Marley and Ninja: Having Their Cake And Drinking It Too! Trip Report - April 2012

[booger]

First off, I am freaking hating myself right now for not extending a day. Previously I have always stayed in Negril until the last day of my vacation and hated it on my first day back at work. Nothing like chilling in Negril for 10 days, flying 10 hours until the late evening, and than waking up after only a few hours of sleep and heading back to work. But this time it would have been worth it.
Now for a little pic commentary on your first post of the day as I have yet to read past that.
Pic 1- Sweetness looks amazing in that pic.....
Pic 2- What's up with the facial?
Pic 3- An actual pic of Markus that is not animated!
Pic 4- The building that I thought I would never stay in. Our last reach we decided to stay our last night at Catcha right before Mauvette left. The Little Capricorn was open and I have to say it's an awesome little room with great AC.
Pic 5- Brasi is a great guy to be around. He's the guy you would let your daughter date.
Pic 6- Why did I not stay an extra night?
Pic 7&8- Jackie is the man....
Pic 9- I have seen that look before. You have the Mom look completely down, so keep on practicing.....
Pic 10- And the dolphins make a showing as soon as I leave!!!! The trip before this we saw them every single day we were at Catcha. Who needs Dolphin Cove when you have that?

[Sweetness]

(squeal) woo hoo - awesomeness Marley. I love reading back over that special special reach. A bit bittersweet at this point but beautiful nonetheless. much love

[TizzyATX]

Dang I just had a really long thing typed up and hit the back button on accident. Gone. LOL

To recap: I somehow missed a previous segment of this trip report (and one that is meaningful to me) so I'm gonna rewind and comment on Friday nite

Ummm, what are you trying to do to me with all these food/drink pics from Ivans??? lol Hey good lookin out those miami vices were one of my favs!! and mmmmmm pumpkin soup!

I hope Vevi enjoyed her b-day as much as I did. haha Seriously though...that night at Ivans conjurs up some of the best memories I have. The only thing that keeps me from being sad when I think of it, is the fact that I know we will make so many more. Y'all mean the world to me what can one say about that group shot? It tells more than words can! And the lanterns just made it that much more perfect and so special (thnx for making that happen btw).....i love when you said...

"....since we did a practice run we were much better this time" HAHAHAHA that practice run makes me laugh LOL

Wish we could have spent that last bit with you guys....looks like it was a really nice laid back day

Raul...buddy I do not for a second doubt your wizard tech skills (as I have seen your ninja moves)...but I agree it was better to not have iphone until the end. Better that way. We were actually reunited on Thursday (when I checked out of Catcha) Gawd that was a good feeling lol

I just LOVEd this trip report, well done to both of ya's Miss your smiling faces everyday! xo

[TizzyATX]

Oh and might I add one more thing...

You 2 look SMASHING in that pic on your last night.

[MoFromMonroe]

Loving it. Thanks Marley

[Clarity]

It was only fitting to think we were ending our trip much like we had started it....dancing and enjoying the show with our boardie friends at the Seastar Inn Saturday night party!

Awww, I love it! That was such a fun night!
I love the whole entry and all of the pictures... all of the amazing memories...
I agree w/ Tizzy, you and Raul look awesome in the pic together
Oh that seafood linguine… so good…

I’m glad you didn’t write about the following morning “So then Markus and Daisy came out of the Pisces cottage to say goodbye. They proceeded to start sobbing all over us.” (sorry about that btw – we just didn’t want to see you guys go! We’re really bad with goodbyes… as you now know! Lol!)

Pic 3- An actual pic of Markus that is not animated!

Haha! I know! It’s a rare thing!

[marley9808]

Clarity--- that happened the NEXT day.....I haven't gotten there yet Hahaha
j/k

Mmmmm.....seafood linguine....mmmmmmmmmmm
I miss home

[ralonzo29]

Day8: Saturday April 28, 2012.
NINJA's 2Cents
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Ok my wife has not been breathing down my neck on this but I felt like I was letting the ball drop.

