Look at all you hotties
Glad to see this thread get bumped, just read through most of it again. Ya'll please keep it rollin
Look at all you hotties
Glad to see this thread get bumped, just read through most of it again. Ya'll please keep it rollin
Stir IT UP
negrilmon,
Nice memories!!! I first visited Negril in April 75. Was in Ft Lauderdale during Spring Break and the crowd was too much, walked by a travel agency and saw that Jamaica poster with the beautiful girl and bought a R-Trip Miami - MoBay on the spot. Stayed in Red Ground not far up the hill on the left side across from a church.
I jumped from the same spot as your dad at Ricks, my first but not last, I remember well that upon impact with the water how the soles of my feet stung like heck. I wonder how many people have been injured or died there as a result of jumping? Back then Rick's was much smaller but still very popular place at sunset.
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West End Rd mid 80's.............................................. .................................................. .....................................Jennys Cafe...about '84
great reading...keep thinking back everybody, continue please
we didn't come along until mid 80's.....even then it sure has changed,,,we actually got use to waiting for coffee, 20-30 minutes, food much longer, it taught you to slow down right now....keep up the good work.....
"One of the laundry gals pipes up ,,"LOOK AT DA BLOOD"
"YES,THAT WOULD BE MINE" I said as my leg that at first gave no pain, started dishing it out in large bunches........"
want more read our blog? our first trip.........http://negril.com/forum/entry.php?58...-The-Beginning
[QUOTE=johng;104850]negrilmon,
Nice memories!!! I first visited Negril in April 75. Was in Ft Lauderdale during Spring Break and the crowd was too much, walked by a travel agency and saw that Jamaica poster with the beautiful girl and bought a R-Trip Miami - MoBay on the spot. Stayed in Red Ground not far up the hill on the left side across from a church.
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That was a heck of a poster. When I think of LC's Sonja, that is what comes to mind, that beautiful ethnic Indian girl in the tight wet tee shirt. Probably from Mandyville, as I understand that is where most of the ethnic Indians are concentrated. Although there was a fine looking Jamaican Indian woman who worked the rental car desk at Hedonism who was highly attractive and had a set to match the girl in the poster.
I walked to the travel agency in Coconut Grove, but pretty much the same deal.
Thanks for posting the pictures, johng.
Whappen Piggymon?
Give a new meanin "COME TO JAMAICA" Yes mon!!
I remember staring at that poster in the waiting lounge of the Mobay airport, johng. Easy on the eyes for sure.
I'M COMING out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-mjl63e0ms
Great photos Jhong! Thanks!
Speaking of Rick's being much smaller back in the day. I recall the bar was just an old converted swimming pool with a thatch roof built over it to protect from rain!
You would be eye level with the bartenders because the were standing in the drained pool.
Electricity was so iffy that If the blender needed to be used they had to turn off the record player before blending the drink.
I recall Rick lived in a nice little ocean front place right on the north cove...Hard to believe Rick's is world famous now!
Anyone recall the name of this place? I recall it took two hours to get served food!
The year was March 1977
This photo was taken at Mirage in 1978. The woman is Sophie (Grizzle?) who now owns Charela. She was french. The young man was a traveller. At the time, Sophie had just bought Mirage from Lauro and Michela Grandi. The Grandis were from Italy. They built Mirage in the 1970s. Michela would teach yoga and meditation. This was the first year there was electricity on the West End. The Grandis moved back to Europe and never returned to Jamaica. 1978 was my second year visiting Negril. I later returned and Mirage had a french restaurant on the cliff-side of the road.
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1977 or '78 at Mirage, in the garden
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