Am going to edit the guide I have written and then re-post it on this thread so it is all in one place.
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Am going to edit the guide I have written and then re-post it on this thread so it is all in one place.
[QUOTE=Fun And Sun;1179548]Am going to edit the guide I have written and then re-post it on this thread so it is all in one place.[/QUOTE]Most welcome. I'm planning a trip to Negril. Honestly with so few posts I have doubts.
[QUOTE=Questner;1179619]Most welcome. I'm planning a trip to Negril. Honestly with so few posts I have doubts.[/QUOTE]Thanks Questner. To be honest, most of the material for the guide is posted in sprinklings already across the Negril, Mo'Bay, and General Information threads and what I'm doing now is converting it into an easier to read format and ordering it, and also making it read better as a guide rather than a series of posts. This seemed like easy when I started yesterday, but now it's been several hours and am nowhere near done. So this will take a while.
Negril is one of the easiest places to monger that you can find, every night all the action is at one place and that is where the to head. You can ask reception at your hotel where the action is for that particular night.
Have a look at my posts in the Negril thread from last year, and if you have questions post them in the Negril thread and I'll do my best to respond.
[QUOTE=Fun And Sun; 1179967]Thanks Questner. To be honest, most of the material for the guide is posted in sprinklings already across the Negril, Mo'Bay, and General Information threads and what I'm doing now is converting it into an easier to read format and ordering it, and also making it read better as a guide rather than a series of posts. This seemed like easy when I started yesterday, but now it's been several hours and am nowhere near done. So this will take a while.
Negril is one of the easiest places to monger that you can find, every night all the action is at one place and that is where the to head. You can ask reception at your hotel where the action is for that particular night.
Have a look at my posts in the Negril thread from last year, and if you have questions post them in the Negril thread and I'll do my best to respond.[/QUOTE]Everyone would appreciate also a simple one-pager of ABC (Accommodation, Babes, Cost). Example: list of guest-friendly and non-guest-friendly hotels and condos in Negril rated by a bang for your buck. Is Rooms Negril GF? Are there any love motels? Is going to place of girl's choice an option? Any condos suggestions? Thanks in advance for your effort to keep us horny.
I would have kept this a secret, but the owner actually asked me to put this on ISG, so am including it in the guide to.
Very close to Samsara Resort there is a place called Bentley's Crab House. If you come out of Samsara, looking away from the ocean, walk left all the way to the little store (not the hole in the wall store, the store that is a proper store on the side away from the beach). When you walk past the store there is a sign (oval, white with red text) that says "Bentley's Crab House". Bentley's Crab House is about a 100 yard walk up that road. This walk is safe at night even though it is a bit dark at night. If it's your first trip and you are nervous then call him and he can actually send someone to meet you, but this will dent your street credibility.
Now, Bentley's Crab House is owned by a guy called, surprise, Bentley. He makes some good crab, and this is a nice place to have a good dinner and a few beers while talking to him as he cooks dinner for you. It's also fun to sit there since there are lots of local girls there that will want to come up and talk to you while you are eating. Bentley doesn't let them come into the restaurant though, (because "he's not a pimp", LOL) so just sit back and laugh while he argues with them if they try to come in. Some of the girls that are nearby aren't that nice looking actually, across the street there is a house where several of them live, but if you fancy one then you can rent a room from him for USD 10 for use until you finish. He is also happy to call girls that he knows to come spend time with you while you have dinner, and if you like one then you can take her to the room (or back to your hotel).
Not the way to have dinner every night, but I think it's pretty nice to have an early dinner around seven, a nice fuck around eight with a semi-pro, then head back for a few hours of sleeping before going out to the night time scene at around midnight.
His cell phone number is on the sign pointing at his restaurant so if he is not there when you come by then just look at the sign and call his number.
All the comments about characteristics of a good driver in the Mo'Bay section holds for Negril as well.
However, a good driver is less essential in Negril than in Mo'Bay, since there is always somewhere to head every night in Negril and you don't need to have the same driver every night. However, I tend to use the same driver for the entire trip to take me around at night, but that's personal preference mainly / only.
Also, it is a bit more difficult to find a good driver in Negril than in Mo'Bay. The drivers all stand around "downtown", but most of them seem either high, a bit drunk, and more interested in selling ganja than in driving tourists around.
I find that the best way is to ask the night security manager at Samsara for a recommendation of a good driver, this has worked well for me always.
You can walk pretty much anywhere in Negril in the day time and be completely safe, but it is unlikely you will want to do this since everything is so far spread out.
At night, there is no reason to walk "down town" since everything is closed.
At night you can walk on the cliff side without problems, including detours into the village type neighbourhoods up the side streets from there, but stay far to the side since they drive like crazy and you might get hit by a car (this goes for the day time too).
