First trip to Negril Jamaica trip report

[Rambo]

we have been going since '84.....many-many trips have passed, BUT! nothing will ever replace the "FIRST"...they may get better as they did, but never equal our first time........

read our blog on our first trip, if you wanna funny story.........see link below
have FUN

[gerryg123]

I have a good feeling about this report .....

[Seveen]

newbies!

[68Stang]

It's kind of an inside joke on the Willy Wonka thing..If you have seen the Gene Wilder version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory..there is a part where he is on the wacky boat and the ride is really weird. The train that goes from TSA security to the various gates..has that same feel to it the lights flash on and off as you get really close to the wall. It used to trip our kids out..and they would call it the Willy Wonka Ride. So it stuck. if you don't have to travel between gate areas you won't see it. And you really won't see the wacked out statue of the blue horse with the evil red eyes as you drive into the airport..the artist must have been really wacked when he put that sculpture together.. Anyway..we got through customs lickity split..we had the MOBAY lounge package and it took us 5 minutes to get through customs. Our mobay guide was wonderful and we had some punch in the lounge and headed over to the Sandals lounge where they had our luggage ready to go..The Sandal's rep told us it would be about 20 minutes to 1/2 an hour before we would head out. That was fine..it was going to allow us to sample some punch.. Well we were only there 5 minutes and the Sandals rep said they had a car for us..we had a personal driver named mark, and he was awesome.. The GP is a nice place..It's not fancy but that's not what we were looking for. The room is clean and the right size for the 2 of us.

We just hung out on the beach and watched the folks walking around (actually not too many) and the few vendors walking around. Had the dinner buffet at the GP and basically are really tired as we have been up since 2:00 A.M. mountain time. Will post a few more pics from today later. Tommorrow is slug day..mrs Stang wants to just lay out and get some sun! I will have to keep myself occupied keeping her hydrated

[541lion]

Haha that's hilarious

[groove16]

tomorrow night, tues, alfreds is right next door and will have live entertainment...enjoy your trip

[Kay Spiker Pontius]

Enjoy your trip, I loved having in flight wi-fi

[Scott Rice]

Make sure you take in the beauty of Jamaica on the way to Negril via taxi (I'm assuming)... I've always enjoyed seeing that part of my journey, stopping at an occasional
rum bar, grabbing a Red Stripe.... having an overproof shot lol (only twice) ... Ive always loved seeing that portion of the island and how life moves and shakes and lives....
enjoy that first taste of Negril, I'm sure it will be 1 of many......cheers

[68Stang]

Well here we are at Day 2..It was a great day. spent some time walking around the beach in the morning..picked up a couple of items and Mrs Stang got her hair braided. We had a couples massage for an hour and a half..it was soooo relaxing..the beach was great, however it is not crowded at all due to the offseason..had a nice almost sunset..but the clouds got into the way. Tommorrow is the One Love Bus Bar Crawl! Will post more pictures tomorrow after the bus crawl....BTW..has anyone else had a hard time getting a buzz on alchohol at the GP...we have had to have them double the amount of alcohol to get even anything going. anyway..here are a few more pics.

[68Stang]

Woke up this morning to a beautiful beach. Had lunch at Alfreds. Got tour scheduled for the Black River, YS Falls, and Appleton tomorrow. Then went to Alfreds for lunch! busy morning.