mmm looks delish! great report looking forward to more
mmm looks delish! great report looking forward to more
OMG, does that look good!!! Loving your report! The part regarding the walk through Hedo cracked me up!! We took the stroll through many years ago when out on our adventure of walking the entire beach. OMG, I feel ya!. They were having an annual July 4th parade with a fully dressed band, but followed by undressed group of Hedo guests. It was rather entertaining though....they used body paint on many strategic area's with stars and stripes etc. This particular dude had his stuff painted the traditional red, white and with the added touch of "blue balls" if you get my drift! LOL
To each his own however, if one is comfortable...go for it...but, for me, I'll keep this old stuff covered. Carry on.....I am so enjoying your report!!! Thanks......
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Sooooooo, where did I leave off? Ivan's!!! We finish up our dinner, drink's and vino and ask for the bill. I must say that it was right around $100 plus tip so we were really impressed, off to the gate to catch our ride home. Now something to note here, they supplied us with one way transportation to the restaurant, now before we hopped in I didn't really look at the plate. However when we jumped out I was able to grab a look and I noticed that the ride they supplied was from a white plated car, we were also urged to use him for our return ride at our cost. We did, and arived without event, he did make a pitstop for me to pic up some stripes, and smokes along the way. While I ran into the store, Mike ur driver pulled out his sales speech on my wife for his Subway Sandwich shop! My wife declined as she doesn't partake but suggested that I do once in awhile, I was soon back in the car and we were on our way to PV! Another unevenful ride and we are back at the condo, now at this time I must say that I was already planning another trip to the Cambio the next morning for additional funds for the One Love Pub crawl, and dinner that next night as well so against my better judgment I asked him for a ride the next day. He accepted and he told me to call him when I was ready to roll. We spent that evening listening to the light wave action and relaxing on the patio for a few hours before calling it a night! Another great day in JA! Tomorrow, The Pub Crawl!!!!!!!!!
Well, its slow at work today so I may as well start on Wednesday! We awake around7:30-8 Am, get the coffee brewing and grab the Rum Cream and head for the patio,throw some bread in the toaster and pour my first cup of coffee, add the rum cream and wait for my toast. Its looking like another beautiful day in JA!! Light breakfast done, pot of coffee done and weare planning to head for the beach, We decide to lay low today cause at about 2 PM the One Love Bus is to pick us up for our much anticipated Pub Crawl, before I head for the beach I duck out and call the driver for a trip to the Cambio while my wife gets ready. Now, I know this is no advised and I guess in looking back I may have been lucky but Mike (the guy from the previous night in the white plate car) was a good guy and I had no issues, however the previous Eve, he had mentioned the sale of some cold cuts to my wife and she had declined so after the Cambio and another quick Stripe Stop we are headed back to PV and he tells me, "I got you a lil treat for you in your smoke pack" I check it out and he has deposited 2 massive Double Meat Subs with all the fixins in there for me and he cannot close the package, good thing it was a Canadian smoke package cause they are A LOT bigger and they were kinda protected from being crushed, I think he asked me for $1000J and I was happy to oblige as that was more than enough for my once and a blue moon Sub cravings.He drops me off back at the Condo, I tuck my Subs away for later and head to the beach with a 6 pack, my beach chair,snorkel set and a book. I still have a little over 3 hours to kill before Lenbert will pick us up for the Pub Crawl and figure a swim/snorkel will kill a bit of that. The snorkeling around PV is excellent as BGN is right around the corner and most of the big resorts around the area bring people to the point to snorkel for good reason, the there is lots of fish life and coral all around there, I saw rays, eels, tons of different tropical fish, Barracuda and much much more! we killed the sixerand I read for a bit after the swim then head up for a quick shower, we only have about a half hour before Lenbert is to be there to pick us up and the debauchery is to start!!! I'll finish that up later, gotta get ready for the company Xmas party! Ciao for now!!!