When you are at the night scene, especially when coming out of a place like Jungle, Alfred's, etc, do not walk from there to, for example, XXX3 even though it is easily walkable. That is not safe since there are "wicked people" waiting for drunk tourists to wander of and rob them outside these places at night. However, they will not try anything until you walk away a bit from the crowd immediately outside, so the area right outside is safe. (So if you want to get some chicken from the "jerk man", no worries.) General rule is: Avoid walking the street behind the beach at night, and don't wander around too far away from the night time places at night. Except for that Negril is safe.
Like mentioned earlier on, one of the things that is so great about Negril is that during low-season there is a rotation amongst the clubs which place "the action" is at during any given night of the week, so those that want to party during that night know where everyone else will be that night.
The pros all follow this rota as well, so just ask your hotel reception where the party is at that night, then head there around midnight and you are bound to find some girl that you think is cute.
Or,"Thursday Nights at Jungle"
The Jungle is a large, two level night club that is one of the biggest clubs in Jamaica. Downstairs there is a club with loud music, and upstairs there is a large open air area where you can hang out.
Entrance is 500 Jamaican, but on Thursdays it is "Ladies Night at The Jungle" and the place is absolutely packed with honeys. Thursday nights at The Jungle is even better than Friday nights at Pier 1 in Mo'Bay, and it's an absolute must attend.
You used to be able to smoke ganja in the club, but this is not allowed any more but you can smoke it on the upstairs level if you stand a bit out of the way.
I find that one drawback of the Jungle is that my experiences from back in the day used to be that I absolutely loved it there, but lately it is increasingly filling up with lamester civilians that have been bussed there from their all inclusive resorts, and that the hardcore dancehall beats are increasingly replaced with lame "top 40" crap that one hears in any crap club in any crab tourist place. However, there are still plenty of hot local girls to talk to.
During your trip, it is a must attend on at least on Thursday night and there are plently of pros, semi-pros, quarter-pros and non-pros for you to practice your seduction skills on.
There is no point to show up before midnight since it's pretty much empty until then, some girls don't even show up until 2am.
I don't know of any massage parlours in Negril, but I have never actually looked for one. However, no driver has ever suggested to take me to one either, which suggests that either there aren't any, since that is always the second thing they suggest after trying to sell you ganja when you charter a taxi, or that if there are massage parlours there then they don't pay the drivers a commission.
Negril has a streetwalker scene.
A very small one in the day time, with girls that stand around at the round about down town. (There is only one round about down town, and down town is very very small, so when you are there you will find it easily.) Think 0-5 girls, lots of times there will be no girls there. In the day time there are also street walker type girls that some time hang out at the local bar that is next to the touristy mall across from Burger King.
The bar itself is not across from Burger King, it is on the side of the mall that is facing the ocean, the building it is in is red, the music they play is loud and you can't miss it. When I say "mall" it is more like a collection of stores than a US style mall. This bar offers a ST room for Jamaican 1, 000. You can ask the bartender for the key.
At night more girls come out. They will be on the road going along the beach as you go from the round about towards Alfred's etc, and also on the road from the roundabout going towards Scrub-a-dub, plus a few along the road down town. You will need a driver to drive you around if you want to pick up a street walker at night. Walking is not safe at night, and they are very spread out.
I have never taken a street walker in Negril actually so not sure about prices, but wouldn't pay more than 1, 000 jamaican for a BBBJ from one of them if I did.
Streetwalkers are not the type of girls that you want to bring back to your hotel room.
By far the best go-go in Negril is Scrub-a-dub. It is a very large establishment, with a big stage in the middle, two bars inside, a seating area, a large outside pool area, a game room, an upstairs viewing area. This is a must go to on your visit to Negril.
At Scrub-a-dub there are some very nice looking dancers and not only thicker looking ones that are common in more local go-gos. Some of the acrobatics that these girls do are pretty amazing, and you should definitely make a point of checking out Scrub-a-dub on your trip (sorry for repeating this).
Pros and semi-pros hang out at Scrub-a-dub too. Would be surprised if there are any non-pros there, unless they are there with their boyfriends so be a bit careful, but pretty much any girl you see there can be had. On my last trip I got the feeling that a lot of the working girls are slowly being pushed away from the night scene (since many tourists don't share our hobby.) and they hang out at Scrub-a-dub instead.
If you fancy one of the dancers, make eye contact with her for a long time and when she finishes she will come over to you. If she doesn't just approach her yourself, or wave her over. The dancers will approach you and give you lap dances, and the pros will approach you to and dance with you, but I never felt pressured like at some go-gos where you have a girls tits in your face the minute you walk in, and you can easily take your time and make your choice.
