Trip Report 2 ~ Seastar ~ March 2012

[lovenegril]

This was my 2nd trip to Jamaica and I was so excited to be going with Badnaz & Jambarney. We were going to celebrate Badnaz's birthday. It was especially exciting because their son, Shane was going for the first time. It was so neat to see him someone new experience Jamaica as a newbie. Flight went off without any problems and before I knew it, we were landing in MBJ. Kenny was waiting for us outside the airport and I couldn't be more excited to be back. Threw the luggage inside and off we headed toward Seastar. I had mixed feelings about staying at Seastar because I am a beach girl, but I had only heard great things about so I was excited. We (of course) had the necessary Red Stripes during the drive, and along with a couple stops along the way, we were pulling in.

We got to Seastar and my first impression was amazing. So beautiful and loved meeting Chris & Francie. The staff here was welcoming and I immediately felt like home. Got to my room, and had to try the hammock. It was perfection, I had to see the sunset from the beach or I might never have gotten out of it. We threw our bags in our room, changed into our suits and headed down to put our feet in the sand. We walked downstairs, grabbed a quick drink and headed down to the beach. We jumped in a cab and headed down to Sunbeach where Jamb & Badnaz have friends. They were super excited to see them and quickly made me feel like an old friend to them as well. Walking onto the beach again, I felt like I was back where I belonged. It was so neat to see Shane too, because he instantly fell in love with Negril. Watching his face reminded me of my first trip. We walked the beach, met up with some of my friends and had my first dirty banana.

We had more drinks, went back to Seastar to change and headed out to the road to get something to eat. We walked down to the the corner and ordered a couple more beers and ate some of the best food. I was already drunk and couldn't tell you where we were, but it was good. Shane could not stop talking about how much fun he was having, he had a few more drinks, ate his dinner and his first night in Jamaica caught up to him ~ because he passed out cold at the table. We basically carried him out of there and went back to Seastar, he crashed on the bed and we sat up for a few more hours on the deck and in the hammock.

We had to crash soon, because tomorrow was a busy day and we were heading to the Jungle the next night.