You know the phrase this day started off just like the rest, seldom do we ever have those days in Jamaica and this day was starting up to prove that. Its that day when you know when it ends you’ll be both happy and sad. This day was gonna have its ups and downs and right off the bat we got the down. We found (and by we I mean my beautiful wife) that our camera was MIA. So while she went to breakfast and got ready to snorkel I made a break neck scooter drive back down to Canoe to rescue our camera. Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well Horatio. As you know no camera .

I’ll tell you the truth worst part of that is not having the pictures. OK enough about that.


When I got back to Catcha my wife, Daisy and Markus are all snorkeling away. My wifes mask was giving her an issue so she was more than happy to use mine. I needed to get into some trunks so I went back to the room and changed. Being a weak swimmer but no where near scared of water I have a nice snorkel vest I use to help me stay afloat. Tell you the truth it was needed. Even though the water had calmed the it was still a bit rougher than usual. I actually spent about 10 to 15 minutes in the water then battled my way back to the ladder.

Now it was time to just lounge. We carved out our little niche and soaked up the sun. We spent a time on and off in the wonderful pool and the bar and just simple lounging. It was the slowest day we’d spent at Catcha and it figures it would be our last. After some time I got this great idea. Being a graphic/web designer I have to buy a lot stock photography or find photos to transform into what I need. So I’ve recently been on a quest to just take the photos I want and start my own collection. I set off around Catcha to capture not only some good scenery shots but the beautiful tropical flowers all over. As Shauna showed you I took a lot of photos.

After some time wandering around and just enjoying capturing the property I went to find everyone. The gaggle of friends were all huddle enjoying the all too good libations Ivans has to offer. I took a moment to enjoy everyone's interaction. The laughs the deep conversations. The expressions. Its just fun sometime to what good friends interact with each other. The hum of conversation was music to my ear. Suddenly Shauna stops and concern emerges since she hasn't seen me in about 1-20 minutes. I love that she does that. I’m usually always in ear shot, except for maybe earlier this week when I pulled my disappearing act (no need to bring that up again). Daisy starts to look around and like that I’m discovered watching the natives.

I join the festivities at the bar and enter into my own conversations with Brasi and Guiriguy. We had been go go going for so long that it was nice to just relax on the property and get to know our friends a lot better. They guys and I found some common ground to lament on and we shared our woes and jubilation. It was nice, feel like we cemented a bond. Soon we were back in the fold hooting and hollering and having laughs. At some point some dolphins came around to join the party. I stood transfixed waiting to get just a shot of them. It paid off Kinda.

Being that we had spent so much time on the run partying and this was our rest day so we parted for a bit to just enjoy the property. I set out recording the peaceful crash of the waves on my macbook and taking pictures of the ever elusive HubbyMan as he sat in his element. It was nice to just people watch. As everyone just enjoyed their space.

We came back together for one last hoorah at Ivans and some dinner. It was a night like so many I wouldn't forget. A lot of laughs, so much fun. Even now as I write and think about it, it brings a smile to my face. The guys and I had shared a cigar and drinks and then we said our goodnights and our goodbyes to GuiriPie. We ended the night the way we ended the first night here, having some last drinks with Hubbity at Sea Star.

As my wife and I journeyed back to Sagi I had a thought. Out of many, one people meant even more. We had been such a group of disparate people that only really knew each others as 1 and 0’s on a computer with jamaica as a common like. But here in this place we had such a great time and everyone I met at the bash or the flop or a webcast had been so genuine. This trip, this day wasn't an ending ...

[CherryNorth49]

Watching the event unfold from afar, your bale sure seemed to find a good a rhythm. I am so excited for our trip, but a part of me wishes we were going to be in Negril to witness the reunion at New Years. Thanks for keeping the story going

[marley9808]

CherryNorth, there is still time to book for April
That will be the official reunion and I know I look forward to even more turtles joining up next April, it's sure to be amazing!

(Hell, officially there is still time to book for NYE too)