If you are shy then just stand around the bar area and you will be approached pretty quickly.
Don't take the dancers out at night, get their numbers and call them in the day time since it's too expensive to pay for them to stop working and they have high expectations on how much they will be paid to come with you at night. There are expensive rooms for in house play too. Focus on the pros and semi-pros hanging around instead if you want to take someone home for the evening.
Now, if a dancer gives you a lapdance then you should tip her or buy her a drink, but have her work a bit for her. A Jamaican will not tip a girl unless she spends a bunch of time dancing in front of him, fondling him, and letting him finger her, and then the tip is 100 Jamaican so don't be suckered into giving too many tips and buying too many drinks.
Scrub-a-dub is located close to the town center, but a bit away from the town. Your taxi will turn down a small, dark, bumpy street before you get there. Don't freak out, that is the way to Scrub-a-dub and you are not being taken out in the country to get robbed. The turn down this dark street is right next to a Texaco.
Entrance is 300 Jamaican. You pay it before you drive through the gate into the parking lot. Same as other Jamaican go-gos, your driver will be let in for free. They might try to charge you for him though, but don't be suckered. If you have a girl with you then you need to pay her entrance fee. (If you pick up a girl from one of the clubs she will often suggest that you head to Scrub-a-dub before heading to your place, the reason for this is that she then collects a small commission from management.)
No point in going there before midnight, plus this place is pretty good pretty much all nights of the week.
In addition to Scrub-a-dub, the other main go-go is XXX. Pronounced "tripple x". Nothing spectacular about this place really, it is located along the beach on the same side as Jungle. If you take a girl out from one of the night places then she will often suggest you head to XXX (she collects a commission for this, that's why.). Entrance is 300.
There is also a go-go close to Samsara up on the road along the cliffs, but this was closed on my last trip.
There is also one in town, but didn't go on my last trip so not sure that it is still there.
Since there is something going on at the night places pretty much every night there is little point in going to the go-gos in Negril so I don't really go except for the occasional late night stop at XXX and Scrub-a-dub.
It is actually harder to find a non-pro / quarter-pro in Negril than it is in Mo'Bay. Not because of the attitude of the girls is different, but because Negril is so spread out which results in the girls being in a lot of places too.
A lot of quarter-pros, and also non-pros, are at the night time places like Alfred's / Jungle etc. Picking up a quarter-pro is pretty easy, much harder to get a non-pro since she will be a bit apprehensive of your intentions at these places. There are also two big drawbacks to quarter-pro / non-pro hunting on the night time circuit:
1. You might end up with a pro / semi-pro.
2. She will be there as a local and have friends on the night time scene, or as a Jamaican tourist from elsewhere with her friends, so you can't "play the field" like you could otherwise.
If you go hunting for non-pros in the day time, then walk up the little side streets on the cliff side and see what you find. You will be surprised how quickly you bump into something interesting this way, believe me. (Ignore all the touts approaching you, tell them that you are on a stroll and don't need help with nothing.)
Another option is to check out the non-tourist strip mall in "down town" Negril, but this is very small.
Also:
A lot of Jamicans that work in Negril actually live in Savanna-La-Mar. (It is called "Sav-La-Mar" in Jamaica, only a green horn would say the whole name out.) Sav-La-Mar is, well, pretty much a one street, shit hole town, and there is no reason to take the 30 minute taxi ride there. Unless. You are looking for a real non-pro. Have your driver take you there, ask him to wait for you on the top of the main street, and then go cruising around and you will have no problem finding plenty of non-pro girls. Don't divert of the main street, not since it is not safe, but since there is no reason to.
As a matter of fact, most likely you will end up with one of them coming to your taxi with you wanting to go to your hotel with you. Do not let your driver walk around with you and introduce you since then you will get quarter-pro / semi-pro girls. Do it all by yourself. Difficulty with a Sav-La-Mar girlfriend, well, she lives in a town that it 30 minutes away. Advantage of a Sav-La-Mar girlfriend, well, she lives in a town that is 30 minutes away. There are no tourists in Sav-La-Mar, so no hustlers and difficulties like that. It is totally safe in the day time.
Some musings:
Your driver can hook you up, but then you will get a girl that is on the border line between a semi-pro and quarter-pro unless you are good friends with your driver and come to Jamaica a lot.
Easiest option is to bring your girlfriend from Mo'Bay actually if that is the type of vacation you want to have.
Since I always stay at Samsara I am only familiar with places to eat close to there and down town.
If you leave Samsara and go right, after a while you will get to a place that has some really good jerk chicken and jerk pork that is located on the ocean side of the street. Some evenings they also throw a pretty nice party there with quite a few cool tourists and some working girl's attending.
