14-20 Sleeps? - 14-20 Tings On Your Plate! What Ya Gonna On Your April reach?

[drummerboy13]

18 sort of sleeps....I say sort of, cuz I can guarantee the last couple nights I will be too excited to zzzzzz..

1) Enjoy a cocktail while flying over and admiring those familiar, clear blue waters that tell you..."I am almost to my happy place".
2) Try a private airport transfer to negril for the first time, and get to stop by Bigga's
3) Enjoy watching the look on my "first-timer" gf's face as we are driving to Negril, as she soaks it all in.
4) Along the same lines as GerryG.....variety is the spice of life.....and its the best way to experience different types of the "irie" feeling we get when enjoying a FAT SUB SANDIE!!
5) Enjoy the accommodations and hospitality provided by the famous, Mr. Boombastic Jim Hurt and his great staff.
6) Plan on meeting lots of folks from on here bellying up to the Seasplash bar and having more than a few cocktails with you!
7) Wake up early and go for a mind clearing walk on the beach, before all the hustle gets going.
8) Decompress and adapt to "soon come" or Jamaica time. I am always running my arse off here at home. When in Jamaica I can finally relax and ask myself..."Guy, why are you in such a da*n hurry all the time". Da*n that Babylon!!
9) Try as many yard food and street food vendors as possible
10) Rent a "sumo" suit and sweep the bellyflop challenge.
11) Bring a front drum head for the bass drum at seastar inn and make it look nice for the webcasts. (the thing has had tape on it for over 2 years)
12) Take a day trip to Zimbali Retreat and check it out for future visits and hike up in the bush.
13) Learn as many cooking tips as I can from chefs cooking Ital style, and bring the ideas back to my fellow foodie friends here in the states.
14) Wed PUB CRAWL!!!
15) Recover from said pub crawl
16) Visit the country and western bar. (I love old, classic...we'll call it "roots" country)
17) Try Ivan's or one of the nice places on the cliffs for a romantic dinner
18) Come back home, recharged, laid back, with my head on straight......as most importantly at peace with where I am in my life and and where I am going.

[irieworld]

Sigh. BIG SIGH. Reading all of this excitement, planning and over-the-top enthusiasm for April visits has me feeling like the kid who is missing the massively wonderful field trip all her classmates are going on and she can't go cuz mom forgot to sign the permission slip or whatever. It is plain sad. But of course am hooked as ever to the board--eating up recent reports while at the same time lamenting fate that has kept me from Jamaica for nearly 2 years! This for a girl that has been known to go four times a year--or at the very least, two. Ya'all better party hard, enjoy to fullest and report back--lotsa things on your lists I want to do and will have to do vicariously.

Ok, carry on!

[Clarity]

OMG Some of the these lists had me cracking up! Ralonzo don't you dare eat all the rum cake!
“Lurkerpie”…lol! SweetiePie, I'm also looking forward to your debut!
Muzikdoc – sorry, I’ll actually be wearing an eye patch. j/k ! We look forward to meeting you too!
Drummerboy – We’ll see you at Seasplash!

15 more sleeps to go…

1. Celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary on 4/20
2. See my cousin again and meet more relatives
3. Travel to Pelican Bar and YS Falls trip on the Magic bus (in the Scottish section lol!)
4. Dodge the flying rats to pose for Patty’s & Joe’s Calendar in the Xtabi Bat cave.
5. See Brasi perform Live on stage! Scream with the other groupies. GO BRASI!!
6. One love bus Pub Crawl – Judge at the Bellyflop contest – Booger’s 4/20 bash – Tawnee’s Birthday
7. Convince Gerryg123 to NOT bring his spear gun to the Boardie Bash
8. Visit Maureen & Robert at Sunnyside
9. See Greeny playing the Steel drums at Canoe – Find out what happened to Ickey
10. Sleep in five different beds in five different hotels.
11. Try new restaurants – Bentley’s, Blue Mahoe, PushCart, Jus Natural, LTU Pub
12. Snorkel trip with Famous Vincent.
13. Eat A LOT of Lionfish. (I have to do my part to eradicate this invasive species – The tables have turned. Now lionfish will tremble when they hear my name and scatter from the reefs when I jump in the water. Bwah ha ha…)
14. Pack the power cord for my laptop.
15. Do a back flip jump off the lighthouse at Negril Escape.

Oh geez, That’s a lot of stuff… How am I going to do all that?
If I can achieve half of that, I’ll be content.

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Irieworld – I wish you were coming too!
But Don’t worry, there will be enough trip reports running simultaneously, you’ll see the last week of April from every different angle and perspective humanly possible. You’ll feel like you are there! I promise to take a lot of pictures and I’ll also post updates from Negril.

[irieworld]

yes, looking forward to photos and shared adventures here. Clarity you made my winter less dreary for sure with your (and hubbyman's) heartfelt, humorous and gorgeously illustrated trips. And though it was not your intention to have either report drag on--it was pure prolonged enjoyment for me when they did. But heck a little goes a long way and anyone that even just tosses some photos up is going to make my Spring that much better.

[sher]

Man, you guys are bummin me out! Wish our dates coincided with the boardie bash! No worries tho, we've got 11 sleeps till negril! My list:
1. Chicken's bus from MoBay (thanks, Marley!)
2. Bigga's
3. Lots of rum & ting and red stripes!
4. Morning walks on the beach & try new breakfast places each day
5. Visit Maureen and Robert at Sunnyside
6. Canoe bar
7. Red dragon
8. Xtabi breakfast
9. One love crawl
10. Soaking it all in from my Sagi porch at Catcha
11. Massages on porch at Catcha
12. Showing my man Rick's cafe, so he can see how much better anywhere else on the cliffs is!
13. Taking time to remind myself to leave life behind and savor every second of my beloved Negril!

Would love to add Pelican bar to the list but there just isn't enough time. Next trip!

[marley9808]

Sher! Have fun, sorry we will miss you but enjoy Sagi..and you will...also, massages on the porch are amazing, we had one last time at sunset, it was GREAT!
Ps, you can show your boyfriend Ricks, from the porch at Sagi, hahahahaha
Have fun!

[marley9808]

Clarity, I can imagine the super remix video that would come from #15!!!
Lol

[brasi]

2 weeks from tonite I will be all packed and ready to fly. Is anyone else getting butterflies????????? This trip is crazy.

Sweetie Pie, sorry for calling you a lurker... that was mean. LOL

but funny

[ralonzo29]

Clarity, I can imagine the super remix video that would come from #15!!!
Lol

I dont think I could watch number 15

[treefrog]

I dont know if you guys know the song by Afroman. That will be the story of my trip.
"I was gonna snorkel, but I got High" "i was gonna float in the sea but I got high"" Gonna take a trip with my wife"
"But I got high but I got high but I got high"
Well not really but close. 2 days to go