Waiting......seems you are taking your time on the final up date.......Please do leave us hanging too long Tic.....Please.
Waiting......seems you are taking your time on the final up date.......Please do leave us hanging too long Tic.....Please.
Sory that should read do not leave us hanging......
Hey everyone I am home safe and sound but I have to wait up to 72 hours for my internet connection to go back online boooo I should be on today or tomorrow by the latest so I can post all of the rest of my report.I am getting impatient waiting for my internet to come back on grrr!!
Also after quickly scanning the board I see the biartching is BACK in full force LOL I have only been gone for 5 minutes- I soooo need to get back there!
p.s I thought I would have my jetlag day on the flight home but got crammed in next to someone elses unruly 6 year old child who thought it would be fun to poke and kick and slap me every 5 seconds for nearly ten hours LOL I came home and just got straight back into things no tiredness no jetlag nothing just a feeling of wth am I doing back here nooooo.Check back soon hopefully no longer than 24 hours I should be back up and running!
So glad you home safe and sound but sorry for you that you had to leave. Keep all your memories alive and treasure them! Can't wait for more about your country travels :)
I may have to DESTROY the postman if he brings me any more bills, I had enough to swim in LOL ahhh who cares it was all worth it!I am looking forward to posting the rest ASAP
Sorry about the bills:(-Lets keep this party going!!-Let the trip report about the country:)
hey tic, are you recovered enough from your travels to give us a taste a of your country travels? I am kinda going through trip report withdrawals with Gerry and Brasi winding down (and where are the exciting guy out on the town narratives boys?) and thanks be that rastagal is putting up some great stories along with rumpole--but Tic come back and give us a taste of country please :)
Hey Tic Toc - I haven't read everything but I did read your review about the party you hosted and your Travellers review. First of all, I thought you planned a fantastic day for all of us but I guess Mother Nature had other plans. I didn't really meet other boardies as everybody appeared to be in their own group including my large group but I did meet Dawn.
Because of you, I was finally able to follow through on my numerous promises to Monk to buy a brick - I purchased 2 bricks and spent some time speaking with the people who made the presentation.
I was very surprised at the condition of the pool. The water was very cloudy and extra cold and it didn't have anything to do with the rain. That pool needed some serious cleaning. You played a great hostess especially ensuring that we all got our rum punch! We kind of expected a waitress taking drink orders so when that didn't happen, my cousin went to the bar to get us drinks and we were surprised they ran out of Red Stripe. I did ask one of the sons what happened and he said he was unsure but was working on it.....I think that is something that should have been figured out much earlier from management.
We had planned to do the buffet but after the service we received, most of the folks in my group decided they didn't want to but some did go to the restaurant and hand ordered food there. The rest went back to NBCC, ordered, ate our food and finished way before those that stayed at Travellers.
I got a kick out of the raffle - you and your 200 numbers. I loved how you kept the smile on your face the entire time.
I hope to meet up again in Negril again!
I cannot explain how it felt to be leaving Negril, there are no words apart from a big boo hoo for me!
I was trying to hold it all together, trying real hard, it seemed the shortest visit ever and I do not know why as I squeezed every secondof fun I could out of my trip I savoured every second and enjoyed every minute,I barely slept so I missed no time at all yet I felt my holiday was only just beginning yet it was ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ7nLeVUWcs
People were saying goodbye my friends, the staff, thedrivers the tourists.I was holding it all together and then our musician friend came to say goodbye and played a song which he wrote which is a favourite of mine and we regularly stood at the piano in travellers beach resort with me sipping on a rum and pepsi stood by the piano just like in the movies listeningto a song being played he wrote himself and sung to me (yes the family were there too for enquiring minds!) sometimes I would just listen to him sing that song though, so he came and said goodbye and played the song and all of the musical memories of the month came flashing back one after the other after theother.Remembering the sweet little musical sounds from the strumming of one stringon a guitar to the heavy sounds of the bongo drum , keyboards , big drum kitsand then of course my favourite of all, the big bass- sound system speakers ,the ones that when they get plugged in , nothing in the whole world matters andthe bass starts to fill up your soul until you almost explode with bass and happiness, if you do not like loud Jamaican music or music in general you willat this point wonder if I have lost the plot but for those of you who lovesound systems and music you know what I am talking about!BOOM BOOM BOOM yes yes LOL now I knowwhy that man says yes yes, the Jamaican music and speakers start to fill your soul!
