TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:26 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

Now we head back towards Leeann's cause we passed the road we were suppose to turn at. We have arrived! The directions take us right to her house, but we pass the house to see what is down the road, then I see Tony and Leeann in my mirror. So we turn around and here we are. What a place. Immaculate. Pretty. Quiet! Peaceful! We say our hi's and they make us feel so at home. It was as if we have known them all our lives. So easy going and fun to be around. Laura is all smiles that we met them. She is in love with them and there place. Yap Yap Yap. There go the girls. Yap Yap Yap, Tony and me. Our plan was to say hi, and try to make Ochi by night fall. Na!Da! These two are a ball. Then we find out that Tony has just wrecked the car, so off we go and push the thing about two blocks and into the driveway. What a mess. Do not see how they could have been so hospitable with this going on in their lives. Just amazing. We all stare at the car for a while, laura thows her 2 cents in and we go in for some dinner. We take a quick ride to se the beach and then back to the house and look around and see her garden and all. No one is really hungry, even tho Tony in dying to make some fish. We settle on the noodles (where's the receipe Leeann) to get by on till dinner is ready. Tony is a good cook! The fish is great. In fact, everything is great! What hosts. We spend the rest of the night talking and head for bed around 11pm I think .

SEPT. --13TH Friday
Time is of no concern now.

We wake the next morning and have toast and coffee and plan to leave for Ochi. Naw! Leeann asks for a ride to Falmouth to see about fixing the car. So off we go to Falmouth. Now remember this is the 3rd time into Falmouth for me in less than a day. Will we ever make it to Port Antonio. ?????? Leeann goes to take care of some stuff, Tony goes talks with some people and Laura and I go a wander off looking for a Pharmacy. We all meet, in town at the gas station after about an hour, then off we go again. Tony stay in falmouth to take care of the car thing and the three of us head for Duncans. I'm getting this driving thing down pat now. No more pot holes. Glad of that. We make it back to the house and pack to leave. We all talk so much that time is flying by. It is now going on 4:30 pm and the sun is going down. I am now a day behind on what I thought was our plan of attack. Tony makes it home and we say our goodbyes, (didn't really want to) and we leave for Ochi. All along the way Laura is so happy that we met them. Really enjoyed staying with them and make a plan to stay a night with them on our way back. Thank you for starting our vacation off on such a beautiful note guys. We make it into Ochi at 6pm. Getting dark and have to find a room. So we just pull into the first place we see. $50us per night seems fair. Unload and up to the room we go. No windows. The place has no one there, just us and all the Jamaicans that are taking some type of class in a makeshift school on the ground floor. We go for a walk and find a place to eat down the road a bit. We are right across the street from the Radasence Hotel. Then we go to find something thing to do. All this music and singing coming from down the road. They are having a revival, church thing in the town square. We listen for a bit and a guy asked if we need anything. We agree to follow him into the Farmers market. Now let me tell you, this place is HUGE, Pretty much a 2 block area with everything imaginable for sale. Come look see, come here, listen to all the music that is everywhere. We get what we needed and just fall in love with the vibes. Just wander around for an hour or two looking at all that was there. Stop and get some chicken at Mother's, and I notice a pool hall on the second floor next door. Now here I am playing pool at 10pm in Jamaica in Ochi. Can it get any better than this. The guy has his own stick. I ask to borrow one from the guy that just lost and he say "no problem. Now let me tell you I'm good at pool. The table here is bigger than the ones we have at home, but doable. I sink a few, he sinks a few, I put the rest of mine in but the 8 ball. I shoot at it, it doesn't go in, but the cue ball does "Lost" Oh well Was a ball. Then we go back down the road and listen to the revival for a few, and then off to the Hotel for the night. In bed by midnight. What a day!

