Negril is better than ever! I am here, and I am having a GOOD time!

[gerryg123]

I took like a three-hour nap, so now I am totally up to speed. I headed down to meet Anthony, the friend I made in front of the Jungle last Friday when i was looking for the back cover of my phone (it had broken off, cheap Jamaica phone). Anyway, Anthony is a trip cause he is an expat type who speaks perfect Patois, yet he is lilly white European looking -- it takes you surprise when you hear him talk w locals cause he been here 22 years or something, so he has all the gestures and accents the same, too.

He works at Whistling Bird, where I had hung out by mistake thinking it was Yellowbird for Rob's party, so we hung out and chatted it up. Actually, he is the owner. I had one of their blended fruit punches, good stuff, and soaked up some rays, swam in the ocean, and used his courtesy "sand" shower that's really pimp cause it has multiple shower heads, one for the feet, one for the tummy, and one rain shower overhead .... god I love this town.

Refreshed (god what an incredibly beautiful hot breezy day at the beach right now), I scooted to Xtabi, where I ran into the Italian guy from my first night (small world here in Negril), and I coaxed his stepson into doing some great jumps off the Cliffs (poor kid just cant figure out how to do a flip from the lower jump, tho). I couldnt find my green raft that I had left there, i guess I lost track of it, haven't been to Xtabi in like three days cause I been rompin all over the place at night, as you well know by now if you're on this page of the report.

Also hangin at Xtabi was Tedd, the owner who days earlier really jumped to attention when I suggested shelly k said he would take good care of me (we almost bought a room cause it was too loud at Legends, but the Xtabi deal fell through when the AC clicker did not work). Ya, shelly k ain't no joke, you mention her name, you get good service in this town .... she must spread a lot of money around or something, ha ha.

Anyway, where was I? Oh ya, so also at Xtabi was another woman sitting with Tedds, a white lady with amazing dreds, like a Grateful Dead fan or something. I forgot her name, but we had met before. And a nice couple from Carson, I had said Hi to them when they were first checkin in at Xtabi a few days ago and I was chillin with my daughters (they were still here back then), I saw these two, and of course they're having a good time. Not as adventurous as me, but they're having a good time. There is a special element to being a single traveler with a scooter -- it's a whole different world than a typical beach vacation, baby.



Switched rooms today cause Chris had to mix and match a room w double bed (now I've switched to a king), but I was so lazy that I paid one of the hotel assistants $20 US to pack me up, move me, then unpack me in the room down the path as I sat rolling Js on the desk; he was thrilled.

It's about lunch time, 1230 p.m. here at the bar at Seastar Inn. I'm hangin with Rick the Prick, great guy .... I am filled with energy, I have a nice buzz, a wad of 1000s and 500s, and a zesty enthusiasm for the rest of the day. I think I will head to Bantons and my friend Keith and Rasta's house, see what those fools are doing ....