Originally Posted by
jojo p
wrtiii, Like your wife, my ''sweet place''i in Negril is the ocean...swimming, floating, walking....The one thing that took me away from the pure enjoyment,and serenity of the water was the jet skis.
I use to love to swim out to the floating dock out of Alfreds, and lay out there, very surreal....but had to stop because I had to dodge the jetskis.
I couldn't swim outside my resort in peace because of them whooshing up and yelling, 'do you want to ride jetski?"
I know a boardie that was on the beach the afternoon the tourist from the U.S. was hit and killed buy a guy on a jetski.
Medical attention was slow getting there, and there were tourists that were attending to this man....it didn't matter how long it took for medical
attention to get there, as the man died almost immediately from the blunt force trauma.
I can't imagine the pure horror that that mans family went through. One second, there dad and husband was swimming along in the water, and bam, the next, hes gone.
I often wonder just how difficult it was for that family, not only through the unbelievable expense it must of cost them to transport their loved one all the way back home, but the heartbreak
they endured.
If you rent a car, or scooter, most are aware that the traffic is crazy there, and do so at your own risk.
You shouldn't have to ''swim in the beach outside your resort,' at your own risk........
While jetskis may be appropriate for some vacation spots, IMO, there's no place for them in Negril! Good riddens!!!!
