Smuj, laurie, I stayed at the Golden Sands many times in the mid to late 90s when I was based in Singapore. Then it was the inferior of the Shangri La. We got to know not to get rooms at the northern end as the mosque would wake you up early!
Is the reggae bar still going on the strip?? The guy had never been to Jamaica and was obviously demented because he lusted hugely after my mother-in-law when we there once!
Happy days.