BOOM BOOM BOOM Once you go you know, if you don’t know you need to get to know BOOM BOOM BOOM
That is the sound I will miss terribly until I return, no sound systems where I live, none at all.Not even a little hum or a whistle NOTHING AT ALL.The only beat I hearat home is my heart pounding to get back to Jamaica BOOM BOOM BOOM!
I can only now dream of the BOOM BOOM BOOM until I return.
So I was holding back my emotions, I usually wait until my family are well out of the way before I get emotional they have never seen me upset about Jamaica, maybe they do not realise how much in love with it I am?
So we fill up the car, the musician jumps in to get out up the road and my eyes start to fill up.I turned the other way hoping nobodywould notice but my husband saw me and started complaining and shouting at me asking what the hell am I crying at I never cried before then the driver is looking at me in amazement as he has drove me everywhere for a month always seeing me laughing and smiling with my likkle bottle of rum I do not think he could believe I had tears then the kids were making jokes and the musician asked was I crying LOL world swallow me up LOL I couldn’t stop the tears they just bust out no controlling it this time I usually wait until a quiet moment or behind my shades and shed a tear but I had forgotten to put my shades onso..
BAWLOUT
Hush.
No Woman nah cry.
It is always hard to leave. Luckily you were only leaving Negril at that stage.
Hope you had a ball for the remainder of your time.
Glad your internet connection is up and running. Looking forward to hear the rest of your adventures.
One love
B
My first night in the country is usually a scary drama filled one! I never know what, when, why or how but I usually get afraid of something at least once but I must love it because I always return!
So my first night I head to my bedroom at 8.45pm WOW **Tictoc going to bed early ALERT,**
nighty night family an early night for me.
So I fall into a deep sleep and about 2am I had some freaky weird dream that I cannot remember but it was a bit scary and I jolted awake,EXPECTING to see a shimmer of light from the bathroom light that I left on but NO I am in total darkness, by total darkness I mean the darkest place Ihave ever been in my entire life and I was scared and my heart was pumping I knew I had a bad dream but could not remember it and now I was wondering if I had gone blind or was still dreaming .Where was the light?? where was my hands ??OMG.I can’t see?
Shouted my husband awake and shoved him a little to wake up I said put the light on put the light on, so a lot of grumbling ensued and he lolled out of bed and then SMACK into the wall to find the light! More grumbling and rassing and then whack he bangs into another wall at which point I discreetly laugh to myself LOL (excuse my wickedness lol) He was going mad waking up the house asking who has switched all the electric off why do no lights work.So his dad gave him a flashlight that worked on and off so another drama from my husband until he found another!He brought it in to the bedroom, we were told the electric company switched the electric off and also all street lights too so it was really pitch black.I have never witnessed it that dark before, Darker than dark, now I know why people talk about packing flashlights and candles omg I will always pack one in future!
So that was my first night scary drama over with as I always have a drama of being scared on my first night- different scare each time!- I expect it and know it will always happen at some point!They got me!
So I fell back asleep the torch/flashlight went off and after about half an hour I wanted to switch position so moved my leg up the bed fast I don’t know why my stupid leg was moving so fast maybe a duppy touched it LOL AND WHAM almost kneecapped myself into the dyamn wall , who the heck moved the wall so close?OMG I eventually fall asleep and the night gets cold so woke up again to get under the sheet,poked hubby a few times because of his incessant snoring then fell into a nice sleep and had visions of me having a nice lie in bed in the morning perhaps breakfast in bed even, I had no plans at all except to totally chill with all of the family and get all of our projects wrapped up.
I was thinking of lazing around on my bed the next morning with the sun shining through the slatted windows munching my breakfast in bedas I drifted off to sleep…
BANG, CRANK , RATTLE, WHACK, BOOMM , OMG WTH??