Bentley's Crab House, which is detailed towards the end of this section, also has some nice crab cakes and is worth a visit.
Right across from Samsara there is an Italian restaurant. They have nice food but it is pretty pricey. Next to this one there is another restaurant that is a bit cheaper and serve tourist type (and price) food (think about 400 Jamaican for a burger or a club sandwich).
If you walk along the street you will pass a number of small restaurants that cater to Jamaicans. How a Jamaican restaurant works is that they have prepared between five or eight different dishes (but sometimes only one) that you order at the counter. After about two minutes you get it in a take out container and you can either stay there and eat it or take the food with you. Many of these "restaurants" are not much more than a kitchen and a counter, and maybe a few places to sit and eat and drink. The places that have lots of tables and menus and so on caters to tourists. The restaurants that cater to tourists not only charge about two or three times more than the Jamaican places, but also have food that is much lower quality, so try to steer clear of these places.
Down town there is Burger King, and a few restaurants that cater to locals. You will need to walk around a bit to find the local restaurants, but there are loads of them.
There are many girlfriendly hotels in Negril, but I only have personal experience of Samsara as I always stay there when I am in Negril. Samsara is located on the cliffs, about a mile and a half away from down town Negril.
Samsara is a bit of a run down all inclusive resort, but you can stay there on a non-all inclusive basis and eat outside. Going all-inclusive is expensive (unless you plan to spend all day drinking beer since it includes free alcohol) so go for the room only. There are many nice places to eat around Samsara, and also many tourist oriented ones that are expensive.
Lots of non-mongerers stay at Samsara, and Jamaicans don't really stay there. (At Wexford and Toby's in Mo'Bay there are loads of middle class Jamaicans on holiday.)
You can have guests in the day time up until 10pm for free, but they need to sign in. The two cute receptionists will flirt with you initially, but they stop when they see your deviant ways after a few days by the number of times you have signed girls into the sign-in book.
At night there is a USD 20 charge for a girl spending the night. You can get this charge reduced if you are clever.
Get a room that has air conditioner. Your sheets will get very sweaty the way that the Jamaican girls will fuck you if you don't have airconditioner.
There are two paths that lead to the rooms. One where you go left at reception past the bar area and all the non-mongerers in the day time (they are too busy drinking and don't notice you, but it bothers some people to be "spotted" with a girl I know). The other way you make a right at reception, and then go to your room without being spotted by anyone unless they happen to come out of their room.
This is pretty hard to explain, but it will make sense when you are there: The entrances to the room are either on the path where you go left, or on the path where you go right. Get a room where the door to your room is on the path when you go right if you don't want to be seen with girls in the day time. There is no way to really explain this when you reserve your room, but just ask to change rooms for whatever reason and then you will get a room on "the right path", pun intended.
Samsara charges about USD 75 per night. It is surrounded by a wall and has good security. When you come at night then the door to the entrance is locked, don't freak out, just knock and they will come and open it for you.
Samsara has had the same night security manager for 18 years. Try to make friends with him. (This is easy, give him 100 Jamaican and introduce yourself and talk to him for a few minutes before you head out on your first evening.)
In terms of other places to stay:
Others have posted about girl friendly hotels on the Negril thread, so you can also check these out. There are also many many hotels available that don't really advertise that are not next to the beach but on the other side of the road. Generally speaking, any hotel that is Jamaican owned (most all-inclusives seem to be owned by foreigners, from Spain in particular) will be more or less girl friendly.
If you book into Samsara you can walk around in the immediate area and find lots of cheap hotels and apartments that are for short term let that are cheap (bargain hard though since you will be given "tourist price").
I don't really like these places since many have unguarded entrances etc, which means that people, including girls can come knock on your door and bother you, which I think is not an unlikely eventuality, with girls in particular. (Not that I don't like it when girls show up on my door step, but not if there already is another girl in there, in which case it will either get very very interesting, but most likely will result in a bunch of screaming and shouting).
If you are staying long term then you can rent a villa or an apartment. My advice would be to check this out once you are on the ground and not to pre-book (unless you are there during high season).
If you find yourself at Alfred's one night, having met a hottie and you are staying there with friends who don't know about your "hobby", or you are there with the GF or W, or if you have for some reason ended up in an all-inclusive that doesn't allow guests.
The rasta man that has the little shed next to Alfred's (where he makes wood carvings etc) will rent you his bed room (basically it is a shack) for 500 jamaican if you want to do a quickie with a girl. This place you want to bend the girl over the bed basically and finish up quickly. It's a pretty fun experience actually, and you can then head in and find another girl to take home with you if you are so disposed.
This "short time hotel" is also open in the day time.