05-11-2014, 04:48 PM
Jitter and Ohliz, it was so nice to get to meet both of you in person!
Day 2 and 3
Friday was our first full day on the island. As you read this report you will find out that we are really not an exciting or a go, go, go couple, we go to the beach, relax, go out to eat in the evenings (so that is only 2 go’s). I “plan” to do more activities but it seems beach gravity and vacation takes over.
It rained (liquid sunshine) almost every day we were in Negril but mostly just late afternoon and would letup before dark with the exception of one day/evening.
On Friday our first full day we simply chilled at the beach in the morning and went back to the room for lunch around 1pm. We had brought a bunch of school books down at the request of Lenbert so we met up for the bus crawl.
I have read that some of you don’t much care for the concept behind the bus crawl but we have always found it to be extremely fun and also an easy, inexpensive way to see a lot of the west end. Lenbert is a great guy in my opinion. Someone said they thought he might be another board admins “lap dog” (not exact wording) but actually I think it might be the other way around with the tail wagging the dog.
We have done more than just ride the bus. Lenbert has taken use over the years to a couple of different places to eat after the crawl (on a simple request) and even driven us back home on both occasions. We have had some long and serious discussions about the politics in Jamaica and how that plays into what businesses succeed and fail. Lenbert was speaking from personal experience. Recently he wrote a grant and obtained grant money to have students (college/trade school level) trained in wedding planning (he also wrote the course) to try and localize a type of business that is mostly run by the AI’s now. I could go on but will just end by saying he is a very nice and very intelligent person from my experiences with him.
Saturday we just hung out at the property at Point Village and beach until it was a rain out. At that point we simply returned to the room and watched it rain from the balcony. I have not mentioned it yet but it was so nice “not” to see all the jet skis buzzing around. Much more peaceful environment minus the constant noise they make.
That evening we went to Cosmos to eat and I have nothing but good to say about the place. From PV Cosmos driver will pickup and return for no charge but of course we tip the driver. Since it had rained so much either side of the walkway leading into Cosmos was flooded like a swimming pool. By the time we left the water had been absorbed back into the ground and of course it was never a problem in the restaurant area.
It appears this will take a while to get the whole report up (procrastination on my part). But I will eventually have it all up and so nice we now have a specific location for trip reports on the new board.
Adult beach at PV
Da One Love Bus
Canoe Bar
No Limits (in the back, outside)
Picture of us at Xtabi
Day 2 and 3
Friday was our first full day on the island. As you read this report you will find out that we are really not an exciting or a go, go, go couple, we go to the beach, relax, go out to eat in the evenings (so that is only 2 go’s). I “plan” to do more activities but it seems beach gravity and vacation takes over.
It rained (liquid sunshine) almost every day we were in Negril but mostly just late afternoon and would letup before dark with the exception of one day/evening.
On Friday our first full day we simply chilled at the beach in the morning and went back to the room for lunch around 1pm. We had brought a bunch of school books down at the request of Lenbert so we met up for the bus crawl.
I have read that some of you don’t much care for the concept behind the bus crawl but we have always found it to be extremely fun and also an easy, inexpensive way to see a lot of the west end. Lenbert is a great guy in my opinion. Someone said they thought he might be another board admins “lap dog” (not exact wording) but actually I think it might be the other way around with the tail wagging the dog.
We have done more than just ride the bus. Lenbert has taken use over the years to a couple of different places to eat after the crawl (on a simple request) and even driven us back home on both occasions. We have had some long and serious discussions about the politics in Jamaica and how that plays into what businesses succeed and fail. Lenbert was speaking from personal experience. Recently he wrote a grant and obtained grant money to have students (college/trade school level) trained in wedding planning (he also wrote the course) to try and localize a type of business that is mostly run by the AI’s now. I could go on but will just end by saying he is a very nice and very intelligent person from my experiences with him.
Saturday we just hung out at the property at Point Village and beach until it was a rain out. At that point we simply returned to the room and watched it rain from the balcony. I have not mentioned it yet but it was so nice “not” to see all the jet skis buzzing around. Much more peaceful environment minus the constant noise they make.
That evening we went to Cosmos to eat and I have nothing but good to say about the place. From PV Cosmos driver will pickup and return for no charge but of course we tip the driver. Since it had rained so much either side of the walkway leading into Cosmos was flooded like a swimming pool. By the time we left the water had been absorbed back into the ground and of course it was never a problem in the restaurant area.
It appears this will take a while to get the whole report up (procrastination on my part). But I will eventually have it all up and so nice we now have a specific location for trip reports on the new board.
Adult beach at PV
Da One Love Bus
Canoe Bar
No Limits (in the back, outside)
Picture of us at Xtabi
Beer is proof God wants us to be happy, Ben Franklin