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:27 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:27 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

Sept. 14th Saturday
We get up at 9am, probably needed the rest, and head down to see what I can get for breakfast. Shoot, no ja money. See the guard at the Whoppers and ask him when the bank will be open. He says 10, and has me follow him to the craft market across the street. I trade my dollars for ja, give this guy a tip, and then give the guard to tip also. Now to get out of the market, come here, look see, check out my store, and there went a ½ hour. Grab two coffees and some type of muffins from across the street and get back to the room and Laura is actually ready and packed to go. Cool! Noon and we are off! Now it is light out, mind you, and we haven't really seen Ochi during the day. SO we are just driving at a snails pace looking and taking pics. Honk, Honk, pass, honk, why is everyone in a rush?? Don't they know I'm on vacation!!! Look at all the Hotels we could have stayed in had we just drove a little further, and keep this in mind for when we return. Now Port Marie is just a stones throw from Ochi, But we don't make it there till 2pm or so. Just to many thing to see along the way. The road out of Ochi is really nice. Much better than what we have been on and the traffic is little to none which makes driving a whole lot better.

, What sites to see, just spectacular views around every corner.

We are in awe of this island. Look, look, did you see that, look, cannot keep Laura from distracting me from looking for pot holes. And I'm looking just the same.

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We are now approaching James Bond Beach, take the turn off and head down the road.

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:28 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

We get out of the car and take a break from driving to see the place. As you can see, laura has to get atop another wall, as if she hasn't learned her lesson yet,
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, we stay for a bit and head up the road to see Libby's. As we near it we run into this hotel, Blue something and notice the view from there, WOW! Park and go see this place just in case we have to stay in the area. Libby already told us that her room was taken so this will be our back up Hotel. We get out and take some pics and the guy that takes care of the place comes out to talk. He asks if we would like a tour and we agree. Really nice place, large rooms, no air but an awesome view of the bay. A breeze off the bay keeps things cool, so I wouldn't have second thoughts of staying here. He shows us pictures of Cary Grant and some others that have stayed there in time past. The place is decorated with very old bamboo furniture that I would have loved to bring home with me.
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We talk to him for about an hour and tell him we are there to visit some friends in town. Low and behold, he knows Libby & Chef. They are just a few blocks down the road and points out where they live.
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we say our thank yous and our goodbyes and off we go to libby's.

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:28 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

We make it to Libby's. By now it is going on 2pm. You have to squeeze your car into the little spot to park and get it off the road so no one hits it coming around the corner. And down the hill we go to see them.

We're here, but don't see them, so we walk around looking at the view from her yard.

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Then out she comes, not the girl from their web site, just a little thing like Laura. And her and Laura hit it off right away. She got a hair cut and didn't look anything like her picture. And that accent, LONDONER, I'd say. Neat sound!!

, Tony is not here, he is out picking up the people that are going to stay in the new room that they have for guests. So her and Laura start to yap while I take some pics of the place. We all sit and talk for a while and I send an email home (that my son never opens) and talk talk talk. I go out back to see the view again

,and notice the chicken everyone says that Libby chops up to eat.

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Then I figured i'd take a pic of the room that she says that they are getting ready for Bill(accompong). Hurry up Bill and you can pick out the wall paper!!!

, take a few more pics , visit with Libby for a bit more and tell her we should be off to Port Antonio before it gets to dark to drive

It is going on 3pm now and we have a ways to go. She follows us up to the car, we say our goodbyes and tell her we will stop by and see them when we come back this way. And off we go again. Now I should be able to do Port Antonio in an hour, but, And I mean but. Will come back at you on this one tomorrow. This is an adventure in itself. Looking for Grand-ma2's brother, the winding roads, the sites. WOW

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:29 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

And we are off to Port Antonio. Down the road we go. Just as pretty as the first part of the trip. Little roads to get off of everywhere. We take a turn and land in the middle of a banana plantation. Bananas everywhere.

