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

[groove16]

hello dolly



larry and rick---two good ole biker boyz from canada


add in sweet sweet carolyn


interested couple in jesse and dang on the right and add in rina on the left


a shot of the party


and the sunset and last pic of the day


we party at 3 dives....I tell jim and donna I was gonna share a taxi back to the beach with them... a little later they are ready, party still going strong...never mind, I'm staying...larry, rina and my group leave an hour later, but party still going strong...I tell rock robster I am sharing a taxi to the beach with him, ok he says....well about midnight and the only ones left are dang and jesse, rob, lisa, rock rob, bea, myself, and a couple more....we decide to move the party to eddie's debar, keep it in the family...so some ride and some walk to debar...we are the only ones there, and we start all over again....30 minutes into the gig, a van pulls in and I hear....oh, thats groove, theres rob and lisa, there is....and now joing the party is......WPYOGI stef and drew....1st time meeting these 2 and i now have some new friends....i also got to meet chicken the driver.....i will have more fun with him later....we party until I don't know when, then catch a ride back to fun holiday...

tomorrow is moving day and the much anticipated arrival of my sweet, beautiful wife, Janet...

[Roy Mon !]

Great job on the trip report groove , I`m loving it.

[rinakim]

Waiting very impatiently for more .........

[groove16]

I have been having trouble with this next part...it has been written and erased many times...I am just gonna tell it like it happened....

On with the trip report...

Today is moving day for me, and it is the arrival of my wife, Janet...It is actually moving day for all of us, we will reunite at white sands...We didn't know anything about white sands, because we never stayed on this end ofthe beach...my friend got a deal from work, and we all decided to stay here...

I get up at my regular time, and take my morning walk on the beach. I decide to walk towards town, find my driver if I can and arrange my move. I am successful at doing all of this. I walk back to Fun Holiday and then to White Sands to go ahead and try to check in....No problem...Room is ready, U can check in when you get ready to... I walk back to F.H., gather my things, call my driver and I am off...I get checked in, no problem....Janet and I are staying beachside, and Our friends are staying in 2 rooms on the garden side...we knew the rooms on garden side were bigger, but we chose to be closer to the beach...The office at W.S. is on the garden side, I get my key and we drive to the beach side, unload all my luggage, about 5 minutes, and then I head to town for supplys. I tell my driver what I need and he takes me to the fruit stand for soem pineapples, to the china man store for 2 cases of red stripe, wata, and juices, thru the Burger King drive thru for a bag of ice, and a box lunch 300ja at king fisherman outside whistling bird...ate here about 6 times this trip....

well, we pull into the beach side at white sands...there is a spot about the length of a bus then there are some flower pots blocking the drive, an area just big enuff for a driver to park and unload the guest...that is what everyone i asked thought it was for...so here we go....my driver grabs a handful of stuff, I grab lunch and ice and we go to the room...I stay in the room, he goes to get the beer, and brings it back...I pay him and he is off...it takes about 5 minutes, max from start to finish...I close my door, open my door to the veranda, becasue the room is still hot, and I hear some yelling...I look out and it is my driver and someone, and it is getting louder...I head out and as I round the corner of the building (I am upstairs), I hear a lot of jibberish that I can't understand, and see my driver and this guy and lady on a golf cart. .the guy is sitting there, saying something on occasion, but the lady is shooting birds, saying f$^* you, and get the fook out of here, steadily showing the middle finger...driver is yelling, golfcart man is yelling, lady is screaming....a bumb***** here, a f u there, blah blah blah, I yell what is going on, I am told to stay out of it, mind my business by golf cart man...that is my driver and he was just unloading my things....I dont care who he is, he cant park here, you park across the road and bring the things across....(although this wasnt said, it is expected to cross the busy road with no cross walk with your stuff instead of parking in what appeared to everyone I surveyed that week as a loading zone, about 3 people..hehehe) as golf cart man is yelling at me, the 2 others are really getting loud, f. u., and something about your mother, and the golf cart man turns his attention backto the driver...one or two more exchanges, golf cart man said something, driver gets to his car, yells at me that he will not pick me up again at this property, and I yelled back to him that you dont have to worry about me calling you back to this property....driver left, golf cart drove off, and i go back to my room, baffled at what just happened...
all this and it is about 12 oclock, but wait, it gets even better/...I eat my lunch, my sub, have a drink and get ready for Janet...I see Rina and Larry head by my room to the beach, they had just checked in.
Okay I needed to take some info back to the office, and I wanted to report what I had witnessed...In my opinion, it was uncalled for...well as I cross the road and get half way to the office, here comes the golf cart, the man was alone...I tried to stop him to find out what was going on and he passed right on by me...at this point I didnt know who he was, at first I thought he was a guest, then as it escalated, I realized he was with the property...he drove a piece, then whipped it around and came back...i asked him what happened, he said something I didnt understand, I said excuse me, then he something else. I said I don't know exactly what happened but it got out of hand..then he said it clear...GO FOOK YOURSELF!!!!thats what i thought he said the 1st time...who the fook are you? I am the fooking owner...before I could respond, he continued, I can't believe you come to a foriegn country and disrespect the locals like this...we don't need your type here, get your things and get off the property...I said something, he said something and then he was off....I am now very upset, i walk into the office, and the lady ata the desk asked me what is wrong before I could say a word.....I tell a piece of the story and I burst into tears...not like me, but here is what is running through my mind...wtf....i was just checking in...my wife will be here in less than an hour, and she has no where to stay...i dont mind moving, but my friends all just checked in...3 rooms total...6 nights each...