We have now gotten ready for the Pub Crawl to start and have decided that we would walk out to the street in front of Hedo and BGN so that Lenbert would not have to turn around up at the Point Village gate, so we grab a couple of Wata for the walk and our wait. I think it was about a 15 minute wait and the bus was there to pick up up and away we went, it was a little disorganized at the start as we had to double back a couple times to pick up people who had been forgotten but eventually we were all picked up and at the first bar, it was a really busy Pub Crawl and I think there was actually 2 groups of people. Lenbert was taking a busload ahead to the next place, then doubling back and grabbing another busload and so and so forth. Made for quite a fun day as there was a real crowd at each bar at times!! I only have a handful of pictures, the following one being about the best one.
One love pub crawl, taken on the roof at Swordfish
The places we hit were as follows
1)Mi Yard
2) Some little place across the road with an all wood interior, real small with a great view that needed a little TLC and cleaning up to make it appreciable but the beer were cold and cheap
3)Swordfish- Beautiful rooftop bar, cold beer and a wonderful view!!! We'll be stopping there again in 2013
4)C&D country bar- a nice little spot with no Lie about 10 Square feet of Texas, the beer was very cold, and the smiling faces that were behind the bar were very welcoming. Special brownie available on request in the back!
Now the rest of them I am not sure of the order but I do remember all the names, The lack of being able to remember the order has ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING to do with number of Red Stripes at each of the first 4 places or the monster Sub that I was asked to partake in.
the rest were
5) Tayon's - was a great little roadside bar, Loud music, cold beer and strong drinks!!
6) Pee Wee's-Another great cliffside place with awesome views of the water and Blue Cave Castle
7)No Limit Bar- Tiny Little raodside bar that was probablt my favorite, just cause of the owers and bartenders were so friendly and welcoming
8) Sir D's Firewater-Best View!!
The whole Pub Crawl was a great time and frankly one of funest ways to explore the west end pub's with a great assortment of people from all over. I still keep in touch with a couple of folks from that afternoon, and will probably partake in another pubcrawl with at least a couple next time we are in Negril in January 2013.
After the Pub Crawl we were SUPER hungry and could not wait to eat, we had kinda decided on Pizza and were thinking we would check out Ciao Jamaica. Now I cannot for the life of me remember what made us decide on that, I think it was a report on TA but anyways that doesn't matter!! We arrived back at PV at about 8-8:30 and called Ciao, we decided on the Jerk Chicken XL size pizza made the order and the wait was on. In retrospect it would have been a better idea to have just had Lenbert drop us off there on the way back to the condo and either eat there or catch a cab back with our pizza, as it was more than a wait! The 12-14 beer I had during the pub crawl and the numerous drinks my wife had, had made the wait excruciating, that and it was probably the longest I had ever waited for a pizza had me chomping at the bit!!!! It finally arrived just before I started chewing on a falled palm branch just to stop the hunger pangs, and MAN was it worth the wait!!!! I am sorry to say I do not have a picture to post of that pizza caus ehalf of it was gone as soon as the box was opened, but it was AWESOME!!!!!!! If you want a great pie, check it out it is well worth it. Just don't be hungry when you order
Tomorrow, second walk through Hedo, Lunch at Our Pastime, Beachwalk, Supper at Kuyaba
Friday, Wifes wedding gift two tickets to The Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival (Celine Dion her FAVORITE)
Saturday-Beach, Beach walk, Snorkel, Seastar Buffet and show
Sunday- Inter airlink flight to Montego Bay to begin Week Two at Breezes Runaway Bay
Last edited by walleyed99; 11-19-2012 at 03:11 PM.
Thanks for bringing us along. Let us know how the flight goes.