,They have all been wrapped in plastic so that they can ripen and the bugs don't get at them. None to pick so of we go again. Got my directions for G-Ma's brother. Annatto bay, buff bay, orange bay, hope bay, they all come and go but no house to see. Just around the bend she says, well, there is nothing but bends

**This road never goes straight longer than 2 blocks at a time. And in front of us are the mountains to the right and the ocean on the left. Can't ask for a better picture. We look at every little house that may be g-ma's but can't find it along the way. So we stop at a store to get a pop. There is a little line of people buying stuff. The lady in front of me gets her stuff, and it is my turn. The lady behind the counter tries to look around me and asks what that lady wants. She tells her, gets her stuff and off she goes. My turn again? The lady proceeds to try and ask the next lady behind me what she wants. (Dam, when did I become invisible) and wave my hand and say, can I get a Pepsi please. She looks startled that I did this and goes to her boss and tells her that I want a Pepsi. She nods O.K. and I get it. Guess I didn't have my tan on yet and off we go!

We make a few more stops just to rest here and there some and soon we are in Port Antonio. Not what I expected at all. There is no beach, and no hotels upon the water to speak of. So we go out past to see where the firefly is and can't find it. We run into this guy that has a junta bus and he asks if we need a place to stay. He points to a place down the road and says to go up the hill and we can stay there. We decide to pass on it for now and make a U-turn and head back to Port Antonio. We get into town and are instructed on how to get to a hotel up on the cliff area there. We go up there and there sits an old hotel. The kind that you go in and everyone has a room but you have to share the facilities. Not Us. We find the other Hotel ( I think there are only two in all) but it is the same setup. We go back down the hill and decide to try to find firefly again. We head out of town, turn where we think it is and it isn't there either. We run into two ladies that just got off work standing on the corner. We ask them where we can stay and they tell us that they will show us a hotel to go to. Down the road we go. About a mile or so we stop and they point up this real steep hill. We thank them and tell them we will give them a ride back to where they were. They say no thanks, that they will walk for the exercise. We give them a tip and off we go. We go back to the Hotel and are told $150 per night. I don't think so. We leave and stop at the Trident Hotel. They want $120 per night, off we go again. I want to burn one now and Laura can't find it, says that it's in the luggage somewhere. So we pull over and look. She can't find it. We decide to buy some at the town square. Now this is different. There are no people asking you to buy anything. They are all just going about their business. What to do? So we get out of the car and throw ourselves in the middle of a group of younger people, still of no avail. We get back into the car and see this guy sitting upon a wall. So we ask this guy if he can help us out. He says no problem. He asks how much we want to spend, $50 or $100. We tell him we don't want that much and can we get something smaller. He then tells us that that is in Jamaican. We look a little puzzled, and tell him (we'll splurge) and buy $100. He asks for the money and that he will be right back. Right! So we give him the money and off he goes. Now his friend comes over and starts to talk with us. We talk about where we are from and all and by now 5 minutes pass. We ask if the other guy will be retuning soon and he assures us he will. Now another 5 minutes pass (and it is getting dark now) and this guy offers to go find his friend. We tell him to take another $100ja and if he finds any to get it for us. He leaves, and to our surprise his friend returns and hands us this bag that is big. What a deal! We tell him that his friend is out looking for him, give him a tip and he goes to find his friend. Now this other guy returns with twice as much as the first guy. We tip him and off we go. Enough to last the rest of the vacation. Total cost, $8us. The sun is gone and no room to rest a head. So we head out to the Hotel that the bus driver pointed out to us. We go up that hill and park. There isn't a car in the lot, we are the only ones there. I go to the office and ring the bell. Out comes this guy that looks as though he just got up. Can I help you? Do you have any rooms? What a dumb question I think to myself! No! he says. I look around and don't see a soul. No rooms??? No! OK and away we go. It is now going on 7pm and still no room. So we settle for the Trident. We go back there and tell the lady that we will take the room. She tells me that we can get the room for $100 now. Now here I am surrounded by white shirts and ties and I don't own one. Shorts and Headband is all they are going to get out of me. The butler takes our luggage to our room and before we can follow the lady asks if we would like dinner. Dinner is $35 per person. We have eaten a lot of junk food during the day and tell her no thank you. Maybe something light will do. I see the menu and ask about the soup and what it goes for. She says $3.50us. We head to the room and what a place*

