Trip report sept 1-14, including pelicanbar, etc

[groove16]

our walk back to legends





our friends place....Ann has been doing her business behing the stage for many years





getting alittle more crowded on stage

[groove16]

we lounge until about 530, and head in for a shower....our veranda....





Rina and Larry call at about 600 and say that they are here at Legends.

We decide to eat here, have a few drinks, subs, food, drinks, subs, until time to head to the show...

[kaycee]

I want to stay at Ansells, but I haven't seen too many reviews on it. Looks like a nice place though.

[gerryg123]

Ansells seems like one of those places where if two or three guys key workers are there, it could be great. But if not, there is that "unknown" factor .....

[groove16]

I agree with u gerryg123, I am unsure of the security, looks like very easy access to the hustlers, or anyone else....the security next door at shields said he thought it would be a safe place to stay, and he reports any unusual activity....I didnt ask who he reported it too...

love the look of the place...easy access to the beauty of the beach..

[leigh]

Went down to dining room and ate with Larry and Rina. We all then went back to show them our room. They were amazed how cold our air was.

We walk down to BB about 8 pm. We knew it was early but didn't realize how early. I don't even know if they were ready for us on the VIP balcony. At any big concert the VIP is the way to go as you have access to the balcony and all u can drink. The first couple hours included various local artists performing half of 2 or 3 raps of their own music. All the big name artists were in the rooms at BB getting ready and were on the balcony as well.

Both Terry and I have fuzzy memories of the night. We even forgot we had our camera with us as we have 1 picture of the night. Larry took some pictures so if Rina finishes her report you can see some them.

I spent a lot of time at the bar upstairs and could have gotten some great pictures. I was introduced to several band members but can't remember all of them.

Chocolate and I were at the bar admiring a mans hat and his red beard. We hung out with him for a while. He found us as amusing as we found his hat. I had no idea who he was but then he was on stage performing. It was Lee "Scratch" Perry.

I talked to Frankie Aird (trumpet player) for a while. We met Frankie on our first visit to Negril and see him every visit. Frankie looked really good and I told him so.

Met Gary Cooper, some of the Mighty Diamonds hung out with us also.

After what seemed like forever, the headliners began to play. I think Rob and Lisa left around 2am. Not sure when Andrew Tosh took the stage. No sign of Sizzla yet.
At around 3:30am Larry and Rina were ready to head back to the cliffs and since they had left things in our room we decided to head back with them. Still no sign of Sizzla.

We all staggered back to the room, gather their things and walk them back to the road to get a taxi. We could hear the crowd and the announcement that Sizzla was taking the stage so put Larry and Rina in a taxi and head back over to see Sizzla. It is now past 4am and I think we may be the only tourists left there. We stay for a couple songs and decide we can hear it from our room so decide to call it a night.

At some point during the night Kevin came around and passed out candles to everyone. We lit the candles and had a moment of silence. It was a very cool tribute with hundreds of people holding up candles. (Only wish I had a picture, Hope Larry has one)

Concert overall was good what i remember of it.

[groove16]

looks like Janet is planning another trip, looking at the last week in April thru 1st week in may to celebrate my 50th bday. just another excuse to go to Negril...

will try and finish the last few days of this report, so i can figure out how to store it somewhere....

[groove16]

the monday night concert was pretty wild....if u ever go to a big show in negril, and want to be alert for the headliner, take a long nap before and don't arrive until late.

I can't remember what has already been written, and I know I ramble alot, but this report getting old, so I will post several pics and maybe a comment or two about some of them...

Tuesday morning we were up about 830, breakfast, and had to catch shuttle to Samsara at 10am. Samsara is Legends sister location, and we had never been there, so lets take advantege of the shuttle...We explore, eat lunch, use the pool, whcih is one of the deepest I have used in Negril.....here are some pics





I think these loungers and personal canopys are cool.



daybeds for the much needed nap



sea side dining area



couple views of the sea and ladder to climb out

[groove16]

here are pics of the stilt houses...dont think they have a/c, but I think they would be nice to stay in if they did...we think we need a/c....

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the other rooms

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the shallow wading/lounging pool...chairs in the water

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[groove16]

and the pool...I have been in about 10-15 pools in my 3 trips to Negril. This one has the deepest part of all of the ones that I have used.

view from bar
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