Originally Posted by
vivnyc
Most of the accommodations at Mirage were located across the road in a large garden that was beautifully kept. Lauro and Michela, originally from northern Italy, lived in a house relatively close to the road. There were several cottages at Mirage, each one with three rooms, all of them round in shape, beautifully constructed. Each cottage had two bedrooms and one main room located in between the two bedrooms. There was one conventional house on the cliff side, I believe it is still there. The first year 1977, there was no electricity. We used home sweet home lanterns to light the cottages. Lauro anticipated that one day there would be electricity, so the cottages were built with light fixtures and electrical outlets. There were bathroom, but the showers had limited hot water--the sun heated the pipes during the day. Life without electricity in Negril was very quiet.