There is a place to sit twice in every room. A King size bed with a sitting place at the foot of it with another daybed in a cove with a table to sit at. Open the French doors and you have a living room with a couch and two chairs and another table to write at. Open the next French door and there is your veranda with a couple of round tables. You can hear the waves pounding the wall that is only 20 feet from your room. This place is something out of a novel. Very pretty throughout. We roll one and check out the ocean that we can see (as it is going on 8pm now). Now Laura goes to take a shower and I decide to get some soup. I order the soup and tell them to bring a salad too. Might as well go all out. The food arrives and so does the bill. The guy drives up in a armored car for the cash. Just joking. The bill comes to $15us, soup and salad. All of it is covered in pretty silver bowls and I set it on the table. I take my shower and Laura and I go to eat. Well this $8 salad consists of 3 slices of a tomato and 3 small cheese slices. Boy did they get me. We eat and close all the lights, open the French doors, lay in the little bed in the cove, burn one, listen to the waves and nod off for the night.

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:29 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

Sept. 15th--Sunday,
We wake to some funny sounds from the other room. This peacock is trying to get at the bowls in the other room.

We are in laughter. So we just watch as the bird leaves and lay back down. Next thing we know, he returns with friends, 3 in all. Talk about three little birds upon my door step. These are 3 big birds.

So we chase them off, and go outside. What a view. The sun is rising

We are in heaven. This place was made for me. I could stay hear for the rest of my vacation. We lounge around, order breakfast and go out on the veranda. Spoil me Baby! I'm at home here. Just cannot get over the view.

We meet our neighbors next door and talk and find out they are rich. They come here often and know the people there personally. These people are waiting on them hand and foot. Tells us that all the Movie stars stay next door at the castle on the next bay. Micheal Jackson made his pepsi commercial there.

We talk for a bit and go inside and start sorting out our luggage. We decide that we will stay there another night and see what is around the area. I turn on the radio (no T.V.) and hear the news. There is a tropical wave headed for the island. Ten minutes later it is upgraded to a tropical depression. Possiblility of becoming a hurricane. Hello, but I'm on vacation and this is not part of the plan. Laura says maybe we should start to head to the other side of Jamaica (Negril) before it hits. So we enjoy the hotel till it is check out time. I grab my bags and head toward the office. This was a no-no. We can't have you doing this a guy says. Let me get the butler. We reach the lobby and everyone looks as tho they are going to a wedding. Suits and ties, and that's the people that work there. Check out and off we go. The waves are pounding the bay areas toward town. The town is disserted. It's Sunday. Everyone is in church. We stop along the port area and take the sites in and wish we didn't have to go. But away we go! Now I'm going to find G-ma's if it kills me. My head is stuck looking to the right for 20 miles. I just cannot for the life of me find the place, so I figure I'll just take pics all along the way so maybe G-ma will see some thing that she recognizes.

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:30 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

And down the road we go. And run into the pot guy. Buy a small pot and off we go again.

Can't get over the view. I recommend this trip to all. A different picture around every corner. You can get spoiled by the views. And if you a picture nut, your in heaven. I'm in heaven. Thank you God. Pretty soon we are getting close to Port Marie again. Got to take some pictures to show to Bill (accompong) so he can feel homesick.

Snap Snap.

He will be so happy! Will send you the rest Bill. We stop at Libby's and go to visit for a bit, but are kind of rushed cause we want to make it to Ochi before night. We kind of fell in love with Ochi and want to get there early and see everything during the day. We go down to Libby's and get to meet Chef. We all sit around for a few and talked for a bit then said our goodbyes. Thanks for everything Libby & Chef. We will definitely be back for seconds. On to Ochi. Tomorrow !!

