Why do you visit Negril? For me it...

[68Stang]

This last June was our first time to Negril. My better half is a socal girl who loves the beach. In our 30 years of marriage I can count the times we have been to the beach on 1 hand..Me being a desert rat from Arizona..the beach didn't have too much appeal. I thought I would give her a great 30th Anniversary present and go someplace that had a great beach and we found the GP in Negril. I have not seen her as happy as being on that beach in a while. I had a great time too, and enjoyed every minute of it. We can hardly wait to be able to save enough to go back..What started as nice getaway has almost become an obsession as we scour the hotel and airfare rates almost daily to see if we can find a smoking price to book.

[walter]

We all keep coming back, because, like no other resort area, only Negril has a character and the face with a big, Jamaican smile. After a number of visits, we stop counting. Just "reach" again...
Walter

[biggbxguy]

Negril is a much different place from 30 something years ago when I first got there..I was going to mo bay before that and when I first stepped foot in Negril it was a totally different experience from that. I fell in love instantly. Back then the beach road and west end was much less populated, it was not so comercialised as it is now this is what I enjoyed... now...with so many additions like Burger King,the water park all the AI hotels Negril has become more like a city and not a fishing village. These changes are ineveitable the world is growing and so is Negril. If you were to ask me do I like Negril better then or now I would say then without a doubt. BUT my love for Negril and all of Jamaica is without a doubt in my heart. The growing of Negril has done so many good things for the people who are born and raised there The Hospital project,proper sewage,better water all are there now because of tourisim. Negril is different now ..but as much as some of these changes have been done they are all for the better.

so to answer Robs question My answer is the people I know for years they have been part of my family and will always be. I will never stop visiting them or Negril for that matter.

P.S. Never trust anyone who does not love the Beach...

[Flipadelphia26]

My only experience of Negril is within the last 18 months. Granted, I will be making my 5th Journey in that time frame in two weeks. I enjoy seeing the pictures of how it was before the first hippies showed up. How it was when the hippies arrives and how it looked 10 years ago, and how it looks now. I certainly love it for what it is right now, and I think the progression of Negril into what it is today has provided both: foreigners with a place to visit on vacation, as well as locals a means of income.

You can look at just about any neighborhood in any place in the wold and reminisce the "good old days". The town I grew up in. About 50 miles from Philadelphia, and about 50 miles from Baltimore used to be a small town, where Amish Buggies used to clop down the main streets. Seldom did you see a car drive by. When you did, it was someone you knew.. Now I am 29 years old. I left for college 10 years ago. There's new housing developments all over the place. A wall-mart and adjoining shopping center. Several new business establishments etc. With that growth came a lot of traffic, and less Amish buggies clopping down the streets. But it also brought a nice face lift to the main street. It has drawn more local events. Just last week they had a 54 lap bicycle race that went through the neighborhood streets. There' also a brand new High School, that was badly needed, paid for by the influx new tax revenue due growth.

Change isn't always bad.

[STRIPER]

If I can quote Bruce Springsteen,"these are better days,babe"

[St. Anthony's Kitchen]

My first trip to Jamaica was to Negril in the year 2000, I arrived ON my birthday and that was the best birthday I've had since I also met Rob then for the first time and thought, what a cool guy! To see that Rob is still here and doing an amazing job with Negril.com, among other tings, make me smile

Back then there wasn't a Soup Kitchen, nor any type of place to help serve the needy.... look at us now!!! We serve over 40 children breakfast Mon - Fri, help ensure they get to school, about 120 lunches daily every Mon - Fri; and we have a thrift shop where people can get good clothing/shoes at a very low cost

BIG UP St. Anthony's Kitchen and all those who made it happen!

[Accompong]

I know this may sound kind of strange, but I never really "loved" Negril. I liked it a lot at different times and sometimes loathed it for bleeding me dry of my money.

I was lucky enough to find Jamaica's interior on many visits before adding Negril as a stop and now only go to Negril once during my 5+ month stay to get a likkle taste of nightlife and visit with longtime friends.

I look at Jamaica (sans Negril) as a longterm lover and Negril as a onetime mistress. When you are comfortable at home you don't look elsewhere and I am very comfortable at home.

Peace and Guidance

[tfw73]

Negril is beautiful and special. We all love to be there, or we wouldn't be on this site

Having said that, all those things a few people bemoan- Burger King, Internet, hotels, electricity, etc. make life better for the Jamaican people who live there. They deserve the same conveniences that we all enjoy. The world has changed, IS changing. Who knows, humans may be complaining about how awesome Mars was before all the development lol.

[captaind]

Bump

[Muck]

...and 30 years from now people will be looking back and saying these were the "good ol' days".