Here goes....My first Trip Report Patrick & Lisa Mar2013....

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So, here we are, at Three Dives....loving life, eating yummy local food, and gettin' down to the sounds of Beres Hammond over the speakers...there is an anticipation of the band/bands that will be playing later, and the sweet aroma of subs in the air.Well, the red stripes are going down way too easy, we see our New York pals and sit a spell with them, then decide that there is NO WAY we are gonna make it for the live entertainment(we kinda knew this going in..it IS Jamaica, after all). Say our goodbyes, and walk on out of Three Dives...(kind of a LITERAL pub crawl, you might say)..No cabs, at least none that are interested...till we walk a bit, and finally one comes to our rescue..I say "Seastar Inn?" ...and he replies "I know, mon..I take you there earlier today"....Well alright..our mystery driver from Xtabi who delivered our wet hides earlier in the day where others wouldn't is back.....too cool for school...Now, we heard a day or 2 later that apparently, on the side of the road, near the entrance to Three Dives, there is some sort of crevice/drop off that if a pedestrian is not careful, can FALL IN!!!...and apparently, someone DID!!. Sounds like it could have been near the time we had left Fri. night....I guess it took a bit of doing to get her out..like basket wenching or some such thing...Ouch!! This was going to turn out to be a not so good week for accidents on the West End....Now safely home, we don't NEED to, but can't resist just one more beer at the bar, which Alvin is quick to deliver...now who do we see? fellow boardie Robin...who just got in today....although we've never met, Robin greets us with big hugs as we are really starting to feel at home here on the West End....We are "getting it" now...As seven mile beachers every trip, we had been entertaining the thought of a west end stay for a while, but felt like we would miss out on the vibe we know and love....well this one rocks, too...different, but just as stellar....Now Chris appears to tell us about his fishing on this day, between watching Winnipeg Jets powerplays on the tv. He asks, "Can I buy you guys a beer?" which normally we would jump at...but graciously gave him a no thank you as our livers were threatening to escape from our body cavities if the punishment didn't stop.We are really grateful that we had left 3 Dives when we did because although not staggering dumb drunk...we are there!! Our Winnipeg friends would tell us in the a.m. that we appeared very happy last night....and right they were.