35 Sunsets Slices of Salt Life from the Capital of Cool

[lorirowin]

Good report! I will (with my friend Brian) be in Negril on Wed. as well! It is my 8th trip. I used to always go alone but it is also great to have a friend. I have stayed at White Sands before, they used to have a pool table and I wondered if they still do. I like to play pool! We are staying a Whistling Bird for 4 days then heading to the cliffs for 4 days. Maybe we will bump into you on the beach! Can't wait!


Lori

[MoFromMonroe]

Loving this. The video of Dude is awesome!

[mn negril fan]

Yes they still have the pool table

[justchuck]

Nice report, keep it coming!

[Kahuna3]

Alex and Josh arrived yesterday and have settled in - Chances pizza for lunch, Best in the West for dinner. Good start. No sign of the Cake Lady last night though.

Today it is cool and windy and big waves are pounding the beach.Going for a walk later, then Sunnyside for beers. Arranging for pub crawl on Wed and YS Falls on Thursday. Big concert at Waves on Wed nite - Lady Shaw and a whole bunch more. Gonna be busy. Willhave lots of phoyos and ty'ings to say, but later.

More crew arriving today and tomorrow.


I mentioned earlier that birds feast on the ripe fruit in the Ethiopian apple tree that is situated just outside our balcony. Well, at night – the fruit bats come. Dozens and dozens of them. These ‘rat bats’, as the Jamaicans call them, have a wingspan of about one foot. When I first got here, there were no bats at night in that tree. But it only took one bat to find it, then the next night he came back with all of his cave buddies. They begin arriving around an hour after sunset. They set up an orbit around the tree, swiftly winging around and around to periodically dive into the foliage and light on a fruit-laden branch. There must be forty or fifty of them, it’s quite a spectacle. They eat for a while then resume their orbits. As they fly, they occasionally make a twitter/chip sound. They also relieve themselves, squirting guano on the side of the building and deck flooring. The railing is not currently a good place to hang a towel out to dry.

Our chambermaid, Janet from another Planet, curses them, ‘Dem rat-bat, dey dutty, dutty. I wanta hit dem in de head!” whenever she’s swabbing bat poop from the tiles of the balcony. Their feast creates a huge mess under the tree as well, it is littered with half eaten apples, leaves that have been knocked off and myriad small chunks of fruit. The gardeners rake and sweep it up every day.

These bats are not shy, if I stand on the balcony and lean out a little, a few of the bats will break away from their dizzying orbits to come over to check me out. They flit by me, about a foot from my face, then return to their business.
Check out this photo of one of the bats coming over to check me out.

[nutz4travel]

Love the bat pictures!

I think maybe Dude is a leaf's fan, he doesn't seem to want to say "leafs suck"

[Lady Jane]

Ooooo that bat pic is scary, for me anyway. Another blizzard here K3. Please think of me when you are walking in the sand and drinking a cold Red Stripe.
21 more sleeps

[Kahuna3]

Love the bat pictures!

I think maybe Dude is a leaf's fan, he doesn't seem to want to say "leafs suck"

I don't think the Dude is a Leafs fan - that would be cruelty to animals. He's just having problems with the 'S' sound. I'm gonna keep working with him.

Yesterday was a very blustery day in Negril, but that didn’t slow us down too much. We still hit the beach and did some walkin’ about, but we didn’t go in the wata. Check this video of the wave action.



Here’s a boat that was pulled up on the beach because the water was so rough.




Here’s a shot of Alex and Josh just entering the ‘unregulated territories’. Do you think they will be okay? They are lovin’ Negril and are already talking about next year.



We usually meet on the White Sands sundeck for sunset, but last night it was cool and windy and the horizon was obscured by cloud, so we all gathered in the gazebo at White Sands and had a drink – there were 13 of us. Here is a shot of a couple of cuties.



So we were all sitting around and I looked over towards the beach – and I spotted the Cake Lady! I went and brought her over and everybody got excited when she said she had German chocolate cake. She also had banana cake – we had hit the mother lode!



So we all gathered around and we pretty well cleaned her out. Here’s a shot of the Cake Lady and JT. This is an unusual shot because JT has a shirt on - it was so cool yesterday afternoon.




Later Bea, Alex, Josh and I went down to Margaritaville to dine – mainly because it is sheltered and the service is quick. There was a shooter guy walking around. Here is a shot of my baby girl . . . I’m so proud of her



When they started up the karaoke the screeching and wailing was so bad we had to get out of there.
The weather is calmer today, so we’ll see what happens next.

[VVHT]

K3,

Good stuff! It is blustery and Very Very Cold here in Boston. Need my Negril fix.

Thanks for posting pics, video and TP.

VVHT

[justchuck]

Thanks for the update. It was even cold in Florida this morning.