Trip report sept 1-14, including pelicanbar, etc

[JitterBug]

glad to see the upstairs of bb . . . staying there at end of the month . . . also pleased to hear about security, it was ???? for me . . . thanks for the pics . . .

[Seveen]

any pics of the room at BB?

hanging on -- waiting for more!

[irieworld]

nice trip--thanks for sharing. Sounds like BB has really shaped up as compared to years gone by.

I stayed at Samsara and used Legends on a few beach runs from there on my first trip. I hated how the loungers on the beach were right on top of each other like sardines in a can. I tried to move one over a little out of the fray but got chided by security and had to line it back up. It was my first trip to JA so really it was all Irie but I wouldn't go back to stay there--other budget options are better IMO. The food was nothing to write home about. But this was years ago. It may have changed since. My first time going I knew nothing of JA and was traveling solo so I went AI, big mistake food wise. But I had an amazing stay--I was just blown away by the sea, the country, the music--and now I have an incurable passion for the place. Walking that beach in the early morning, sublime. Jumping off cliffs any time of the day, excellent. Hanging with J'cans, and listening to reggae and dancehall all day long, priceless.

[groove16]

jitterbug, if u have any questions, for myself or janet, feel free to ask...

[groove16]

seveen, no pics of the room at bb, still have many of the property, as we made it our home base, even after we checked out...room was nothing fancy, two beds, a/c worked, tv, i think we turned it on to get the time, nothing else to write home about...well, except for the view..oh what a view..
no complaints, we expected a budget room,it actually was bigger than i would have thought...like the bb website says, it ain't the ritz or anything, lol...
i think i also remember from past posts that you knew ann...she is the one who we thought of when we made the decision, and she made us feel safe from the start, from her chair, she could see our door, and we could see her shop...

[wpyogi]

...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...

LOL, i remember what monday night sounded like and felt like staying at kuyaba our last trip. except it was at the end of our trip, so i was extrememly chill-axed trying to sleep....BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM.......wondering what the heck is going on over there!!??? are they SCREAMING??!!

Enjoying your TR! Thanks!

[groove16]

here are more pictures from monday...we walked to sheilds...a little past negril beach club towards town...several from various angles of the property...I always like the view thru the leaves...

[groove16]

a couple more from sheilds

[groove16]

shields has a deck above the bar, here is that view...




this is the art and stuff from octavious gordon at negril beach club condos

[groove16]

and the last few from monday at bourbon beach...
here i am at the bar



notice the sign has changed as the sun goes down....