I jolted awake beforeI even had thoughts of being awake or it being morning.It sounded like the army was in town and coming to take me away.What was that? Hard to sleep in the country you know
JOLT---- SMASH ----RATTLE???
that is very kind and sweet of you thankyou xQuote:
Originally Posted by Tropical62
What time is this?
LA LA LA LAAAAAAAAAAAAA
HUH?
LALALALALA LAAAAAAAAAAAAA???
ARMY HAS BROUGHT THE CHOIR?
It was still a bit dark in the bedroom
6:30 am It is praise the lord time OMG I did not remember about morning praise I forgot to put it on the planner! Whole house is opened up and all the family are singing praises and then readings from the bible --HELP
I am not a very good morning person.
Praise god thankyou for letting me be here please let me roll over for another few moments!
Then my son came knocking on my door telling me the cats need feeding and his nana has given him some delicious tea that tasted like chocolate and marshmellows .It was MILO
He ended up having 1 milo and two cups of tea.We are not tea drinkers back home so another novelty for him.
I was trying to savour the moment and enjoy the day but my husband was going mad, he does not like having to control his behaviour and behave then he got woke up early by singing LOL and then he is saying I spent the money so I better replace it and organise some more NOW and he kept sayingit and saying it and moaning and grumbling about every single thing in the universe for most of the day.Everything in it’s own time though..
He is like that sometimes , infact most times, I had hoped along holiday would chill him out as I always do but my plan always fails I him.And I have given up trying, now I tend to shut my ears off or plug my ipod in!
I can’t deal with negative grumbles from anyone else probably because I am surrounded by a cloud of grumbles on a daily basis from within my home!No one can grumble more than him so I can’t take even one grumble from anyone unless it is an absolute emergency as I get more than my fair share at home.
So I cannot let it steal my joy and happiness and have to bust out of the grumble bubble!
I called our niece who is my age , a Jamaican lady who is pregnant who the pushchair was for.She said she is up and ready and she soon come. She used to live here where I am staying now and we used to have lots of fun and late night chats and sleepovers and cooking sessions but now she hasher own little family and I miss her here. So 30 minutes later she arrived andwe caught up and she was pleased with the baby pram/pushchair . Husband was still grumbling he wanted water from the shop and other things which we did not need, tap water is fine here and it is not a home where you sit drinking beer and he is not much of a beer drinker anyway he was just finding something to grumble about so when my nieces time came when she had to leave he said he was going to get dropped off in town and asked did I want to go so I said no- you just go because we did not need to go and needed to be careful with money so he got mad again and said I should go so I thought great I will get dumped down there for unnecessary items then have to make my own way back CHO!
So I jumped in and my niece got out with me in the town ,she didn’t have to but she is nice like that, heavily pregnant too, so I got a few basic items and I only had 2000j in my pocket and I needed 120j for taxi fare home so I added up the price of the contents of my shopping trolley carefully, then got to the till and realised I had not added tax dayamn that part always gets me I hate that.The price should be inclusive I am no good with percentages, just tell me a total.I cannot cope with adding all percentages allthe time on bills and shopping and hotel!Tell me the amount you want from me dammit! Hardly any other country adds it separately.
So I realised I did not have enough money left for a patty which my son had requested so she gave me some money for two patties she is such a lovely person and it was probably her taxi fare home because I heard someone say they were going to come and pick her up.She would give her last dime to help.I said I would pay her back tomorrow as she was not coming back tothe house but was going out of town.
My niece knows everyone in town she is so lovely all the drivers know her and know exactly where we want to go by saying a persons name not an address of their house , if you say you wanna go tictocs house for example and its 5 miles away every driver knows where that is, its cool!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8ljNobUys
And she takes everything in her stride and she is constantly on her mobile phone she must go through millions of phone cards!Always someone calling her to chat about something and everyone always waving to her and saying hi all the neighbours and shopworkers.She used to have a shop in the town but now has a new one out of town.She has always been an inspiration to me as she is a very good hearted person who will help wherever and whenever she can and she started with absolutely nothing and has become a strong independent woman now.
