Trip report sept 1-14, including pelicanbar, etc

[groove16]

to finish off wednesday night, we get dropped off at legends, shower, and chill for a little while. we decide to walk to bourbon beach to see what wet and wild is all about.
It is about 10 oclock...could hear the music from our deck. DJ Alli is spinning the mix. We have our bubba keg filled with rum punch, share some with mi friends, since Janet and I have already had our fill for today. BB is giving away several pairs of tickets for the peter tosh tribute. On one set, the question was asked, several wrong answers were given by the same blonde girl...she really wanted those tickets, or she really wanted to flirt with alli...it was the latter...the next thing I know, Janet is walking on the stage....what...wait a minute...is that really Janet? the same Janet that would not get up and speak in front of family, much less on stage in front of strangers, what....stop the train...come on, now....now i hear, what artist was just signed today to play the andrew tosh show...Janets answer--Albarosie--Alba Rosie---who...who is albarosey....Alli says, you are correct, and gives Janet the tickets. the blonde girl was still on stage and janet said the appeared to b happy just being there..Here she comes back, I look to Dwight and Fast Car, who hang with us most nights, no we dont know what is going on, they say...when she gets back, she said some guy came up to her and told her the answer, I was sitting there enjoying the vibe and didnt even notice. turns out he is an artist, came by the table..I gave him some rum punch, and bought a cd from him for 500J. the tickets were 1000J each and we were going anyway...His name was ras marko, and the cd is not bad at all, have listened to it several times...Janet also met a canadian lady named Jane, Jane ahd a good buzz going this night...her boyfriend was a jamaican and a driver. he was very cool, shared some time with him tonight and also another occasion later in our reach..really liked kevin and jane...

called it a night at about 1100...very eventful day, and glad we decided to see what BB had to offer (got our tickets)..btw, no wet and wild due to lack of participants...small crowd.

[groove16]

guess it is time to continue the journey...this is thursday, sept 6th...It is our moving day..we move from legends to catcha...I'll get going in a few.

[gerryg123]

Legends to Catcha is a big step up ....

[groove16]

We get up on this beautiful morning. Our plans are to hang out on the beach til lunch, we love the beach, and know we will be missing it. We will check in at catcha bout 1 or so, hang out and then head to canoe for the webcast. we made plans yesterday to meet our new friends, rinakim and larry, two4today and gigi...friday, we had plans to chill at catcha, our 1st time there, and then do the 100 candle dinner at Ivans for our anniversary. We are not the type of people that would spend that much for a meal, but this is special. Janet does not know of the meal yet. Saturday was going to be a repeat of relaxing, checking out eddies debar, sexy rexy, and then the seastar party...sunday back to the beach...

Funny how plans change.

[bjritz]

I just love your sand gravity picture:

[groove16]

We chill on the beach, Michael had Janets chairs and umbrella set up for her. While we chill, Michael has a deal with a hustler that was trying to haggle with a guest. a shouting match followed, with a couple of phrases exchanged that I had heard earlier that morning while at BB, (fastcar running off the same guy). It was something like bumclatt??? and a phrase like suc ya mudder???seemed to be some bad words.

Janet didnt eat lunch so I ate in the likkle tower at legends, where michael hangs on kuyaba side, wasn't used while we were there, but it was my after dinner smoking tower. A few pics from the tower.




this guy came by every day selling do nuts, pastries, breads, etc


I walk over to BB to get our ride to Catcha, one last shot of the bar

[groove16]

Thanks for all the feedback guys...


and I almost forgot, I saw Tina posted a response, I missed it earlier, girl if you are still reading this, Sorry I missed you.
Janet and I had fun with you, she said to tell you we meant to get back down to that end of the beach to try and find you, but you know how plans in Negril are...

[JitterBug]

legends umbrellas are lined up like sardines . . . is it always like that? . . . doesnt' appeal to me . . .

the rest of your report is great, love the pics . . . thanks.

[groove16]

yep, pretty much always like that. very small beach area, and had the most guests during the slow season, which is when we are there.
that is one of the reasons we walked to BB so much...Janet got her chairs set up on the end, so she had some room on one side...

[groove16]

This is the part of the trip that my wife is worried about. She is not sure what I am going to write, as she knows I will write what I FEEL, not sugar coat anything. Lets start off by saying that we are beach people, love the beach. We wanted to try the cliffs, found a great deal at catcha cuz of the construction, booked mid trip, so we could get back to the beach in case we didn't like it. We like the live music and the action on the beach. Nothing beats a walk on the beach first thing in the morning (a swim in the glass-like sea off the cliffs is a goood substitute, as I will soon find out)

This post below, made from catcha mid trip, is what has Janet worried, lol,



http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...-on-the-cliffs

keep in mind that we were in slow season, and I think there was 3 other couple there, 2 of those had motorcycles, and were always moving...(both named jimmy, led to a funny story) we NEVER saw anyone else at the bar, and a person here or there in pool, laying out etc...