Trip report sept 1-14, including pelicanbar, etc

[Jim-Donna]

NICE START!! Room 420 LOL

[groove16]

jim-donna you guys are the greatest...we met you two at the rhodes hall pizza webcast in 2010...shuttle left before you got back from the horseback ride...

[Jim-Donna]

That was so weird, when we got back everyone was gone!! And we didn't get much beer or pizza. lessoned learned, ether do the cast, or the horse ride. If you do both you loose out on the beer and pizza. And Yes I do remember you! Enjoying the report.

[groove16]

just updated day 2 and lost it all....try it again

monday, sept 3...

I get up around 630, walk outside the room, look over the balcony, what a beautiful site, not too much stirring around, shaba raking the sand with a handmade leaf broom.
it amazes me thqt i see these guys doing the movies at past 2am and back at it at daylight....I dont do coffee, but enjoy my morning routine of wake and bake my subs, so I walk down and this is what I see...

[groove16]

Janet gets moving around about 730...we need to change our money, so I get her a cup of coffee and walk over to the cambio in the BB parking lot...8 am, it is closed, looks like it might not even still be there, no sign or anything, ask someone near the store, yeah, mon he says, all finished, but I know a guy that will give you a good deal, come on, no no no, I got it covered, thanks bud...so I go get Janet set up with more coffee, and decide to walk to roundabout to change $$$...she just wants to set on the deck and enjoy til I get back..

decided to walk the beach, along the way saw several of friends made on last reach...saw Ann first, setting up her shop, she loves tootsie rolls, so I gave her a bag of the treat she loves...saw cash money and his dog red bull, saw peter at bar b barn, last reach he was on crutches, saw rasta jimmy who hangs at sea grape by negril beach club, which was oiur home last trip, saw gary, the life guard at negril beach club....one of janets best friends in jamaica is the bartender at sheilds, maureen...we spent several hours at the 2 for 1 happy hour last trip, well she was off today but will be here rest of week, talked to security stewie, fed the 2 dogs, coco and sheild, then I cut up and finished the rest of the walk by road...got to town and went to my favorite place to people watch from town, at the table on the corner....a very busy corner at the beginning of west end road...i sit here for about 30 minutes most every trip to town and jsut watch...as im sitting there, dwight and shaba from bourbon beach walk by..I just saw u guys at BB, yep we needed some paint and things to do some signs for mondays concert (more on the show later)..then I see someone I know walking toward down from west end, as he got near, he looked at me close and as he got closer, he smiled the biggest smile, I remember u, Mi friend, that necklace U have on, U got from me for some crackers, haha...yep, wow how do they remember these things (we left him our leftover snacks and drinks on our last rreach, he gave us a couple of neckalaces and trinkets)he asked about my lovely wife, she bought a painting from me(actually 2) yep, got it hanging it my man cave in the jamaica corner....anyway he was walking to work...His name was Octavious Gordon from NBCC.

I get the $$$ exchanged, and head back to BB, just want to enjoy it before we move to legends...wife already skeptical of legends...look at the small beach, all those red umbrellas and chairs on top each other, I think we will be hanging on the beach here...OK, no problem, mon....

[groove16]

back at bourbon beach, we hang out until check in at legends...about 2pm...We get set up by the big tree so I can get a likkle shade or sun if needed...


I see Kevin and tell him we are leaving in about an hour, ok, he says, fast car will take u where u need to go...Ok, well, can we settle up? I see u later, Im a likkle busy, but feel free to use BB and the staff for you're entire stay, and if u need anything, let us know...ok, im fixing to leave the motel and not pay....guess he knows I cant go TOO far....lol...

[groove16]

Here is our take on Bourbon Beach...because of the deal, it was the best VALUE ever....can't beat it

the room was basic but clean...room 14 overlooked the jacuzzi. the view from the deck is outstanding...air condition worked...everything we expected..
basic budget place to stay...staff more than helpful...already mentioned by name earlier...pictures later....we were worried about security, but after a while, never a worry again..besides kevin, we saw no one upstairs while we stayed there... it is somewhat of a local hangout at the bar, but since it was slow season, one of the best bars to drink at...if u want a private setting, this mite not b for u, but if u like drinking a red stripe and meeting several interesting people, it is a great bar to hang at.....because we were known, we were not hustled, or bothered in any way...matter of fact, i was known as bossman, and big boss by most and Janet was my pretty lady.....the meals were great...

So I guess I have no real complaints...I would stay their again, even without the special...


Janet and Salomi, who does foot massages...

[groove16]

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last 3 pictures from day 2...

we check into Legends with fast car taking us and offering his services all week, errands, security, pick stuff up in town, anything...ok, i got it, u are ready to help....

we missed lunch but they let us order off menu, so we got fish and chips and grilled chicken club...both were great....
we got room 310, right beside the pool, closest to the beach, great room....
we did the sand gravity thing, migrating from the chair to the bar to the room for a/c to the pool to the chair to the....oh, you get the idea...

supper was snapper, taters, and fresh fruit...note to self---gotta start eating more fruit when we get back home....at this meal, we had the kitten encounter, of course we feed them, and now we have a buddy for the rest of the trip....

we fill our mugs with our beverages, (you are a funny couple, Janet, you drink the beer, and he drinks the girly drinks} yep thats how we roll...)
and head to, guess where, ....BourbonBeach..... to watch west end gang.... west end gang plays more of a easy listening style than most of the live shows...Janet likes, and come to find out so does my new friend RINA...rina and larry are getting married in nov at coco and wet end gang is playing at her wedding...she loves her some safari--lol---she will correct me on the spelling later..i know its not safari, but......

about midnight or so, we call it a night...1st complaint of legends, they lock the doors at the beach so the only way in is from the road, not that big of a deal, but I like to enjoy a sub on the deck after hours, and it is a likkle inconvienient...anyway we walk thru jamaica tamboo, monday is disco night, dj, and it is loud and crowded...we go to the room, and it is loud....bass vibrating the room...we light the candles and sit on the deck and listen for a few, well we might as well go back, we are gonna hear it anyway...we head down to tamboo..we only stay bout 20 minutes, if that....my buddy fast car pops up again....this music I really can't undeerstand, dj plays a song, bout 15 seconds worth, and stops the song and just SCREAMS....SCREAMS....a likkle music and SCREAAMING......but the young people were getting it, it was packed so I knew it would be going on for awhile.....we watch em dance and scream and finally head back to the verandda to finish the night...too loud for us..but something to see...

i know we are starting out slow, but we got pub crawl on wed, and pelican bar on fri, with lots of pics....

[gerryg123]

Not a big Legends fan myself. I'm interested to see how things work out. Excellent report. Don't hold back!

[groove16]