Yes it went by really fast, Kahuna was good to finally see you on the beach!
As you now know I spent several hours with JT today and have to digest it all, so will post todays happenings in the morning!
Yes it went by really fast, Kahuna was good to finally see you on the beach!
As you now know I spent several hours with JT today and have to digest it all, so will post todays happenings in the morning!
Trip #59 most of February
Last morning in Negril, it was a busy week, so I am looking forward to getting home for some rest, except the weather!
So yesterday after an omlette breakfast here ay Xtabi, I actually laid on one of them lounge chairs and relaxed for about an hour, first time since being here.
Was not sure of a plan for the day, so headed towards the beach for some reason, decided tostart at Fun Holiday as it is webcast day there, had a few Redstripes there, just hangin out as the rain clouds started to roll in.
While we are there in rolls Kahuna,s friend JT, he is heading down the beach with a couple friends from Michigan, I spent some time with last year, Jt was trying to tell me a lot of stuff in a real short amount of time!, and his friends start leaving him behind as the are heading to Sunnyside.
I tell them i will catch up in a bit, as I leave to head there, I finally run into Kahuna on the beach, minutes later JT,s friends are coming back and the rain starts to come down harder, we take shelter and hang out until the rain slows up,
Trip #59 most of February
By this time Kahuna decides to go back and I move on to Maureen,s bar where Jt is in his usual spot, they had rigged up a cardboard defecter to keep the rain off his back in that spot, will post that picture later!
So now a couple Redstripes later, I realize I dont get to say much while I am hanging with JT!
So we start walking back the othere way until we get to Sunbeach, we both seem to be never at a loss of words! If you know what I mean.
We hang at the bar there for a while and a couple drinks and decide to head back towards Seasplash.
We have a little reunion party there with Rasta Dave and some good laughs as well.
I got a few pictures, and it was not easy, a retired couple at the bar being the photographers, after several unsucsessful tries from both of them I give up!
The whole time we are there there is a wedding reception moving in, as mentioned before JT is shirtless, ball cap,on shoes, and the famous zip lock baggy wallet. I felt as though we were wedding crashers, even though we stayed out of the way at the end of the bar, for the most part.
So now JT asks what are you going to do now.I have no plans.
Want to go back to Maureen,s he asks, why not.
So back down the beach we go.
A stop at Whitesands as JT hears a women with a Quebec accent and has to enquire!
Ends up she is the mother of the reggae singer from the Kahuna posts.
We end up catching a pretty good sunset from the tp deck there, before heading down.
So some more of this Ottawa crew has showed up and they give JT a bit of a hard time before we move on.
Was a good walk to get back down there where now Robert is working,a few more drinks and I decide to work my way back as its dark now.
Trip #59 most of February
I say my good by,s as I might not see him again this trip.
So now I am able to catch a past last call two for one dirty banana at Yellowbird, after a brain freeze or two, work my way back to the road catch a cab, and head to Sunset After Dark for a light dinner, cuury pepper shrimp salad!!
I see the Finland girlthere with her friends, very interesting how they eat lobster, not a crumb left just the shell!
She says thats how they eat there no waiste, they eat fish like that too, only the bones are left!
I was there for quite some time then taxi back to Xtabi, where I can hear the live band still playing at 3Dives, I feel the pull to head over but just couldnt do it!
Eleven oclock and I am done again, must be almost time to head home!
Trip #59 most of February
Hey PoolGuy, thanks for letting us tag along -- living vicariously through you is closest I'll ever get to that kind of action! Maybe you'll find a good deal and come back while we're there in March. Your posts made me think of my story that made you laugh last year about the beach guy who was giving out a hard time last year to the big fat man as he past, with me behind him -- and then he turned on me. I can't even recall the whole story, but it made me lol. Safe travels home.
John if you are lurking, glad you are back and enjoying yourself.
So there is one more day, but this is a non drinking day as I am flying out at 8:15 pm.
Started off the day with another of them western omlettes at Xtabi, they are really good!
I figure I will start out with a little sun time on one of them lounge chairs over by the cliffs.
I have a few things to do before I leave, like change some money and make one pass down the beach. I always change money before i leave for the next trip. I have officially pushed back my checkout until two, but am going to try and milk an extra hour out.
I walk down the west end road soakin up the view all the way, exchange comments with the usual cast of characters along the way.
I notice it seems to be little quieter on the road than usual.
Finally caught up with Connie, have not seen her all week either, she says she was around but I never saw when passing by, we talked for a while and got caught up.
I made a stop by Susan,s bar "Natura Mystic" I felt bad I never got in a night visit for some Redstripe and the conversation. Susan has started an expansion to her bar as she needs more exposure to the road, for any one that has been there you know what I mean.
After a grand tour and getting filled in on the plans, I have a video to show the location, will gget that up tonight.
Finally make it to the cambio, by the roundabout all locked up! "change money" "change money"!!!!
Nomon! I say I was ripped by you guys before! Not me they reply, so the cambio is closed because its "hash wenesday"as every Jamaican calls it, lol
So I catch a route taxi down to Bourbon Beach as that cambio is closed too. "change money" "change money" I explain again about being ripped before, so I get the dude to hand me the Ja dollars and I count it three times very carefully before giving up that $100 crisp plastic Canadian bill! lol
Too funny though as I am finishing up ( I would not recomend this to any one ever, I shoulda went to the chinaman store, they give good rate too) so this white dude with a pony tail comes over "heymon you didnt give me the right amount! "
Any way I got out of there laughin a little as there was the proof why you dont change money on the road!
Trip #59 most of February
As I was walking away the exchange was getting a little heated.
So now I am on the beach its a beautiful beach day too bad I am leaving for 3 weeks hate to miss these kid of days!
I stop to say goodbye to Maureen and this dude that I talked to every day there, she is quick mon, she had an icy cold Redstripe in front of me before I said a word!
I thought I might see JT here but he hasnt made his stop as of yet.
So after I finish my stripe, I wander up the beach a little farther.
Time check shows I should be getting back to clean up and check outa my room.
Trip #59 most of February
Originally Posted by poolguywindsor
I hate it when you have to go home and the trip report ends.
AHHHHHHH time to GO?????Already???? Thank-you for all the on sight reporting~~LOVE tagging along with you.
"I'll love you till the stars fall out of the sky "
:cool
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