary got the BLT with home fries! What a treat! OMG this stuff was so freaking good. That hot syrup on my beautifully cooked french toast… my mouth is watering right now! Holy crap, this isn’t even right! I should still be there….. Anywho.... Gary really enjoyed his BLT because he ordered the same thing every day!

Gary & I sat at the small round high top looking out over the pool and the caribbean, enjoying our coffee, OJ & breakfast astounded at what we were living. Finally alone, no bills to pay, no work to go to, no grass to cut, no toilet to clean, no dishes to do, no kids to worry about (we love them though)… I think you get my point. FINALLY IT WAS JUST ME & GARY!!!!

My 1st Jamaican morning.... Breathtaking!


We sat here every morning except Thursday! Most peaceful place on earth IMO!


Mmmmm gooood! OMG so good!


Gary & his future happy plate.

[garysteph1018]

OMG these pictures are huge!!!!!

Continuing the day shortly...

[VVHT]

This report is making me smile!!!

Thanks you,

VVHT

[garysteph1018]

Okay, so short story about the people enjoying Catcha at the same time we were. It was 4 couples. Three couples who were about our age, and one older couple. This older guy had to be the most obnoxious azzhole I’ve ever come across… he totally thought he was funny, and he totally wasn’t! I wanted to slap him on more than one occasion!

Our first viewing of them was at 9:30 in the morning puffing away on their ganga like noone’s business. And we certainly didn’t care, but this is all they did, all day long, every freaking day! They also kept a High Times magazine out by their chair. Really… can you say cliché! Ugghhh! My point being…. If you gotta smoke that stuff ALL DAY LONG, it can’t be that good! Step outside of the green gates, and get you some good stuff! BUT please step outside of the green gates!!!! These people claimed their outside “real estate” (as they called it) and kept their towels in their chairs all damn week! They left their cigarettes on the ground and their beer bottles lying around. It was disgusting and rude, and it seriously made me feel bad for the folks who had to clean it up daily! It actually embarrassed me, because they were American and so was I. I hated having that kind of representation in this beautiful place! Also, sad thing is they were Southerners, and we know better!!!!! IRKERS!!!!

So, I’m done with that rant….

After breakfast, Gary and I ran across the street to Wise Choice. Marley had told me this place would have everything we could possibly need. She was so right! I love these types of stores. We used to have stores like that around here. Thanks WalMart… you have successfully destroyed the corner store! We got our beer, and our water, and some chips, a Ting, and a phone card. Thankfully, the sweet lady at the register fixed my phone up for me. I simply asked how to do it, and she gladly just did it for me. Another plus for JA! Customer service with a real smile! Paying for our stuff was kinda funny, we still had no JA dollars, so we were paying in American. She showed us how she got our amount, and we were like Dumb & Dumber… “Okay” is all we could say. It was kinda comical at the time.

We go back over to Catcha, and enter thru the green gates. I felt so special every time I went thru those green gates.Maybe I’ll put some green gates at my driveway (grin). We packed our cooler and headed south to the pool and the Caribbean from the cliffs. We parked our asses in some chairs…. drank some Red Stripes…. and enjoyed our day!

So afternoon came and it was time for us to get dressed to head to Canoe. I got in touch with RastaDave and he offered to come get us on their way to Canoe. Totally cool. I can’t believe how trusting we all are in Negril, because I promise I wouldn’t ride with anyone in America that I haven’t met face to face. I had spoken to RastaDave on the phone before so I knew his yankee voice . Gary & I were sitting at the gate waiting on RastaD to show up. We hear a car pull up outside those lovely green gates and Mr. Lewis opens the door only enough so that he can check to see who it is. And there it was… the undeniable yankee accent. I hugged him, totally excited to meet him in person. Gary & I hopped in the back of the cab, we met his sweet wife Lynette, and we were off.


Just a fantastic picture! Sorry my computer is such a piece of crap that I don't have enough space to get some good editing software.


My best friend... I adore this picture

[garysteph1018]

Next stop, our time at Canoe.... w/lots of super large pictures!