There is a change that occurs after 6 days in Negril. It's difficult to describe in words. Your other life begins to fade away and find yourself falling into this relaxed groove. Anxieties dissolve and concerns about work feel really far away. Your skin becomes tan and smells like ocean air. You wear less make up (your foundation no longer matches your skin tone anyway...) and you care less about silly body image insecurities. You wear a lot less clothes, basically your bathing suits become permanent uniforms.The toxins from all the fast food consumed in America are out of your system and you just feel more healthy from all the fresh fruits. You walk a little slower, you feel a slight tingle in your cheeks from smiling so much and you say “yeah man”... A LOT. It's involuntary. It just comes out as a response to most things followed by a nod.
You're in Island mode. It's the best feeling in the world...
After 24 hours in Catcha, we reached that 6 day mark and we were in a state of bliss. Markus was so relaxed and happy. We both felt so blessed and so in love. I felt like nothing in the world could rip us out of the cloud.
Jamar had taken a day excursion to “Little Bay” but we had decided to spend our last full day lounging around at Catcha Falling star. We just wanted some romantic one on one time, some real relaxation. Nothing to do, nowhere to go... We snorkeled together, lay out in the sun, made love in our cabin,sketched together and jumped off cliffs.. I walked over to Banana shout and met Milo. We had a delicious lunch at the jerk shack across the street.
We watched our last sunset in our private little cove carved into the cliffside overlooking the ocean. We lay side by side on the comfortable lounge chairs holding hands and watching the sun sink below the horizon.
The sky was filled with warm oranges, while the lapping ocean soaked in the last rays of the golden sun.
The last sunset is always so bittersweet. You're filled with gratefulness for the whole experience, but you also don't want that sun to disappear... You want to hold onto that light, hold onto that moment...
My eyes filled with tears. I tried to blink them away and they spilled down my cheeks. Markus wiped them away and kissed me.
“Honey, don't cry... we're going to be back. You know it.....”, he whispered. “This is only the beginning of many trips we're going to take to Jamaica, for the rest of our lives and we have a long life together ahead of us.”
I nodded but it's just really hard to leave Catcha Falling Star.
“C'mon lets get showered and changed. We'll have dinner at Ivans”, Markus suggested. “You can try that Lobster Thermidore you keep talking about... I think tonight is a good night to do that”
The mention of lobster thermidore immediately made me smile. My whole life I had wanted to try lobster thermidore...
We started walking across the grounds of Catcha towards the Gemini Cottage and who do we bump into again?
Bella Bea!
I was so happy to see her and we hugged. She wasn't even supposed to still be in Negril, but she had extended her trip by a day. Seeing her and her mom's smiling face brightened my mood too.
They settled down at a table for their dinner at Ivans while Markus & I went back to our cottage to change.
Originally Posted by Clarity
