Gerry G's TRAIL OF ASHES TOUR Final Chapter -- The Mighty Californian's return

[Flipadelphia26]

Gerry. Do you man "African"? If so. I am very familiar.

[gerryg123]

No AfriCA .... big tall young guy with friendly disposition.

[Flipadelphia26]

Ok. Because the other asked if I knew who you were.

[gerryg123]

Friday, Jan. 10. My last full day in Negril. I shook off the depression the best way I know how – with a big plate of left-over pasta with lobsters tails for breakfast. I went to Seasplash to meet Vincent, and we had a great morning pon the ocean. A couple from Tingilayas way up on the Cliffs had come along with us, and they said they loved it up there with a very private cottage and a private chef.

Never set foot on the grounds myself but always wanted to. Snorkeling is a good way to meet peeps and find out about where they stay and if it’s a good place or not.

I went to Ahh Bees again, and this time it was a long wait. Ahh Bee wasn’t there, the server said he was "taking a shower." I asked if they could cook without him, and she said ya mon, but now that I look back I think she lied to me and simply waited for Ahh Bee to come back to begin preparing my meal. I waited for more than hour to finally be served.

In the meantime, I had my scissors and my stack of Red Lion, and I went to work.

I met fellow boardies from Canada (where else?) who recognized me. At one point, the two hottest Jamaica ladies I had ever seen in my life walked in with a tourist or expat, not certain, but they were exceptionally beautiful, that’s for sure.

Then a fresh-dressed local showed up on a motorcycle with a two-year daughter on his lap – something you would never see in USA but common on the island. He asked if I wanted hash, and I said no, but he still tossed a big ball of it on my table, hoping I would have a change of heart. I saw Negril Bill again. He lives a couple of doors down from Sharks next door. Back at Seastar Inn, I had ice cream, then went down the hill to visit Marko for a bit, then back to Seastar Inn for a swim.

[bjritz]

Gerry, you could do an entire montage of all the Gerry123, ya mon, ya mon, ya mon videos and have quite the Negril promo. Love all of these and having a blast keeping up with your trip!

[gerryg123]

Here is another video, this one is from Ahh Bees. He didn't have any buns, so sandwich bread is used, but for the other visits, he had buns:

[gerryg123]

I can’t stand unnecessary waiting. It drives me crazy. I’m always on time, usually a few minutes early, and in Negril everything takes too long, and the whole scenario messes with my zen. When I go to restaurants, I call ahead like I’m gonna do a takeout, then I arrive and say I will eat it here after all. I just see no reason to sit on a plastic chair for an hour to wait for a pizza.

Maybe I need a vacation or something?

So that’s what I did at Sunrise. Ahh Bees had promised me it was the place for a real Italian-style pizza. I had never set foot in the joint – I rarely do the morass side for anything if I can help it – but with the eagerness of a young bird ready for flight, I gave it my best shot in my everlasting journey to find pizza in Jamaica as good as the pies served in big cities in America like New York, Los Angeles and, dare I even think it, Chicago.

The other problem is getting enough water. I like to drink five or six glasses of water, one after the other, when I dine. If you do the math, that’s one cup every seven minutes or so for a 40 minute dining experience, maybe more if the it’s a small glass. In the USA, especially at nice restaurants, they understand this. At Sandals, if I recall, they understand this. On seven-mile beach, and on the Cliffs, they don’t understand this. And I feel like such a pest asking and asking and asking for more water, and I am sure if I requested a pitcher, they would like at me like I am from Mars.

Plus, I hate being ignored for more than five minutes once I first sit down. I need something – a menu, a water, a “be right with ya.” Several times during this particularly reach, I visited an establishment – me, gerryg123, king of the 100k reports – and went unnoticed for 15 minutes or so and just bailed. This happened at Whoopies and LTU and a few other places. I would rather not publicly complain on this forum, but I feel like it’s my obligation to do so to put all the “ya-mon-this-is-great” stuff in perspective.

Oh, I am not a fool. If there are a lot of people around, I understand I have to wait my turn. But if I ask a server for a drink and she first spends five minutes returning to continue stacking the knives and forks in perfect order, that’s not OK with me.

I’m not boorish, and perhaps not even over-demanding, but I do prefer excellent service.

Not that Sunrise Club was guilty of all this – just the water part – but we’re getting to the end of the report, so I thought I would put it out there.

Also, my loyalty to Famous Vincent is unquestioned. But of the 10 times or so that we met at Seasplash for snorkeling, he left me waiting an average of 30 minutes; that’s five hours of vacation time I could have been doing something else.

So like I said, and maybe it’s a character defect and something I need to work on, but I do NOT like waiting for people when I’m the one spending money and they’re the ones profiting.

OK, rant over. The Sunrise pizza was very good, but not good enough. The cheese and sauce is OK, but something about the crust. Even if they make it homemade in Jamaica, and even if they use similar fire ovens to the ones in the USA, it just doesn’t come out super perfect. I like pizza that is a 10 out of 10. Jamaica can only do eight out of ten. And the best is Angelas, though again, it’s not perfect cause the crust is too thin, plus it’s nearly the double the price of other places (Sunrise was only ten dollars, what a deal!).

[JitterBug]

i agree with you about sunrise pizza . . . angela's wins big time even though it's double the price!!! next time, have a margarita made by garry, it's fabulous!! i had other food at sunrise that did not measure up. the only edible thing was focaccia (sp?) bread, it was excellent!! . . . glad you are keeping it real . . .

[Seveen]

the callaloo jerk chicken pizza at Ciao wins - hands down!

[booger]

Angela's has the best pie I have come across in Negril. I prefer the thin crust actually. Seastar had a good pie last year, however something has changed as it sucked the last two times I ordered it.