St Thomas

[Bizzy]

Re: St Thomas

April/May

[Bizzy]

Re: St Thomas

Oily, soun like u know couple tings but since i will be my own guide and it's my 1st time to st thomas, i doubt i would b able to find any of those hidden/secluded laces on my own.

[Seveen]

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ohliz talked about st thomas in one of her trip reports - she liked it

isn't morant bay where a lot of the souvenirs are made?

[Magician]

Re: St Thomas

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BiziBubbla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">April/May </div></div>

It look seh yuh ago miss de backrub mi was going gi yuh.

[Seveen]

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okay i found ohliz's trip report and the bit about st thomas - there are also a few pictures of a lovely beach - golden shores

http://ohliza.blogspot.com/

ohliz says

&quot;We went on, passing coastline and small towns until the road cut inland for awhile, and we passed cane fields, lots and lots of cane fields...and then we were back on the coast, and I remembered another place i wanted to stop.

Golden Shores is in Lyssons, St Thomas, not far from Morant Bay. It's a beach hotel in a pretty remote part of Jamaica that a few people I know have stayed at and enjoyed, and I am curious to see if it's a spot I might stay at in the future.

We pull into the gate and I walk into the office. I ask if there is a room I might see and the woman at the desk apologizes and says no, there isn't, the hotel is full.

Full???? Really? OK. I ask if there is a bar and she points down the drive to the beach and says something very odd.

&quot;There are a lot of guests there but don't worry, they're OK.&quot;

Don't worry? What the heck does that mean?

Ricardo pulls down into a shady parking spot and tells me he'll rest while I check things out and get a drink.

I walk towards the bar and whoa....if I'd had the balls to take out my camera and get a photo I would have, but I was frozen in my tracks. The Weather Girls' most famous song comes into my head because man oh man, it's raining men.

They are EVERYWHERE, have to be over a hundred of them. Talking, drinking, dancing, swimming... What's really odd to me is that these men are clearly American, I can hear their accents, their voices are not exactly LOW.

I walk to the bar - where I am the only woman in sight except for the bartender who is being hit on by 5-6 guys. You know those old Wild West movies where the cowboy walks into the bar and the piano stops and everyone stops talking and stares at the door?

That's how this went.

I approach my sister bartender and get a soda for myself and for Ricardo, I order a warm Magnum. If you are familiar with Magnum, you may know why the bartender gave me an odd look, since Ricardo is not in view.

In any case I exit the bar, where everyone is still staring at me, and out on the beach patio area, I decide I need to know what is going on. I approach an older guy (very fit, muscular guys were all there were but this one had gray hair and wasn't shouting or doing shots) and say &quot;Excuse me. Do you mind if I ask you a question?&quot;

He responds in the affirmative and I try to put &quot;Why are all you men here without women and what the heck are you doing partying like crazy in this remote corner of Jamaica&quot; as politely as I can which comes out something like &quot;Who are you all?&quot;

My acquaintance stands up tall and says &quot;Ma'am, we are the US military&quot;.

Whoa...now it makes sense. I sit and am informed by my friend that these guys are engineers and civic planner-types with the US Air Force from Portland, Oregon and have been in Jamaica working with the JDF (Jamaica Defense Force) building things in Kingston.

Of course - THESE are the soldiers whose tents we passed at the airport on our way to Port Royal! There were Canadians and Brits and others there, but this is the R &amp; R portion of the trip for the US guys who are heading home the next day, and then onto Afghanistan.

Now it all makes sense...the drinking, the swimming, the general merriment...these guys have been working their butts off building stuff in Kingston and this is their two day beach vacation before heading off to war. I'm amazed that most will return from Jamaica having seen Kingston and Lyssons -and that's it. Quite a different view of the runnings from their friends and families who most likely cruised into Ochi or resorted in MoBay. But i guess military travel is always different.

We chat for 15 minutes or so, my uncle is retired Air Force, and my dad lives near Portland and I am having a rather nice time. The older guy is very friendly and his friends have begun to gather around to talk with me and they are cool too, but I have to go. We need to beat the sunset to Kingston.

I wish them well and we are on the road again.

Tonight is Roots Underground and I want time to unwind before we go out....

Here's the beach at Golden Shores.&quot;

[barosa]

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Seveen, thanks for giving us ohliz's trip report. I am pleasantly surprised that there are quite a few nice looking beaches along the coast, just never stopped to look around before. On my next trip that side, I will definetely be stopping to check out Lyssons and the Golden Shores beach hotel for a hide away. ~ Oilywata, has surely given us a few tips of some secluded areas, &quot;big man tings&quot; which maybe, I wont be able to afford. (LOL)
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[missus_vegas]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Oilywata</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Whole heap a nice places in St. Thomas...you just have to know where to go which can be tough to do because it's so 'secluded'. Reggae Falls is nice, whole heap a nice rivers and private locations in St. Thomas. Big man ting, there is a nice strip of quaint guest houses and hotels pass Lyssons and Seaforth...beautiful beaches on that side.

I stay in Font Hill (past Morant Bay), and it's nice. Real nice rivers down by Trinity Ville and Georgia and dem place so... </div></div>

beach deh up seaforth way...u sure a no river u a talk bout. no beaches no up dat side all the beaches in the opposit direction from seaforth.

our beaches in st thomas tend to be more rocky/ corally...not saying we no have sand etc but compared to ochi...no sah we no have no nice beach.

and as u say most a dem seclude. an dem pan private property.


its definately a place u can relax and get away though ...but bizi a pawty animal she nah go like it. and she well stoosh stone go jook har pan har foot battam and she go bawl

[Oilywata]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Vegas</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Oilywata</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Whole heap a nice places in St. Thomas...you just have to know where to go which can be tough to do because it's so 'secluded'. Reggae Falls is nice, whole heap a nice rivers and private locations in St. Thomas. Big man ting, there is a nice strip of quaint guest houses and hotels pass Lyssons and Seaforth...beautiful beaches on that side.

I stay in Font Hill (past Morant Bay), and it's nice. Real nice rivers down by Trinity Ville and Georgia and dem place so... </div></div>

<span style="font-weight: bold">beach deh up seaforth way...u sure a no river u a talk bout. no beaches no up dat side all the beaches in the opposit direction from seaforth. </span>

our beaches in st thomas tend to be more rocky/ corally...not saying we no have sand etc but compared to ochi...no sah we no have no nice beach.

and as u say most a dem seclude. an dem pan private property.


its definately a place u can relax and get away though ...but bizi a pawty animal she nah go like it. and she well stoosh stone go jook har pan har foot battam and she go bawl </div></div>

&quot;beautiful beaches on that side&quot; = beautiful beaches in St. Thomas (generally speaking).

[jamaica_dreamin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Oilywata</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Whole heap a nice places in St. Thomas...you just have to know where to go which can be tough to do because it's so 'secluded'. Reggae Falls is nice, whole heap a nice rivers and private locations in St. Thomas. Big man ting, there is a nice strip of quaint guest houses and hotels pass Lyssons and Seaforth...beautiful beaches on that side.

I stay in Font Hill (past Morant Bay), and it's nice. Real nice rivers down by Trinity Ville and Georgia and dem place so... </div></div>

This is great. Thanks. Maybe someday I'll get up that way.

[Bizzy]

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Wow!! Thanks for posting that seveen. I guess we shall c what happens