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:31 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

Sept. 15th still, Sunday

And away we go to Ochi land. Down the road we go along the coast again, only difference, it's on the right now! That's how I tell directions. Left side, going east, Right side, going west. Click, click, and click.

pretty sites to see. We are coming into Ochi in no time. No traffic to worry about and then we're there. Only 3pm and have lots of time to see the city during the day. Pass the bigger Hotels and start to come to the smaller ones just before the town square. We pull into this one place and it looks just right. I go inside and Laura stays in the parking lot talking to this guy that is sitting in his car. I go in and the place is really disserted. I ask if they have any rooms and the guy starts to take me to the 2nd floor walkway. I ask if he has anything on the ground floor and we go to check with the guy at the desk. We pass these rooms right on the Sea and I pick a room number out. We get to the desk and I ask for this room. The guy says all rooms on the ground floor are being redone and that none are available. I'm getting to old to do steps every time I go out and pass on the room. I go to the parking lot and tell Laura that we need to go to another place. The guy she was talking to says to follow him and he will show us a place. He makes a call to the hotel for us and they tell him $45 per night, bottom floor, on the sea.

We tell him to takes us there and off we go. Near the main turn around is a road that shoots toward the sea. At the end of the road sits the Hotel, Ocean Sands, and it is really nice inside. The rooms are bigger than some we have stayed in and perfect. We take in our luggage and go see the sea from the bar that is out on the waters edge.

What a view. We get a Pepsi and a coffee for Laura and sit and relax for about an hour.

The sun is getting a little low so we go out and run into the guy that brought us there. He asks if we need anything and of course Laura says yes. We go in his car and see the town, his girlfriends place and then thru the middle of town. Starting to get a little lively and we decide to go back to our place and walk the streets. The road to our Hotel has a slew of shops to eat and a few nightclubs all near each other. We stop at this one shop, get a jerk chicken, four festivals, and four dumplings, a Pepsi and a ting. All for 250 ja. We sit outside on the patio that they have and listen to all the music that is coming from atop this building. The place is hopping now, and on a Sunday Night this is really nice to say the least. Get to party a little for the first time since we have been here. Up and down the street we go. Stayed out till around 11pm and then went back to the room for the night. What a ball. Sat upon our veranda looking out over the sea for a bit and then go inside and call it a night.

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:31 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

Sept. 16th , Monday

We awake the next day bright and early. The sun has been up for a while but is just now brightening up the sky. I go and take a few pics of the sea and hotel and ask about breakfast. They say that it will be served at 8am and that they have a special for $10 for 2 people. I tell them to add us to the breakfast list and go take a shower. Breakfast is great. Right on the water we sit and relax. This is what I came for. The view is great, the food is Great, and the hotel is Great. We lounge around for a bit, walk to road and get some pop and sit around taking in the sites and sounds of Ochi in the morning. Back at the room we start to pack and get ready to leave. I make a call to our driver that always picks us up from Mobay to take us to Negril. I tell him that we were postponed a day and to come and get us at the airport around 2pm the next day. We plan on staying at Leeann's for the night and drive to Mobay in the morning the next day. We check out and off we go to Leeann's. Listening to the radio and the Hurricane is on my tail so to speak. Just stay ahead of it and all will be o.k.. They are fixing the road to Mobay from Ochi

the traffic is stop and go in some places and slowing us down a little. Pass St. Ann's Bay, Runaway Bay, Discovery Bay, Ohh No, that Bay thing again. Wonder if they use bay in their middle names when they have kids. All these little towns are unlike to next. Each one with it's own personality. Just a pleasure to visit them all. We finally arrive at Duncan's and get out and go for a walk to the store. I made this stop for a purpose. That being to tip the guy that fixed the tire four days ago. I pull up to his shop and he is out in a car getting ready to leave. I tell him how grateful we are at the fine job he did fixing the tire and that it made it to Port Antonio and all. I hand him $200ja and the smile upon his face told me all I needed ot know. Off we went to the stores in town and bought a few things at the grocery market. We are now keeping an ear to the radio and the news on the Hurricane. It is still a day behind us and we make our plans accordingly. We shoot down the road to Leeann's and she has a houseful of people doing things that needed to be done. Hooking up her telephone line is a top priority for her.