so she calls frances out...he hears me out, and this time I will say that Frances was the nicest man I may have met...he did all he could to make me happy, and didnt really kiss my azz to do it....free steak and lobster all week would not have changed what happened...come to find out, frances tells me this is the owner and his daughter ...that is even worse in my opinion...frances tells me to go to my room, and he will be there in a likkle while...well, he comes to my room and here it is...the owner is upset at the driver as some disrespectful things were said...I ask about loading bags across the road, he said that is what we have henry for, he will get your bags...i didnt know about henry, i was just checking in..he said that would normally okay, but we were there a long time, and the owner couldnt get his golfcart by...no we were not there long, and how would i know there rules, even if he says the driver should have....frances, says he understands, blah blah...so here is the deal...u can get a full refund, your friends can get a full refund and we will part that way...or you can stay and just avoid the owner if at all possible....so Janet gets there, automatically thinks I am at fault...then she talks to a worker who saw the whole thing, and it was explained to here just like I said....the driver adn the owners daughter both said some ugly things...but I didnt...but really, I didnt have a chance to say much...so now she wants to move...they can't talk to you like that....but I had been thinking and here was my plan...no need for her to suffer..she was just getting here...so were our friends....so, lets stay tonight and if we decide, lets move in the morning...so that's what we did....


sorry about the ramble.....but the story had to be told...good thing I didnt do an onsite trip report, or according to my notes, I probably would have been banned for some of the things I was gonna say about the incident....

alot of people on here like white sands, and it is a nice property, and I am not gonna trash the place or say things that are not true, but I am gonna say how I and MY Group were treated...

we have been vacationing for 25 years. we have been to negril 4 times now and have stayed at Grand Pineapple, Negril Beach Club (motel part, not condos) Blue cave castle with no air, Legends, Catcha, Fun Holiday, Sheilds, BarB Barn....have had no wata, no hot water, no pressure, no current, a/c out, slow service....etc....we are not hard to please, use maid service about every 3 days, and usually take care of ourselves.....**** happpens, u won't hear us complain or trash a place on here about things they can not control...but service and how i am treated will get reported, from my point of view...

[groove16]

Now on to a better vibe....Janets arrival and her 1st meeting with our old friends...

janets trip was a great one...she met up with Katho and they shared a pre arranged ride to Negril with Kingsley...I will take this time to say that we love us some Katho...she is so sweet...at this point, I had yet to meet her, but that will come later...anyway, they made a stop or two for red stripes, and Janet had a buzz when she got there...hell, I was sober and freaking at this point...so off to the beach


the reunion of Janet and Rina




the 1st child to receive Janets and Rinas kindness


Janet and long lost bro Larry



selling fruits and nuts


horses join the party


then a dog also joins


how many legs are there is this picture?

[Jambarney]

Wow, Groove thanks for your honesty. We were just about to book the villa for our son's graduation trip next spring, kind of thinking twice after reading this.

Love the report and your pic's man.

Jamb

[groove16]

The special at white sands was 2 for 1 rum punches and I had the cooler full of ice cold red stripe, so we were all having a blast...Janet says this was one of her most fun beach days of the trip, and she didnt get there until about 3pm...Great company always makes for great times....

Our friend Ali shows up and plays a few tunes for us, while his partner sings....


rasta monkey shows up on the horse


carolyn and the dog


wanna share?



Janet Rasmarko and Ali


Rasta monkey and the musician...larry gave him some guitar strings and he got several other things from us, along with some $$$$
he played several tunes for us....works very hard to make a few bucks despite his missing leg...pretty good musician too


and the last pic of the day


The drinks were flowin, the subs were rollin, the sun was beatin, and most had not eaten....that meant we were getting past the buzzed stage and entering the drunk stage...hehehe, and we were....gary and steph and arrived at wild parrot and called to say they were heading down...they met up with us and we all partied together...
I don't know how long this lasted because not more pics to help with the memory...no sun set pic...I remember walking to larry and rinas room with Janet and Rina arm in arm, laughing and giggling and having a great time....we enjoy their room and veranda for quite awhile until?????i do remember their room being much larger than ours...

anyway we head to our room, I remember being hungry, Janet wanted to go to bourbon beach to see our old friends and eat jerk chicken, my notes say we walked to bourbon beach and it was dead, walked back up the beach and we ate trash can chicken from delta, same as I did earlier...

[groove16]

Wow, Groove thanks for your honesty. We were just about to book the villa for our son's graduation trip next spring, kind of thinking twice after reading this.

Love the report and your pic's man.

Jamb

loved meeting you and your lovely wife, and had some fun times with you...the villas were very impressive, as the blandys were staying there, and we got to hang there some...the private pool is great....I will give you all the info you want, if u need it...pm me...

[nutz4travel]

Thanks Groove for the TR! I wondered what had happened at WS...

It was such a pleasure meeting all of you, wish we could have spent more time together but you were all soooooooo busy And for all who haven't had the pleasure of meeting your lovely wife yet, she really is one of the nicest, kindest people I've ever met...

[STRIPER]

Hey,there's no crying in baseball(Jk)