thank you for your post, Rob, and especially the info about and reminder of how Negril has changed in the last 20 years. i know, progress and all, but i can't help but miss the old days...
("her name is Rosa") :)
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thank you for your post, Rob, and especially the info about and reminder of how Negril has changed in the last 20 years. i know, progress and all, but i can't help but miss the old days...
("her name is Rosa") :)
Gonna miss Niah being at Wavz on the beach. Enjoyed walking over & ordering patties & sitting under the big tree waiting for my order. Niah even delivered patties to my hotel a few times! Great patties!�� Great guy!��
now i'm craving a patty from Niah!! What a great guy he is! We loved how he delivered patties to us at Tony's Hut, it was the perfect spot for lunch and red stripes!!
On my last trip home, a Maroon friend laughed at me when I was reminiscing on how much I wished for the "good old days".Quote:
Originally Posted by sonja
She said, "Good old days were good for you but not so much for us. You could travel cheap. Eat cheap. And bargained for what you wanted."
"For us our money bought just as much as your money converted did. The only difference? We made less of it when we worked"
She went on to tell me that she liked having things. A cellphone or two. A car. A house and a so-so job. "We couldn't afford a nice place to stay overnight in Negril before and definitely not now."
She said, "You live like a Jamaican. Travel and eat like a Jamaican but you do it on US dollars and we don't."
She reminded me that not that many of the 2,000,000 or so visitors who come to Jamaica to vacation would ever want to come here if they had to live like you do. "No disrespect!", she added.
I laughed and nodded.
She went on.... "The more people who come here with more money to stay in more expensive places actually helps more than those who come an live like a Jamaican". "We already have enough of them!", she laughed.
"Come on. Let me buy you a drink you cheap-azz Jamaican".
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Thanks Mike_D! True words Accompong...
"Come on. Let me buy you a drink you cheap-azz Jamaican".
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too funny..
but i know your friend is right. i'm sure those "good old days" are better seen as a memory for most Jamaicans..
"You Can't Go Home Again" - Thomas Wolfe
Tony isn't cooking there currently......he hangs with mi most days at Pe Wees and No Limit Bar...no cooking for him right now....lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike_D
Cool Runnings, Marko
Marko,Quote:
Originally Posted by Marko
Hang out?
Cap
Rob ............ thanks for the update / correction on the identity of Wavz owner Rosa ............. all I ever heard of the mystery owner was "the China Man" .................. just proves the old saying "if you listen you will learn something new every day"