The song nuttin 2 sometin comes to mind and it proves you can do whatever you set your mind too. She is not afraid of nothing or no-one and takes everything in her stride yet still manages to be nice to everyone and make things happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI7Y1SXPNXI
She’s a lovely woman always made time for me and my family even when it meant missing work and losing money to show me how to get toplaces or how to feed my family or where to shop.She would never leave us in the lurch or stuck for the sake of money NEVER.
And that works both ways.I would drop whatever I was doing if she needed me.
So I headed back to the family home and saw a few goats along the way and I saw something looking at me what the heck is THAT?
2 huge bulls or cows looking at me LOL
Dogs looking both ways to cross the road!
Then our nephew came to the house after school, He used to come to Negril with us but the family has expanded now and we will have tostart thinking about bigger accomodations to keep up the family holidays either bigger or low cost,Maybe we could all go to Westport cottages or NBCC for awhile as they have space, Westport is definitely the most economical though plus they have a kitchen.
All the children have been playing happily for hours all the cousins and the cats and they all had their little gadgets out and was just being happy nice kids yay no complaining.Even hubby is on best behaviour for a single moment!
My sister in law had already dealt with the fishman truck before I got out of bed so I gave some money for the fish and she spent ages cooking and cleaning the fish and then after a few hours dished out a delicious meal.Yay just what I always wanted and I really really enjoyed it, best meal since I got here and the sauce yes sirrrrr or YES YES as that man in Negril would say!
I still have not made my coleslaw though. I will tomorrow LOL will tomorrow ever come?
I found a spot earlier near the gate, I sunbathed stood up resting my neck on the gate staring at the palm trees in front of the amazingmountain views.I heard a cockerel and watched pretty butterflies dancing around.
My father in laws brother came to say happy new year and we went and saw the local neighbourhood fix it man he fixes everything , gatesbuildings, everything.he was working on a big 3 storey house an English familyhave just bought facing my in laws house , it looks like it will be very niceand room for a pool spiral staircase very nice hmmm stop giving me ideas!
The sky is red now sun setting over the mountains.
I was laughing out loud at your scary first night in the country! It sounds like your niece is a lovely, inspiring, strong woman and you finally got your home-cooked JA food, yay! Loving the second installment of your trip. Stay warm--it is cold here in New York, too.
I have a tiny bit more money arriving tomorrow from backhome and I am not in anyone’s good books and it is my final cash injection andI think I may be in big trouble when I get home but I cannot say it has notbeen worth it! It has been brilliant for all of us and we never quite know whenwe will be able to return so we always make the best of it each and every time.
It all gets paid back and then we save again.
I have to think carefully about how to do my next trip asthe amount I am spending each year has gone way beyond buying land and buildingan extremely nice house when I add up the totals.
The sun has set once again and it has been a perfect day inJamaica.The temperature in the evenings are luke warm, body temperature justlike in my home at home but I do have the heating on, so it is not cold but nothot , just right, the days are sunny now and the evenings are cool.
The kids are happy, my belly is happy and my husband has notmoaned for 20 minutes now ha ha.
Life is sweet.
I could manage on a next to zero budget I need verylittle money to be happy in Jamaica mac and cheese 90j for FOUR meals, patties90j, coco bread 50j water FREE beach FREE swimming FREE walking dancing laughingtalking FREE. Sunshine FREE and I would just get a low cost room.But I have tocater to everyone and not just myself.
The sun has come up and today is a new day, I hope thingssettle down so we can just chill with the family.I want to sunbathe outside buthave no lounger and the chairs from indoors will get sun damage so I am goingto work on this problem today LOL Life is good when over Christmas and new yearthe only major problem you have is finding something to sunbathe on!
