A silly money question - US$ to JA$

[Rob]

I remember being all excited to get to Negril and from the airport the 1st stop for a beer was at the Lollipop bar on the road. We were on the "compound bus" and jumped off for a Red Stripe as the others would stay on the bus and sneer at us for holding them up in their Rush to get into the compound. No more compounds and no more bus and sadly,no more Lollipop Bar.

The last few times I stopped at the Lollipop (in Sandy Bay), it was less than a pleasant experience. It seemed that some people realized that "everyone" knew about the place and the prices for beers had gone through the roof. The service was bad and there was incredible pressure to buy all your "supplies" at that moment and not to wait until getting to Negril.

We took that place off our list of places to stop in the mid/late 90's and chose Valerie's stop instead. You can still get a cold beer at a fair price in Sandy Bay at Valerie's.

[Mike_D]

That's really cool. I am a big Beatles fan. I had no idea.

Nice! I'm a big Beatles fan here, too.

Here is the pic of Macca chilling in Negril:
http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...ll=1#post76897

[goldilocks]

Why do we have to have ancient history classes on a travel website?

"Don't forget your history;
Know your destiny:
In the abundance of water,
The fool is thirsty."
from Rat Race Bob Marley

[Hussyband]

"Don't forget your history;
Know your destiny:
In the abundance of water,
The fool is thirsty."
from Rat Race Bob Marley

Sarcasm is such a lost art, I think. The whole point of that post was to poke a bit of fun, calling 1985 ancient, and I was immediately one upped by flip (who got the joke) telling me he was born in 1984.

[Rob]

Sarcasm is not a lost art - it is just hard to pull off with only words on the internet. Without the tone, gestures and inflections of the voice - things can be taken terribly wrong on the internet.

But Flip did zing you good.... (grin)

[yetta]

Lollipop Bar....OMG...a flash from the way back machine! For years, that was always THE stop on the way to Negril. As they say though...nothing as inevitable as change. So happy to have experienced that......but happy to be experiencing the present in Negril too!

[Hussyband]

Flip won that round, hands down. When next I am in his neck of the woods, I may have to drop off a 6 pack of red stripe on his doorstep.