week on a shoestring

[ohliz]

Re: week on a shoestring

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: haki</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Liz, what is the beach like at Strawberry Fields...??

I remember camping there as kids and there was a lot of sea urchins we had to be looking out for?
is that still the case there? </div></div>

There are a few beaches and they are different. Beaches are not the number one reason I like the area, not by a long shot (River lodge has a natural river pool that is more my style, and Kwame Falls was great swimming too, and there are other spots in the area), but they are there and are lovely in their way, and swimmable.

This one is just next to where I was hanging out. I wore water shoes here because we were going on a boat but I'd say its a good idea anyway. My friend's place is just visible in this pic, one of his raised huts with the red roof on the end of the land there.



This one was a lot nicer for swimming, black sand. We took a boat to it but you could hike to it too:



Strawberry Fields resort has this one which you can use on a daily basis for a fee, if you do not stay there:

[ohliz]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jamaica_dreamin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
TB is not too quiet for me.I just have an itchy foot. </div></div>

Consider it then. Area is also mellow and friendly without any tourist hustler people around, like TB but even more so. Also requires a 20 minute or so ride from the main on relatively rough roads that keeps casual visitors out, kind of like TB.

I'm laughing as I type this but it's kind of like TB 10+ years ago before all the small hotels and villas

My friend's place is like $10 a night but is basic - think camping but with a bed and walls and roof, flush toilets and shower on the property but not part of your sleeping hut. River lodge is cool, and has a nice river fed pool to dunk in, also not $$$. I might try this place sometime, it's next door to my friend, $40-70 for cottages.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yerba-Buena-Farms-Guest-Cabins-Jamaica/140219396005310

[ohliz]

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I just like this picture of the &quot;kiddie pool&quot; by the beach:

[jamaica_dreamin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ohliz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jamaica_dreamin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
TB is not too quiet for me.I just have an itchy foot. </div></div>

Consider it then. Area is also mellow and friendly without any tourist hustler people around, like TB but even more so. Also requires a 20 minute or so ride from the main on relatively rough roads that keeps casual visitors out, kind of like TB.

I'm laughing as I type this but it's kind of like TB 10+ years ago before all the small hotels and villas

It sounds like my cup of tea. if I don't get there this trip. I will get there on another trip.

My friend's place is like $10 a night but is basic - think camping but with a bed and walls and roof, flush toilets and shower on the property but not part of your sleeping hut. River lodge is cool, and has a nice river fed pool to dunk in, also not $$$. I might try this place sometime, it's next door to my friend, $40-70 for cottages.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yerba...40219396005310 </div></div>

[jamaica_dreamin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ohliz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I just like this picture of the &quot;kiddie pool&quot; by the beach:



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looks nice

[Laurel]

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Lizzie ... the place you refer to in your link looks just wonderful!!! I bet we would love that place too!

[jamaica_dreamin]

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It is possible we may cheap out and go there instead of Zion country

but i really do want to get to Zion some time too.

Any pictures of your friends place (building and or rooms?)

[ohliz]

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This is one of the huts:



He had 3 when I was there last year, with a standalone building with running water for toilet and shower. Each hut has a bed. Windows open out from the bottom. No screens but might have had nets. Very comfy, friendly yard, Sata (my friend) lives there too. It is RIGHT on a grassy area on a cliff, you walk down a path from the road where there is a shop and bar. I don't have to tell you everyone knows everyone, this is a small community but one with a history of hippie visitors from foreign.

He's next door to the Yerba Buena place and River Lodge is right down the road a few minutes' walk, so you could easily show up and check out all 3. For me personally Sata's place is a little rustic - it really is like camping despite the bed - but I love the place. I'd probably stay next door or at River but chill out at Sata's most of the time

Now that i think on it though, Zion is the same for me, it's the separate bathroom that I don't want to do, at least not for more than a couple of nights. So if you're thinking Zion this is actually a similar setup.

[ohliz]

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A lunch we had there, he has an outdoor kitchen with covered but open dining, a picnic table, really.



The tower room at River Lodge:



The cliff at Sata's, Charlie fishing:

[ohliz]

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...and here is the path you walk from the shop/bar/road to the water where the cottages are:

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[jamaica_dreamin]

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Thanks Liz

It definitely looks like my kind of place. I may check it out this reach if I don't go to Zion Country. If not this reach then most definitely on another reach.

[jamaica_dreamin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ohliz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This is one of the huts:



He had 3 when I was there last year, with a standalone building with running water for toilet and shower. Each hut has a bed. Windows open out from the bottom. No screens but might have had nets. Very comfy, friendly yard, Sata (my friend) lives there too. It is RIGHT on a grassy area on a cliff, you walk down a path from the road where there is a shop and bar. I don't have to tell you everyone knows everyone, this is a small community but one with a history of hippie visitors from foreign.

He's next door to the Yerba Buena place and River Lodge is right down the road a few minutes' walk, so you could easily show up and check out all 3. For me personally Sata's place is a little rustic - it really is like camping despite the bed - but I love the place. I'd probably stay next door or at River but chill out at Sata's most of the time

Now that i think on it though, Zion is the same for me, it's the separate bathroom that I don't want to do, at least not for more than a couple of nights. So if you're thinking Zion this is actually a similar setup. </div></div>


Similar set up at a much lower price. If Mr was going to be in Jamaica longer I would very likely check out Zion and this place this reach

[jamaica_dreamin]

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Did you post contact info for Sata? (I don't see it)

If not, do you want to post it or pm me?

[ackeepod]

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Liz,
Did yu ever eat at SALA's Fish place while in Robins Bay

[ohliz]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jamaica_dreamin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Did you post contact info for Sata? (I don't see it)

If not, do you want to post it or pm me? </div></div>

I will pm you his # but he rarely carries a phone, it's a show up thing.