We've been waking up each day here at an alarmingly early time... somewhere between 6 and 7 am local time. I don't know if it's the change in atmosphere or what, but Jamaica's only one hour behind Ohio, and yet we're still wide awake before half the place is even open. No complaints, though; it's never misery to wake up to white sand and an ocean at your fingertips!
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| good morning, negril! |
After breakfast, we joined Cassie and Shayne for the trip out to Chukka [which means
Play] for a day of ziplining and kayaking. This is another one that is best explained in pictures..
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| here we go! [beginning of the day = clean & nice hair, hahh] |
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| neighbors |
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| pitstop on the way |
We finally arrived at Chukka!
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| chukka - "play" |
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| cassie & Shayne |
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| my love! |
Once we suited up, it was a short kayak out to the zipline course, and from there, it was all airtime!
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| tree-mounted platform |
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| cassie |
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| Shayne |
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| rob |
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| the gills |
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| love him! |
After the zipline course, we hopped back in the kayaks and headed on down the river for some more beautiful scenery and of course, chukka!
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| ♥ ♥ ♥ |
We stopped off for some rope swinging & plant observing, as well :)
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| cori. rob. shayne. cassie. |
And finally, we circled back to the launch and grabbed some jerk chicken to go [Jamaican fast food ;), hahh]
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| onsite chef |
Whew! Time to head back...
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| awesome day with this guy :) |
Back at Legends, we rendezvoused with the newlyweds for a bit, then all dispersed to our rooms to shower and change for dinner at Samsara. The six of us enjoyed an outdoor dinner and bar service at the cliffside sister resort before coming back to Legends. Unfortunately, something on the menu did not sit well with Rob, and he was room-bound for the last part of the evening.
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| babe! |
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| cincinnati girls! |
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| ohio hangin' out in jamaica! |
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| with these beauties - tara & cassie |
This is of course a back-dated entry, because here in Jamaica, on the beach at least, the parties don't end until around... 5am.
Tonight was the night that most of the people we've seen since CVG here with us decided to really party and see what the Negril beach nightlife is all about. We started at Legends..
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| oh boy.. |
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| it's a party with the staff! |
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| next door on the beach @ bourbon bar | negril, jamaica |
And then.. well, allow me to introduce: Bourban Bar.
It's hard to believe that tomorrow is our last day here. I have to say I'm pretty proud of us for making the most of this week; we haven't really rushed anything and we didn't over-plan ourselves. Tomorrow, we along with the other two couples will be heading out on a glass bottom boat tour to one of the mini islands for some snorkeling and lunch. It's another early riser!
G'Nite, Mon!
xo |
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