Like I said yesterday everytime I speak I am reminded of atune that is played in Jamaica there is a song for everything and lastnightssong would have been called MY LIFE AINT EASY LIKE 123http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKHhQ9nRluU
But today is a new day in beautiful Jamaica and I will havemy fun regardless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eXZ0Xd2Vpw
I might have a stroll into town and maybe take the kids to alittle cookshop where they play music and let them choose some dvds that we canall watch later.We are usually the only white people in this town but it doesnot matter everyone is usually nice to us and welcoming.We get called whiteybut I do not take offence as it is actually the truth I am white so I can notsay they are saying anything wrong!I prefer to be called whitey than fattyanyway LOL.I must lose some weight before my next trip !I say this every tripthen return fatter than ever LOLOL.(Some call me browning depending on how my tan is going i think lol)??I am getting up and ready now for some funin the sun, I know it is out there just ready and waiting for me to get up andget out there so I will speak to you all soon x
Life could not be better(well except for the bankbalance but you cannot expecteverything!)
It is 6.30pm , mummy-in law is changed for bed some family have gone homesome are staying over for a sleepover.
She is such a lovely nana.They are really nice grandparentsand have been there for every single one of the families many children.They arehead of the household, head of the family and they have done a great job, notsure what happened to my husbands manners but you always get one I supposeLOL.He was the baby of the family so they are a bit lax with the rules on himand he is the only one who has an attitude sometimes and it is allowed for ashort time.
There are rules in this family and I think I need to startimplementing more in my own !!My kids have pretty much had what they wantedwithin reason and never caused or been in any trouble but when they play up/act up they can act up!
They are good kids on the whole though and my husband saysthat’s because I give them everything they want but it is not I only give whatI can and you shouldn’t have kids if you cant give them what you can withinreason.They are all my babies I know I whined about the food costs but pleaseforgive me!
I whine at any prices and costs if I think they are higherthan they should be even if I was a millionaire I still like fair pricing., itjust happened to be food costs this time and btw some food costs in Jamaica areoff the rictor scale I do not know who makes up those prices but WOW.
Some eye popping prices on some items.It just kept adding upand up and up it was not my kids fault at all just a bit of a shocker on someof the items that’s all.
If you have endless bags of money Jamaica is definitely anamazing paradise to play in, You can get everything you desire in a perfectparadise.
I am having a sleep over party in a different town thisSaturday, one of the family, her partner is well into his music and apparentlyhas a good bass speaker wooooooo, you can take tictoc from Negril but not thebass speakers from tictoc!This should be fun,I have not slept at the new housethough and I hope I am not afraid of anything LOL.
This will be fun regardless even if I am scared a littlethat will add to the adventure.We always enjoy our time here it is just on atotally different level.
My family(well actually just me, my family are still intraining) can adapt to any situation in any country and make the best of everysituation.Where ever we lay our hat that’s our home.
My family should be thankful I have not chosen Africansafari to go on an adventure holiday, o:Dn some you actually hunt for your ownfood if you wish to eat and then walk across the desert or by camel.
There are many different ways of life out there and I intendto let my family see as many as possible so they can choose which one theyprefer and where they want to settle because I tell you, raining cold miserablesilent England with no soul, spirit or music or love just staring out of awindow looking at the same cold miserable mess is not a place I will besettling, it is my base just for nowuntil better comes along.I have found my better I just need to better myself tomake better even better when I arrive atmy final destination!
Every time I speak I think of a dancehall song here, reggaeand dancehall is running through my veins!
A car nearly backed into me and my husband was shouting theynearly reversed in to you
And all I could think of was the song “reverse di ting”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82UGMjzzhfY
And I HEARD BACK IT UP BACK IT UP
So I was thinking of the song back it up !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDuAYv2yqa8
I could have got run over and died but all I could do was recall dancehall lyrics:D
And there is a song about final destination too
And when I needed a phone card there is a song called phonecard ,phone card,phone card I will post them all for you !
And my driver asked did I need to stop and I wanted to singDRIVER DON’T STOP AT ALL buju banton LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai7mzkZcRsw
I LOVE the song only man she want its been played non stopsince my arrival and popcaan sings it and he is Negril in a few days I so wishI could go to see him I love that song popcaan and yellowman I am about tomiss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD2UK0i6PF8
I am going to leave it here for now and go and chat on theverandha todays chatting was about politics and all of the latest happenings.
