gettin my groove on "TRIP report" boardie bash style--april21-may11,2013

[Ti2m]

Groove,

That pork at Red Dragon looks delicious. Is there anything else besides pork on the menu?

Timm

[groove16]

Groove,

That pork at Red Dragon looks delicious. Is there anything else besides pork on the menu?

Timm

Hey Timm,

I dont know what else they have on the menu....The beers were the coldest I had on the trip, though....The pork was great, not fatty like some of the pork in Negril....But we all had the pork, it was ready and looked good...

Been reading ur posts for years...

Terry

[groove16]

2nutz and justchuck...glad u are enjoying it....got a few more to share...

[groove16]

the trip continued

Tuesday 5/7/13...We get up today and it is a bitter sweet morning, it is sweet cuz we are still in paradise and a beautiful day...bitter cuz it is our last day...

Well Janet wakes up with an earache which is worse and she says the pain feels like it is in her jaw...After talking to Rina, who is a diver, she said she thinks she has an ear infection....she also says she needs to get that looked at before she flys, because if it is bad enough, it might bust her eardrum....what?...yeah something about the change in altitude....Really?...We talk to that lady at the front desk and she agrees that Janet needs to have it looked at...she calls a doc and we talk to the doc on the phone and he asks Janet a few questions about the pain and blah, blah, blah, thinks she might have ear or sinus infection, he has a office in sav and negril and was on the way to negril when we got him...he said he would come by catcha and be there soon....he also said if it was ear infection, not to fly for 3 days...

now what? we are to picked up by kingsley in about 3 hours to fly out.....well we are packed, so we walk around and enjoy the grounds at catcha...I swim and jump for the last few times...look at the blue water...



the boats that pass by catcha

[groove16]

well after an hour or so, the doctor has not gotten to catcha, so we call him again...he says he is not gonna make it to catcha, but we can come to his office....

so we do the only thing that we can think of....we call kingsley, and tell him to not pick us up, and then we call the airline....we change our flights to saturday...the flight is a little less, but there is a change fee....and we can submit our doctors excuse for review to get reimbursed for the change fee...

so we have extended our vacation....this wasn't our intentions, we needed to get home to our animals, our housesitter was already there for 2 weeks, and my softball teams had taken 2 weeks off and was expecting me to pitch on saturday...but 3 days was friday, so we didnt want to push it...

we exchange more $$$, since we have a few more days...never had a 5000 before

well, we hang with our group at catcha until time for us to go to the appt.... the doctors office is in this plaza, on the way to sav...


the doctor office and slot machines in the same plaza


I laugh every time that i see the doctors name....DR. Ganja Ready...lol


well, he examined her ears, and said it looked red and a little swollen in there, but said not serious at all...cleaned it out a little with some alcohol and was gonna give her a script for antibotics, but I travel with some amoxicillen just in case.....so he said that would be great...so Janet is gonna live, and we have 3 more days in paradise...

[groove16]

after the office visit, we walk toward the roundabout...

pass by this sign


we stop by a couple of houses on the side of the road...we saw the kids in the yard, and Janet had a few more things to give away...

[groove16]

before we left for the doctor, we had to switch rooms at catcha, as someone had gemini, for that night....we just did one night, because rina and the gang were all leaving tomorrow and we would move to the beach...we got a GREAT deal on the room in the building with Aquarius and our friends...it is the room under the stairs with NO view...but it is a nice room....

we continue our walk from the docs toward the roundabout and finally we flag down a route taxi. we get him to drop us off at 3 dives....It is the tuesday night party and we get to hear Gary Cooper one more time...


I love this view...a look at Xtabi from 3 dives...2nd pic is of the sunning rock, and cave, the 3rd is the cabin and private rock and cave...

[groove16]

This would happen to be our last webcast...we made plans for canoe on thurs, but we didnt make it there....we dont know many people here tonight, Jamb and his wife, and JaJodi and husband Bill....Rob and Lisa....the rest we did not know...but we still had a great time...just kept to ourselves and partied and i made many tours of the grounds...lol...

the sunset was nice again...I think I am obsesssed with sunsets in Negril...


red stripe gets into the sunset action



and a fire at 3 dives


Larry, Rina, Rick, and Carolyn decided to skip 3 dives...it is their last night so they wanted to eat at Aubees, so that is what we did...Great burgers and fries....

this is the wise choice store sign....funny...the Craven A warning, and then a WISE CHOICE...lol

we get a couple of brownies for the veranda and head back to catcha....

Rina gets a call from Ken, her dive master, and they are at LTU, so we head over there for a drink and some goodbyes...


Larry had saved some Chinese candle lanterns for the last night..we set these off, as we enjoy the company of our friends for one last night...since it is the last night, we have to try to clean out the fridge and consume all the drinks, subs, brownies, that we can....cant take it with ya, so gotta consume it if we can....there are a lot of beers in that fridge, and we do the best that we can...a great night...we laughed with each other, and now I am getting a little mushy as I write this...I miss u guys, Rina, Larry, Carolyn and Rick.....Thanks for making our vacation the best ever....I gotta start diving with yall, gonna get me some barrracuda repellant and I will be ready...lmao at myself...OMG....I am sorry this report took a side track, but these guys helped make the trip what it is, so........

[BIG SHINY n Rootsy]

Awwww.....Groove is getting mushy again. Just kidding man.....you know that "real men get mushy" right? I was going to say that I was sorry to hear that the weather took a bit of a turn on you (luckily it was the day we left, haha) but now that I hear you extended your stay I dont feel so bad. Hmmmmmmm.....lets see..... an ear ache you say? I will have to remember that one. (only kidding of course, Im glad it turned out OK!) The more I read about your good times and see all your great pics, the more I wished we could have extended our stay a few more days. Oh well, like you said......maybe next year! Hey, I might PM you about your "pepper man" if thats ok? Great trip report! Im sorry to see that its coming to an end.

[groove16]

feel free to pm me anytime...i have a couple regulars that I use and have turned others on to....