NEGRIL: View from our room at Footeprints, with lens a bit clouded from coming out of the AC in the room.
Date: 10/08/2004
Another shot of our verandah view.
Date: 10/08/2004
Here it is, the most eroded part of the beach I saw after Ivan. This area has always been rather thin, beachwise, but as you'll
Date: 10/08/2004
Beach bar now a sea bar, with a business next door whose front door faced 2 feet of water.
Date: 10/08/2004
I think one year, long ago, this tree was on the beach....
Date: 10/08/2004
THat's looking at the new part of Couples Swept Away, which is under construction.
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This is looking down the beach toward Margaritaville. I think you can see the trampoline in the water there.
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The guys at our hotel putting back the beach, one wheelbarrow at a time. They did so much in two days I'm sure this looks comple
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Losing the beahc did make for a lovely view from the bar....
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More work going on....at one point there were more than 10 guys bringing sand out and spreading it over the sandbags.
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Water was clear and lovely as usual.
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We stopped by Selina's one day on our walk, we saw Lloydie there.
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Nice snack and visit.
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ICE CREAM!!!!!!
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Bigroy gets some for the kids.
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In Chicken's bus, going to pick up the rest of the crew in MoBay.
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Ironshore, where we used to stay, long ago.
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Enjoying the shade of a big tree.
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Ironshore sign.
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We sat here for awhile, one of us needed to go into the store....
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Trucks and bus
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I think this was taken as we passed through Falmouth
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Pretty sure that's the clock tower in Falmouth...
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A store.
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BOSCOBEL: Whoa, we're here! This is the view from the pool of our villa. It's Galina Point, Firefly is located on that hill. Las
Date: 10/19/2004
Looking down from the pool at the steps to the sea.
Date: 10/08/2004
Looking west.
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Fishing boat cruisng just past the reef that kept the waves away and let coral grow so we could snorkel over it :)
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..and here we are, snorkeling.
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This is from a covered outdoor area we had, and used whenever it rained.
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From the same spot.
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We loved watching the storms come in from the east...this was major yet i don't think we ever got rain from it, it passed just o
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Very threatening....
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The pool, and Cass
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Buddy contemplating the view
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Cass and China
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Skipping ahead to our trip to Portland now, this was taken from the bus as we headed into the Blue Mountians from Buff Bay.
Date: 10/08/2004
The river below the falls
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I'm so glad I finally got into the mountains a bit, next time we'll go up....
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The mountains were really beautiful, these photos don't do them justice at all.
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A house. I didn't see any hurricane damage in this area at all.
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We're here!! The no-name waterfall.
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Chef Thompson, tour guide extraordinaire :)
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Nate was first in the water, after the boys
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Now we're all in....
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It was refreshing...OK let's say really cold...but only for a minute, then it was lovely.
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Chef's back, and our driver Everton.
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Nate and Eileen
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Falls pool
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This is one of the boys that helped us get around the falls.
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Bridge over the river near where we parked the bus.
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One of the boys did a little fishing while we were swimming but I didn't see him catch anything.
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The lovely Eileen
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Falls with ackee tree in front
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One of the obys climbing the ackee tree to try to get some ackee for us...ultimately the bend in the tree was too hard to get ov
Date: 10/12/2004
Everyone watching the boys climb the tree....
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Ph and Eileen back at the villa
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Winnifred Beach in Portland
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I'll be back to this beach, we really liked it. Pretty typical for Portland, small cove, protected by a reef and rocks.
Date: 10/02/2004
Me and Eileen
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My favorite vew, looking east from the villa
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Eileen on the covered porch
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Looking out of the porch
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I loved watching the waves break on that reef.
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Ph chillin
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Pool view
Date: 10/13/2004
China and Buddy, playing yahtzee
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Looking back at the villa from the pool, that's the outdoor dining area and covered porch.
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Poolside
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Snorkel stuff
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This door was cool...you start down some steps fro mteh pool then go through this door "outside", except you are alrea
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No roof :)
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Heading down the steps
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A fern growing in the wall.
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You see this totally lush stuff everywhere on the east coast...one benefit of so much rain.
Date: 10/13/2004
A coconut that fell from our tree.
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Lush and green everywhere
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gardens looked great for 2 weeks after Huricane Ivan
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This tree was a casualty of Hurricane Ivan, the only damage we saw at the villa. It had been chopped up nad was being carted aw
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Looking east from the steps
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This was an intermediate sundeck, about halfway between the house nad hte pool deck.
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..and looking west fro mthe grass near sea level.
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That tree, felled by Ivan, was already coming back!!! Things grow so fast in Jamaica I wouldn't be surprised if that tree was a
Date: 10/13/2004
Looking west
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Looking up at hte house (it was hard to find photos of this house online before we left so I tried to take quite a few in case a
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West at sea level
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Out at the reef, we had a ladder to get into the water which was only a couple of feet deep at shore.
Date: 10/13/2004
Miss Cynthia with the 14 pound fish we bought for dinner one night.
Date: 09/30/2004
We never counted the steps but it's safe to say there were a lot....
Date: 10/13/2004
Some neat little caves along the shore, kind of like the west endof Negril but much smaller.
Date: 10/19/2004
Water coming over the rocks
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OK i'm just taking pictures now....
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Snack time
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Playing games
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Could we be more relaxed?
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The living room of the villa, and Marcia.
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Steps up to 2 of the bedrooms
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Another view of the LR
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Our room, kind of messy, sorry :) Great view out that window though.
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Our bathroom.
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The grocery store across the street...that was very handy, they had a LOT of stuff.
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I like signs. So muchthe better whenthey involve chicks for sale :)
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Looking east on the road in front of the villa. Chef and Libby live about 10 minutes away, thataway.
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Another grocery across the street. I liked our town (Boscobel) though we didn't explore it as much as I'd have liked.
Date: 10/19/2004
This was the road off the main across the street. Pretty much all roads inland in Jamaica go up, eventually...
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Our villa, Wind Jammer.
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zinc and things
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Last day, I hate that.
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House near ours
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Next door neighbor
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We stopped in Ochi on the way to the airport for patties and things, I took pictures. This is the "lower" road, not t
Date: 10/19/2004
Neat house
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In the patty shop
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Still Ochi.
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Bus stop and goat, only in Jamaica :)
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Chicken drove us back to the airport, this is his (mighty cushy) bus.
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Church on the way
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School on the way
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School sign
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Panorama of the view from the seadeck of our villa.
Date: 10/19/2004