I tasted the macaroni cheese
today in the packet, the one my kids were pulling their faces at in Negril.It was delicious I really enjoyed it and the kids said mmm yummy this is nicer than the other one so obviously someone either cooked it wrong or something because it was the same packet.It was really nice too, I wish I would have tasted it at the start of my holiday it would have been macaroni and cheese everyday LOL it was really nice think it was about 100j or even 80j a packet with everything included and it fed 4 people BARGAIN ALERT!
But because the kids said it was awful I never tried it and it is Jamaicas hidden secret!I want to buy some to take home.
Today I went house hunting in dreamland! I looked at a lot of mini mansions all being built and looked at plots of land for sale and discussed prices and deals that could be had.We discussed how much land costs and then how much materials and workmanship cost to build.There are some magnificent mini mansions around here and I even wrote a song about it!
I saw cows and goats and a variety of cute pretty flowers and plants which are perfect for my sons school project and the sun was beaming down through the clouds so you could see the rays it was like God whispering through the clouds or blowing gently through the clouds, maybe he is gently blowing some reggae my way ha ha.
Last night I got into bed and I heard BOOM BOOMBOOM and I thought am I dreaming? Am I still in Negril?There was a big party round here somewhere and I was NOT notified dayammn.
Sounded really good too.I did check the signs yesterday for parties but they were all out of date.
It is homecooked chicken in sauce with veg and rice and peas today and I still have not been shopping for the coleslaw LOL I am so last minute it is unbelievable will I ever get my coleslaw I wonder?
I am taking the kids into town tomorrow maybe go to Kfc or a burger bar and get some dvds so I will pick up some coleslaw ingredients then!
I was going to go today but lack of sleep from the party noise and psychotic animals got to me a bit today!
I am surrounded by lizards , gigantic spiders, cows, goats, butterflies, dogs and cats and that is without bending my neck who knows what is around the corner for this city girl!
I am not a big pet person I sometimes feel I have landed in the middle of a jungle like big zoo! Moooooooo woof woff meow hissssss ssssss and of course the vultures and the tree frogs and the cockerels.
If they all shut the hell up when I want to go to bed I am happy.If not they drive me crazy like lastnight and we had to intervene and separate them as it is insane .
My sister in law has a tortoise and a chicken and a donkey and some goats too.
SQUAK HEE- HOR HEE -HOR HELPPPPPP!
CITY GIRL TURNED JUNGLE-ISTA
Thank you, Tic Toc, for continuing your report. It's so nice to hear about your adventures in country. I love getting out and away from things :)
My review of Westport cottages.
I am going to be honest and have to say that the concrete room that comes with private bathroom did have a funky smell.I do not know what it was and I never really bothered to find out.If you were staying in it for a length of time simply bring some bleach and an air freshner and any home comforts you feel you need.
The wooden cottages are just that, little wooden cottages and they have a bed and clean sheets and a fan , some have two double beds.They do not smell at all and are a perfect camping style base.Cabins are 20 us pernight, or 1000j per person per night.There is a large shared kitchen which youu sually have all to yourself a couple of stoves/cookers and 3 large fridgefreezers and lots of pots and pans to use.
A table and chairs a toaster and some other bits and bobs.Wooden huts have shared outdoor sinks showers, toilets there are a couple dotted around , never unavailable if needed.There are washing lines there and it is a great sun trap and each wooden hut has its own verandha/balcony where you can watch the sky turn from day to night and watch and feel the sun come up.It is a small gated patch of land secure with only one small front gate which someone watches 24/7
The owner Joseph is a very nice Jamaican man and will go out of his way to help you if he can.He has a lot of return guests from all over the world and is starting to expand a little.Mostly back packers or students or people who have flown a long way and want to keep costs down that stay here many repeat visitors though.In the evening everyone plays dominoes or drinks their red stripes on their verandha or washes their clothes and hangs them out.It is directly across the road from shields/travellers beach resort and is a hop and a skip away from the beach perfect location and right next door to fatties best cheap cook shop in the area!
