40 years later

[Piggymon]

Here's my canoe

Real cool, Capt'n. It looks like the real thing and that is also a good looking spear gun too. I went out with Knocky on his canoe one morning. My only regret now is that I did not give him more money for the great time I had. I did not have much money, but Knocky had a wife and a couple little kids so he could have used what little money I did have more than me.

[vivnyc]

This photo was taken at Mirage in 1978. The woman is Sophie (Grizzle?) who now owns Charela. She was french. The young man was a traveller. At the time, Sophie had just bought Mirage from Lauro and Michela Grandi. The Grandis were from Italy. They built Mirage in the 1970s. Michela would teach yoga and meditation. This was the first year there was electricity on the West End. The Grandis moved back to Europe and never returned to Jamaica. 1978 was my second year visiting Negril. I later returned and Mirage had a french restaurant on the cliff-side of the road.