**OFF-site Trip Report ~~ Aug 2011 ~~ Part #6 of several

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAVZ_4xOrF0

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comments about above video::>>

1...running socks ... called '..BalEga.." ... made in SouthAfrica... do a google for more info

2...Ponciana tee-shirt::: a likkle *story*

one day while walking around Lucea-town,
i saw a lady
...i looked pon her face
ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
WHERE i know her from...???..
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

she smiled
and said, "..How you doing blah blah raa raa.."

mi-SAY:::>> "..WHERE i know you from..??.."

"..From THERE.." as she pointed at my Poinciana tee-shirt

folks always asking me, how long i've been going to Jamaica
...i can't remember
:-(
remember::>> i'm old with a pea-brain, and a very feeble mind.

anyhoooooooooo.....

i DO remember that I started @ Poinciana
...in a time-share-arrangement

excited,
i asked the lady,
WHEN did they change the name to BeachesNegril/SandyBay etc...??..

around 1996 or 98-ish, she said

soooooooooooooooo

that means i've been fooling around in Jamaica since 'bout 1995-ish, or there-abouts

anyhooooooooooo.....

about that lady::::>> when i met her at the resort,
she worked in the gift shop
..at the time, 'twas *obvious* she was a new-employee

me being me,
all-ways got a kick out of *playing* with the staff members

once in a while, i'd eat in the resort's staff dining room, with the staff

they had good/better food in there
..at the time they had their own special cook/chef,
who prepared *real* Jamaican good
....food they didn't serve to the guests
.......the staff (back-then) didn't like the resort-for-guest food

anyhoooooooooooooooooo

i would give her ---the gift shop lady---- a hard time,
because she'd always be out of post card stamps
....i use to send out 100's of postcards to my photo-clients back in the States.

one day,
i saw some cute match books,
with the Poinciana logo pon dem

mi-SAY:::>> "..lemme have some matches, please.."
she-SAY::>> "..US $1.00 per book.."

:-(

i flipped
went beserk

she, was flustered,
being a new-employee,
not knowing what to do or say to the mad-tourist

i set her at ease,
that it was OK..... no biggie
..but i DID not pay for dem matches

later,
somehow(?)
i did get a book of matches

:-)

anyhoooooooooo...

'twas a treat seeing and chatting with her,
after all those many years.

interestingly::> she looked the same (almost),
aged in appearance, by about 3-years

dunno HOW/WHY Ja-folks don't seem to age,
like we foreigners do

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3.....new green fishnet mariner tee-shirt --- cost 'bout Ja $200

4....new white mariners ---- cost Ja $100
question:::>> how come those white mariners cost so much up-yonder-here in good 'ole USofA ... i saw some the other day::::>> US $7.00 each

:-(

4....".liquid flatulence." ---- as most KNOW,
in Jamaica/Negril/etc,
it's a GOOD-idea to ALL-ways have some toilet tissue, in your pocket, purse, bag, whatever ....... just in case.

usually,
i follow this *rule*,
even when i go jogging.

this trip,
too-many times, i didn't follow the *rule*

2-3 times,
while jogging/running,
Nature called
...correction:::>> Nature SCREAM-ed

i had no paper
:-(

sooooooooooooo,
i scurried into the bushes,

look-ed around

and hope-ed & prayed that the big-leaf(s),
that i *used* wouldn't cause me any itch-ing or bump-ing problems

i've gotten pretty good,
at selecting a *proper* leaf,
and the use thereof,
in lieu of toilet tissue

anyhooooooooooooooooooooo

the following are a few around Negril videos...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3YpvpdoWXE
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:-(

didn't get to see MissAngie this trip

:-(

so it goes





more videos, soon come

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reminder..
these videos were recently taken,
end of August 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxSVwUS9HBw
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i0GugAhzgw
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My-PBhDh8Wg
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likkle more videos
within the hour

stay tuned

soon come back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXUzuFz8_Ec
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as you can hear,
in video above,
i had an *interesting-exchange* with a guy @ Coconut International
lol
lol
lol

dem so *funny* sometimes over-so in-Negril
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in short,
the guy was *supposed-ly* vexed 'cause i was taking pictures

we, he & I, had a likkle back-&-forth banter-ing

he pulled-out his cellphone,
as if calling somebody(?) to complain

so,
to *play-along*,
i pulled out MY cellphone

"..Hello .... Bruce ..... there's this guy over here in Negril, @ Coconut International, giving me a hard time .......... huh huh ???? ....... I've got to call SistaP..???..."

the guy
and another-guy there
and I
all had a good laugh

and i carried-on,
and continued my beach-walk

* sigh *

just ignore dem people,
who wanna mess wit ya

they harmless...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hsYATKVt3M

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGYKfQRbSos

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a few more videos,
within the hour

soon come back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1B-jaYD1Jc
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQoUPMiXH7I
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE2ba1e8RvU
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that's all folks,
for this thread

any questions..??..

:D-more smith videos!!!!-Thanks for making my day go by better:cool:

Hey Smith,

Miss G and I helped Barry to go to school when he was a pickney. Miss Gloria's was our first beach hangout when we moved from Kingston to Westmoreland.

We saw him last year for the first time in 25 years. He was always a good kid.

Cap

can't wait to get home from work--and hope my internet is working so I can check the vids. Gotta love sheets Top and Bottom like the Waldourf. Wonder if we should tell Barry to paint over the "u"

Thank you for sharing your videos, it made my day. I remember well that alley by bar-b-barn..when I stayed at Coral Seas Garden in july '07, used that alley to cut through to the beach. :)

Nice job Smith! Enjoyed watching the video,s

I almost want to go in late August.
Nice and peaceful.

:D very funny comments! i had a good laugh...thanks smith!

Hey Smith,

Coconut International, Bar B Barn, Barry's, Risky Business.

Now, that is my part of the beach.

You passed up Mom's Place.

Was it open? One of the better cooks for breakfast on the beach used to chef at Mom's.

I swear that lady puts love in her cooking like Miss Sonia.

I asked for a picture/video of the nobody out, dead as a doornail beach.

You got it man.

P.S. I used to say I met this buddy and that buddy in Negril.

Someone on this board said that "buddy" is not a good term to use in Jamaica.

I notice you use that term just like me.

Have you ever heard that was a no-no?

Ok, well carry on my main man.

how odd and incongruous that an amex ad appeared at the top of this trip report. I got a distinct feeling that Amex ain't Smith's way. And now that I typed it out it is likely that it will appear again and again.