Stopping the people from taking her bananas is next. We visit with her for a little bit and tell her we are just going to go straight to Mobay, that way we can just wake the next morn and be there to turn the car in. She makes a call to a hotel that she recommends, $45 a night, on the hill over looking the Bay. Gives us instructions to the place and off we go. Getting really good at this driving thing. No one passing me now. And I can honk with the best of them now. Honk, Honk, move please. Piece of cake.

Zoom Zoom Zoom, all the way to mobay. Now the instructions are simple. GO to the airport turn- around, make a left, up the hill, turn right at the first street , down a few houses and we are there! What a place, What a view. Tomorrow—Mobay at night.

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:32 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

So we make it to Mobay at night, take a few pictures

(this is what it looks like at night) and check into the Palm view Hotel. Big and roomy place. Kitchen facilities to cook on, large bed and living room, T.V. and air. Nice set up, good price $45us. Laura and I jump into shower and get ready to do the town, """MOBAY""". You always hear about this town a jumping. So we get into the car and go down the hill to the strip

The following pics were taken the next day

a short ride and we have arrived. Can't see the sea but know it's there, just behind the Hotels and all.

We make it to the Casino and park about a block passed it. Walk back towards it and check out the waterfall and the large elephant out front. Up the walk, down the walk, up the other walk, down the other walk, Shoot, where the heck is the entrance. We ask this guy and he points. Inside is well, nice for a casino I guess, this isn't us.

go for a tour of the place,

watch a guy drop $65 in a machine, he gets up to get more coins, and we are talking about maybe playing it to see maybe it will hit soon. He returns before we have a chance, tell him good luck and off we go. We go across the street to Magarittaville

and our told that the band will be starting soon and that they want $ to get in. We tell them we just came for something to eat. They let us in and we order. Just sat here for ten minutes at work and have no idea what we ate. Duh! They are moving the tables out so the people can dance and we go into the gift shop and get a couple of things (a tourist thing) and go for a walk down the street. Getting pretty late now and we decide to call it a night. Hop in the car, up the hill, and up the hill, and up the hill. Where did they put our Hotel. Here is the airport, turn around and try again. There it is, Shew, made it. Watch a little T.V. hear the news about the Hurricane a coming in the morning. We are still ahead of it by only hours now. So off to bed we go.

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:32 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

Sept 17th, Tuesday
We get up early and do the luggage thing again, sorting out the stuff we got and packing the stuff we don't need. I go outside and it just stopped raining. I take a picture from the balcony on the Hotel,

pretty view to say the least, and go up to the road to get another view, and out pops this Rainbow. It's going to be a good day.

a pot of gold awaits us. I go down to the office and ask about getting the car washed before we turn it in. This guy that works at the hotel says he will do it, and I go get the car. Back at the room we start to pile up the suitcases and Laura is bummed. She says that her shirts (5) on hangers are not here. That we left them at the hotel in Ochi. We make a call to the Hotel there and they say that they are not there in the closet. So she says I owe her a shopping spree sometime soon. We turn on the TV. again and the news is not good. The hurricane has hit Kingston and coming after us. Run everyone! It is only noon and we are to get the car in by 2pm, so off we go. The place is a few miles out of town to the east. It is starting to rain and coming down in buckets. After sitting and watching it from the parking lot it lets up. We go for a stroll in the little shops and Laura reminds me of the shirts I owe her. So she pick out three and some little stuff to take home and we go to turn the car in. Everything turns out good. No problems and the guy tells us he will give us a deal the next time if we take some pictures of his store and bring them back the next time we come.
Now it is off to the Airport. We get there at 1:45 and have to wait for Chicken, (our driver the last 5 years). Everyone is asking us to let them take us to Negril. We tell this one guy he can if Chicken doesn't show up. Then we recognize the bus and there he is. Load the luggage and off we go

on our way home (NEGRIL).