I do not want to big it up too much as it is definitely no luxury resort I do not want you going there with great expectations other than what it is.It is camping but indoors in a wooden hut.It is clean safe and has a kitchen a roof a toilet and shower a gate and a nice owner and is seconds from the beach, good location at dirt cheap price.If you can handle camping style holidays and are on a budget or want somewhere long term then this is the place for you.I have stayed before I stayed again and then returned for a further two days and I would stay again.The owner Joseph is a kind friendly man and knows just about everyone and everything.
Nice people there I have pleasant stays there my only complaint was the smell in the concrete room but like I said I never bothered to get rid of it fully! I would either buy cleaning products and freshener next time or maybe just stay in the wooden huts.
I will return there.
Please note this is not a resort it is more of a camping style place but with everything you need as a base in Negril.No hassle safe environment but very budget style.Do not expect hotel style premises but it is a safe friendly environment with a lovely owner and has everything you need for about 20 dollars a night BEAT THAT!
****I missed this part out...my arrival in country from negril day 1****
(From when I WAS CRYING IN THE CAR SAYING BYE TO NEGRIL)
OMG LOL what was this?What a wuss I am. TICTOC was crying OMG nobody makes tictoc cry EVER only Jamaica can make me cry.I never cry I don’t really show feelings too much it’s too much effort LOL
But there I was bawling like a baby…wiped my eyes let out our friend and on with our journey into the hills.Bye bye Negril until we meet again and everyone and everything in it.And of course all of the people and things and food and places I SAVED especially for next time.
I should practise what I preach and do everything in the here and now as next time and ONE DAY may never come but I can’t, I like to save things so I have things to look forward to for next time and always save the best things until last.
I have saved a lot of things to do on my return,
I need to bring a whole stashful of money though to complete it all.There was a traffic accident at the roundabout on the way out of Negril then we took the road past rooftop club out of Negril.I waved bye bye to the beach park BYE BYE My baby soundsystem I LOVE you BOOM BOOM BOOM I waved bye to the patty shop and fatties and the blue sea and American pie nightclub and all of the little spots I will miss, Looked fondly through the window that was tinted and the handle was b@@@@ broke so I could not put it down and take photographs damn!
We passed bamboo avenue and middle quarters and past Peter toshs burial site.We arrived fairly quickly to the family home.
My father in law greeted us at the gate Hey we are homeeee
He is doing really well I think he is about 90 years old now
Then my mother in law came out and my sister in law and one of her children.Some chicken and home cooked gorgeous sauce waiting for me wooooo this is what I been waiting for the real deal homecooked food.
Pictures of me all up on the walls in my wedding dress and photographs of all of my family , yes this is my home I am welcome here and happy and it is always nice here.
Theres meeeee TICTOC on the wall ha ha (Long story took me a while to get my photos up there maybe i will tell u later on but then I am not a maybe girl so most likely I will lol)
There are 2 new additions here a mother cat and baby kitten quite cute even though I am not a pet person.I have taken photographs to share with you.
So our driver decided he want to HOLD A VYBE LOL take a likkle rest hold a vyb a meditation LOL
WTH I said you gonna get me in CHUBBLE If my rum is banned your stuff is definitely BANNED so he went round side of the house LOL
NAUGHTY NAUGHTY so I am now on an official rum ban and I have to behave , maybe we will attend church, the children best behave or else! No whining about food no sirrrrrr
Homework is a full time priority now.
There are quite a few trees growing in the yard, coconut, lime, oranges, bananas and mangos and some other things I have not learned about yet.
My son was very pleased to see his grandparents and immediately started to tell them he now has some adult teeth and about his school.
I hear my sister in law talk about how fat we got LOL yes that is us big fat people LOL don’t start me on the food prices ha ha.
Waved to the neighbours I am waiting for one nice lady to arrive home she always looks out for my in-laws very nice lady.
So I have a little bit of rum left in my suitcase,not sure if that will make an appearance or not, I have a bedroom door lock, Access to Jamaican music as long as I play quietly LOL I could have a private party LOL but for now I will remain on best behaviour!