Thursday Jan, 26th arrived fairly early considering that the Rum and Ting, and Red Stripes had flowed so freely and plentiful the previous night, and the little man in my head with the really big SLEDGHAMMER was actually easily looked after by a couple extra strength Advil and a couple ice cold Wata's! Thank god I had remembered to throw a few in the fridge the night before, cause man did that Jerk Pizza Dry out my mouth (had nothing to do with the rum and Red Stripe). After the initial self administered first aid, IO set out on making the regular morning fare a big pot of coffee and the jug of Rum Cream!!! Bacon, Eggs, and toast to follow but have to have the morning coffee first, right? Mental note to self, must take picture of breakfast setup cause the early light of Negril and the beautiful view of Caribbean sea with booby cay off to the side really is something to marvel at, especially when shared with a great cup of Blue Mountain and Rum Cream! We easily kill the pot of coffee and scarf down a hearty breakfast and pack up a backpack with some staples for today's beach-walk! couple Bottles of Ting, couple of water, a couple ice cold Red stripes for the drink coozies and a couple in the back pack in reserve, flip flops, Cash, and we are off! Now the last couple days my wife kept re living the inital shock she had felt in walking through Hedo the first time and had vowed that she would be fine this time and to her credit she was much better, I actually had feeling in my hand by the time we had made it through, something I cannot say the first time!!. That morning was fairly uneventful and we really didn't make it that far, we spent about an hour wandering through boardwalk village looking at all the little shops, checking things out buying a few nick-nacs here and there but really just blowing the morning window shopping, and then hitting a couple little stalls on the beach! Lunch was needed early this day as we seemed really kinda shaky and lost of energy again I insist it musta been something we ate
After this we walked a few miles down the beach, stopping here and there a grabbing a beer or a water, not really accomplishing very much of anything all we did was take in the sights and sounds of Negril and went with the flow! I really don't even have much for pictures from this afternoon, but I remember it being a nice relaxing chill day walking the beach!
I am not even 100% sure where we called it quits as my memory is a little hazy, again probably cause of the pizza last night, right?????LOL! After the walk we wandered out to the road, caught a cab and headed back to PV to grab an hour or so of RandR before we grabbed the sunset at the rock-pools then headed to Kuyaba for a nice dinner!
On this evening my Hunnie and I decided we should bring down a little something to share with the group, we settled on mixing up a couple big jugs of pre-mixed Good Ol Canadian Caesars!!!! Now for those of you American friends who have not had the opportunity to partake in this great Canadian CLASSIC cocktail it's kinda like a Bloody Mary but with a Tomato/Clam cocktail in place of the regular Tomato juice a must is to add a extra Worcestershire Sauce to make it really really tangy though. These were a hit to the fellow Canadian's and our new American friends that we had met at PV, as well the Sunset was gorgeous as always!!! Below I have a few pictures from the patio and then down by the rock pools!!
After Sunset we headed to Kuyaba for dinner, Not the outright beautiful views you get at Ivan's but a really unique open air dining experience and if you arrive before sunset as we hadn't, you will still be treated to a nice sunset, just as anywhere else along Long Bay! The food was OUTSTANDING and the restaurant had great ambiance, so nice that we have decided to stay there for 2 nights on our upcoming reach, an anniversary trip of sorts in the honeymoon suite to see what its like!If any of you have stayed in this suite please let me know what you thought!! There really was not too much else to say about this evening as we were planning on laying low and trying to get a really good night sleep, we knew tomorrow would be a really long day! We were headed to the Jamaican Jazz and Blues Festival and didn't know what to expect. More on that later though! For dinner I had the Grilled Lobster and Shellie had Lobster Therm adore and both dishes were off the charts awesome!!!
After the meal we headed home to relax on the patio and just take in the sounds of the water, the tree frogs and enjoy. I think we were in bed by about 11-12 o'clock that night and it still wasn't enough time to sleep!!! We had really not been going that hard, but in attempt to take in as much as possible I think we were both almost in a state of sensory overload as we tried to take everything in and there is so much to do and see and do. The funny thing after we had finished a week in Negril, I was sad cause there was sooooooooo much more that I had wanted to see that I thought I had missed, is that always how you feel when leaving Negril???
Last edited by walleyed99; 11-20-2012 at 06:00 PM.
Great report, beautiful pictures (the sunset shots are fantastic), the food looks to die for and yes that is always how you feel when you leave Jamaica! It's been 7 years since we have been on the rock and I can't wait to be back. These trip reports sure do help though
PARADISE IS A STATE OF MIND
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