Now this is the relax and let someone else drive part of the vacation. We get out of Mobay and on to the new road. Shoot, I can drive on this road. Looks just like Tennessee up in the mountains.
What a breeze. The road is smooth as silk. Dam, there went Sandy Bay, now Lucea (you still have to go thru town there,) and then we are there in 1 hour and 5 min. This is nice, kind of. Miss the old road all along the coast. All the little towns are nowhere to be seen now. A totally different ride now.
We are in Negril. Home away from home. And it is raining, and it is raining, and it is raining, and it is raining, and it is raining,
Did I mention it is raining? And it doesn't stop for three days. We made Negril, just in time. Here comes the hurricane. But we have arrived. Unload the bus, say our hi's to Juanitta and G-Ma and all. They are happy to see us too! Up the stairs we go. There is Dejohn waiting for us.
A really nice boy, helps out with everything that needs to be done. Wish my kids were as good as him. We unpack and go sit and burn one upon the veranda and watch it rain. Big rain drops, lots of rain. This is gully washer rain. Water every where.

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Rest for a few hours and it stops raining for a bit. I go se Binz about a bike for the next day, and Laura and I go out to eat. We go to Kuyaba's for my Bamboo Chicken and watch from inside as it starts to rain again. We hang out there for a bit, head on home, getting on about 8pm and Laura nad I fall asleep and don't wake till the next morn. It was a long day to say the least.

Tomorrow---a new car!!!!!

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:33 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

Sept 18th Wed

And it's still raining when we get up. So we go see Binz about getting a car instead of the bike. He calls a friend that will let us use his car for 2 days for $90, go for breakfast at Kuyaba's,

and return and get the car. We head off to do some needed shopping for stuff to fill the fridge and decide to go up towards the cliff area.

The road is all torn up from them starting to work on it and the rain is washing it away. Decide to turn around and go out towards Little London and maybe see little bay and Lost bay.

The road is wash out that way too. A hill just collapsed near little London and no way of getting around it. We go back into town and hear that the road to Mobay is closed. We are stuck in Negril. But that's o.k, we will survive. So we return to our area and just hang out and then go out to eat. We stop at the Café Tiano and see Gary and Ziggy and talk to them for a while. Really nice people. Have been to see them every time we return. Just hang around the hotel for the day. Take a walk on the beach in-between raindrops.

Not that many people on the beach.

They are all in their all inclusives, eating themselves to fullness. Guess I'd do the same on a rainy day. Negril Gardens, Merrills and Legends are all doing good business.

Off we go home, hang around talking to all in the yard and then call it a day.

**Guest** · 10-18-2002, 08:34 AM

Re: TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

Sept. 19th Thursday

Still raining some. Go to Gary's and get some dumplins and coffee and head back to the room to eat breakfast, and decide to go for a ride in the country to see if all is O.K. on the cliffs. The road is a lot better, take a ride thru the back roads and come out at the Gas station. Will be O.K. to get scooters tomorrow and go for a ride. Marie and Bob are suppose to come in today with Leeann and we are all going to have dinner. Go for a long walk on the beach and end up at the pier. We watch as people bid for the fish that they just brought in. All sorts of different fish. The ones that they call junk fish are thrown into a pail and they throw them back in the water. Some float, some swim away. Then we go to look for a special boat** that I have a picture of on the canal right there from many trip ago. I brought it to give to him as a surprise. We ask all around the pier area, head across the street and go down to where the boats are docked. We come across this lady that says she knows the boat owner and we head back across the street. He is not in his usual area and we give her the picture to give to him. We tell her thank you and off we go. Back down the beach and then on home. We then go to the tree house to see Bob and Marie and they are not there yet. We return again later and still not there. So we go off to eat at Alfreds. I love this place. Food is always good and the price is even better. Watch the sunset! We go home and relax till the bands come out. Tonight is Debuss's turn. We make it there and it is hopping. A lot of people for this time of year. The band is really good. Sure are a lot of girls looking. Laura grabs my hand to show ownership. We then run across my Backgammon buddy and we talk about all that has been going on. This guy and I go way back. Still haven't won a game since I have been playing him. Maybe we will play tomorrow I tell him. We stay till around midnight and call it another day.

TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

TRIP REPORT**Mobay to PortAntonio & back to Negril

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