I am currently watching the sun set over the mountains and a new journey is beginning and my other journey has ended.Its all so emotional 2 different worlds in one same country.Both worlds I love the same.
One, partying concerts and soundsystems and love of my life which is always taken away from me – MUSIC.
And the other- family and church and talking and cooking and learning
Both Worlds I love are here in one country JAMAICA and I want them to last forever.If I could bring my parents here it would be really good.
Apart from a few family members I have no connection to England apart from my passport.NOTHING is there for me miserable old cold hellhole!
All the Jamaicans I know who wanted to go to England thinking it would be a better life soon shot back on a plane straight back to Jamaica!
So now the sun is setting over the mountain views and the house is in darkness and is getting all of the wooden shutters closed up.It is as quiet as a mouse peaceful and serene the only sound is the tapping of my keyboard with my nails done in Negril I miss you Negril!
LOL I can hear my son rambling on to his Jamaican auntie about cat food and how many tins does it eat and when OMG stop questioning her!
He likes the kitten he is being real nosey OMG
I am allowed to drink out of the glasses in the posh glasses cabinet woieeeee V.I.P MI SEH!
I am always made to feel at home here I can be myself ,their home is my home , my home is theirs, my inlaws came to our home in England a few years back a couple of times.Now they do not feel up to the journey.
WOW YOU CAN HEAR A PIN DROP HERE NOW, THE MOON IS COMINGOUT, THE KITTEN GAVE A PURR and even the children are enjoying the peace and quiet.
I find it very entertaining that my husband has to control his mood swings as my inlaws are still mommy and daddy and discipline still rules the roost ha ha
Peace and quiet time for me yay!
Aww my mother in law is now dressed in nighty with her little plaits in her hair she is so cute and so loving to us all.
No mr egos live here only NICE people,nice polite well mannered lovely people.YES YES! I am a bit out of my element now as I have no plans nor a fund for any plans so it will be taking each day as it comes and each new day will bring a new plan.The family smiled when they saw the pushchair it was worth the extra effort on a minibus 2 trains a tube and a 10 hr aeroplane and another transfer plus one more drive just to get that one little smile.I am waiting to give it my neice who I will hopefully see very soon.My childrens cousin age 14 is staying over so the kids can play Jamaica style and he is very creative and has already made a toy car from plastic bottles andcaps and string just like my son said he wanted to make so he can teach him how to build toys.
Then my son can show some children back home how to do it.
I brought some cheese, spaghetti ,egg and toast for supper so we will have a little midnight feast with our packets of cookies too! Let me live here in Jamaica I am so upset that this journey has almost ended yet I feel I never even got to begin.I have to get straight back here although the loans I took to top up the zero budget I can only imagine the mess of bills I will return to!
Hopefully they will not take too long to deal with and I will be back.
OMG my husband just asked his mother for rum LOL he said I know you got some for people to have at Christmas as they treat the neighbours to a little if they visit at Christmas so she said yes she hid it LOL so hesaid where and poured himself half a glass OMG lol I am not getting involved.Right in front of the Jesus and his disciples picture too!
I am chilling out tonight I am in the zone going to chat with the family with no TV no noise cook up my little snack supper and sit out on the verandha with my father in law.That is the plan for tonight.The kids are working on their school projects and will then head to bed after cleaning up!
Nighty night my friends, that was a saying my nana used to say before she died Nighty night sleep tight.
From the hills and interior of my baby Jamaica.I was sad to leave Negril but it is not totally over yet.
I would love to come back for the yellowman show but do not have taxi fare.Maybe I could call him ask him to pick me up along the way! HA I WISH
Hubby would totally ban that idea LOL
For everything someone says there is a song to back it up! Infact there is actually a song called back it up LOL Jamaica is full of musicand there is a song for absolutely everything you are talking about and everytime I speak here I cannot help but remember the songs that sing about it so I will start adding the songs to the reports!
I have to go it is bible study time :0 reading passages out loud- everyone LATER X