So I cancelled my camping trip and went to Negril instead.......

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Waking up to a beautiful day and we decide to chill it out at Catcha for the day and get our drink on. Spent my time between the pool and the ocean as this day was like every other day until the last where the ocean was swimmable every single day. Completely opposite of my April trip. One thing about today though was that it was HOT HOT HOT with little to no breeze and I was contemplating a move to a room with AC. We also had a hot date with Sweetness and a new boardie whom I had yet to meet.



It's hard to notice the changes that were made to Ivan's to make the bar area bigger in this shot. Looks the same as it always has, however the bar now extends approximately 25 additional feet towards the water. Tomorrow nights pics will give you some shots from inside the bar.

I lined up a meal with Bentley for a little after 5:30 and had Sweetness +3, a couple we had met from Catcha, and Sandie and I. A grand total of 9 people would meet up for some great food later in the day. I preordered the food with some folks eating 2 crabs and 5 things on their plate, some eating crab cakes with 5 things on their plate, and chicken for Ms Sweetness, and pasta and meatballs for me. Let's see if he gets all this right. And oh yeah, don't miss the Red Stripe, rum, and special juice.

I lined up Vincent to pick us up at 5:30 so that we could water taxi it down to Pee Wee's, where we would hop out and walk up Pee Wee Lane to Bentley's. About 5PM I decided I needed AC for the rest of the week so I hit up Mauvette to get a new room. She moved us to Virgo, we moved all our crap, and we were sitting at Ivan's at 5:30 just as Roger pulled up on time. I had never taking a ride from Catcha towards the roundabout, so it was cool to see all the places from the water.

View from Virgo's balcony to the left


Roger ran at a leisurely pace so that we could take it all in. He made a quick stop at Rockhouse and soon enough we were pulling up to Pee Wee's so he could let us out. The sea had picked up a little and getting to Pee Wee's landing is no joke. That man has soon mean skills with his boat as if he knew exactly where every underwater out cropping was. I was watching threw the bottom of the boat just waiting for him to blow his prop on the reef. No problem mon.....

We cut through Pee Wee's and were soon at Bentley's. Sweetness, Nikki V the boardie I had yet to meet, and a young man who looked familiar were already there. Introductions were made and a minute later we are sitting down shooting the breeze enjoying all things Bentleys. Sandie leans over and says, "that's the guy who we met at Mi Yard the other night who said he recognized you." Come to find out he recognized me from a Sweetness trip report about how I surprised world. Uhhhh, now I feel like a douche and realize I missed the mark the other night. Sandie gave me the look and I conceded. His name was Mathis and he is a great guy, but of course he is if he is hanging with Sweetness.

Bentley confirms our orders and soon enough our table is set and we look like we have enough food for a small army. As he is bringing the food out another party of 4 show up and now we have 12 people eating as well as two people helping Bentley out. So yep that deck that looks rustic had no problem with 15 people up there. It would have been 16, but the hubby of our new found friends wasn't feeling well and decided to stay back. More to come on that.

The 4 other people that showed up were Monty & Melo and two of their friends. They know how to have a good time and we had some good times up on Bentley's deck. I wish I had some pics to share as it was a great night, but since I do not you will just need to pay him a visit on your next trip. His food is that good and you will have enough for at two meals unless you can put away some serious food. My pasta and 20 meatballs could have fed 3.

After dinner we head back for a quick night cap with Sweetness where we say our goodbyes till next time. Head back to Ivan's and do the usual of closing it down, and finish the night on the porch of Virgo. Kevin did a good job of entertaining us as the bar was empty.


This is a great lower level one bedroom, closes to Banana Shout, that stayed cool in the living room even with the lack of AC. The AC in the bedroom actually made me cover up it blew that good.

I'm not sure I would like the room as much if the people next to us were using the balcony at the same time as you are fairly close to each other. I need my space when I'm chilling on my porch so I can play my music and not interrupt anyone. This night it is Movado, Popcann, and some Maxi Priest.