**On-Site TripReport ~~ Sunday night.... 03/20/16

* sigh sigh SIGH *
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one-more * sigh *
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Folks,,,,, this place is WONDER-FULL..!!..

every-trip,
round-'bout the end of week-#1
i get this '''...DON'T wanna leave...''' feeling
...the *feel-ing* hit me HARD this evening
on my taxi ride back to Lucea-town/country
after
a great-day walking around Negril

In the taxi,
i got a front seat,
and
looked UP........... a FULL-moon [[ in early stages ]]]

Have YOU ever been in Jamaica when der a full moon..??..

* Wow *
so pretty
...a special vibe comes over the place

oh
oh
ooooh::>> some *basics* :::: gotta 'do' the basics

1..Weather..?? --- GREAT..!!! ... tropical ... no rain ... not many clouds ... temperatures PERFECT ... just a teeny-weeny bit humid ...today, not much breeze ... sea calm calm

2...Food..?? --- as usual,,,, GOOD..!!!..

3...Beer..??... ---- wet ... both hot & cold

4...Ja-people..??.. ---- no change .... STiLL loving & fantastic

5...foreign/tourist..??... ------ HapPpy..!!..

6...Ganja .??.. -- me no know ... i don't mess-around.
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to be continued,,, tonight..
stay tuned
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..continue-ing..

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I HIT the 'jack-pot' today..!!..


while walking & strolling
around Negril-beach-front:::>>> '''....Smith ... Smith...''' <<<::: a voice-SAY

i look around

see this from-foreign guy
lounge-ing on a lounger

''.are YOU Smith..??..''
'''.. NO-sir .... I'm PJ Patterson..'' [[ chuckle ]]

anyhooooooooooooooooooooooooo:::: the guy
was somebody
i've been wanting to meet for years & years & years:::>>> 'twas the prodigal-boardie ''.. oldtimer..''

pure JOY meeting this guy, finally
:-)

we chatted a bit,,,,,and I told him i'd try to find/get him a/some mango(s)

lol
lol
looooooooooooooong story
lol
lol

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p.s... i LOVE meeting boardies..!!..
..*we* are a *special* breed na tru
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..more soon come..

Oldtimer! Nice. Not been on this board for a bit. Him member of the 'board of the banned'. Good Canadian maritime guy though. Happy you are having a great Jamaica experience Bill. Know what those special moments in Jamaica mean too. Always will remember walking nighttime on the West End Road and looking up into the black sky and seeing for the first time thousands and thousands of bright stars. Haven't seen it since; thanks to development etc. ( but thankful to have seen it just once).

...continue-ing..
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note::>> no video's
for this post:::: WILL be some on Monday
...got some nice stuff to share

stay tuned
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i dunno WhAT it is,,, BUT Negril is a special place
as you-all know,
i spend a lot of time over-here in Lucea area,
but
TODAY,,, IN Negril .... i had an EXCELLENT day..... fell in love with the place all-over-again.

in fact,
gonna go BACK
..maybe Monday..
and JUMP into that sea....!!!...

i walked from the airport/craftmarket area
to
TimesSquare

'twas BIG fun, and excitment all-the-while

THANKs Negril .... you made my day
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Church --- Palm Sunday

slept ALMOST too long/late
:-(
but was only 30-minutes late for church

good crowd ---- 89+% woe-mons, in attendance
and 100% woe-mons on the platform, running things, except for the preacher... who gave a rouse-ing sermon.

they had a special tribute & recognition for the young-girls

a highlight of the services
was
from time-to-time, the congregation would wave wave wave their palm fronds
back & forth ... back & forth ..... in the air

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Nice service ..........glad i went.
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.then,
it was OFF to Negril...!!..

taxi Ja$250
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''...one stop... at the gas station, driver..''

got out
at craft market ... visit with a few long-time vendor folks
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then OFF
to walk
the beach road & the beach front
to see what i could see
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...more soon come..

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Big_frank

............ and seeing for the first time thousands and thousands of bright stars.
Haven't seen it since;
thanks to development etc. ( but thankful to have seen it just once).

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ummmmmmmmmmmm
that's interesting
'cause dem thousands are STiLL up there to-see
...i see 'em every night

ummmmmmmmmmmmm

next time
i'm in Negril
i check for ya .... see how many thousands i can see

stay tuned.

Do so sir. I don't stay up late and walk late any more.

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Folks...!!!!! .... ThAT-end of Negril
..the Hanover-side
is blow-ing UP...!!!..

you won't believe the new & interesting attractions & businesses that are down on that end of the beach/beach-road ........... and MORE IS COME-ing..!!..

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they got what look like condos .. a gated community thing-y in final stages of completion ... ready for occupants.


they got this ''.Broadwalk..'' thing-y,,, which is NICE..!!..

and a whole-heap of other things/places.

i regret that that i didn't go check out ''..Office of Nature..'' ... but something(?) is going on over-there.

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as most know,
GrandLido and some other places have been torn-DoWN
and new stuff being constructed.

BUT,
some of these new construction resort thing-ys look like they gonna be TALL..!!!..
:-(
maybe 3,,, 4,,, or 5 stories up-in-the-air

lot of construction workers
...was *told* some of 'em be working ALL NIGHT LONG..... they got big big lights ... at night lit-UP like NewYork city

...more soon come..

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before
i got too far in my walk
..i figured it would be a GOOD idea to eat something(( ?? ))

so,
i walked up to one of SEVERAL
cook-shop set-ups [[ for the construction workers ]]]

''..Miss .... Miss ... what you got ..?? .... ''
''..chicken .. rice & peas ... blah blah..''
''...may i have a small please..''


she fixed my food

''..you want callaloo...??..''
''..SURE..!!!!!!!!!!...'' <<<< excited-ly

price..?? .... JA $350
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i shook some hot sauce on the food
and
sqooze some ketchup on it too.

'''...you can pump as much ketchup as you like, sir...'' <<< she-SAY

belly-swool-UP

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..more soon come..

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continued my walk..

stopped and chatted a bit with Ray's wife ...Ray of Ray's WaterSports
....didn't see Ray ... he a hard man to link with [[ for me ]]
......wife fill me in on this & that ::::: known her & Ray from my FIRST trip, a few years back
.........nice people
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i move on
..continue my walk

lobster-man coming ashore
with his lobster trap thing-ys

you WON'T beleive the SIZE of those lobsters
[[[ video SOON come ]]]
lobsters the size two NFL footballs.....6 pounds each

a Ja-guy was gonna buy one
...price..??... ---- Ja$150


if i hadn't already eaten
i WOULD have gotten one, too
...build a fire,,, beg somebody a pot & water, and some garlic... and be gooood-to-GO.
.............but my belly was FULL..

..more soon come tonight ...
gonna/wanna do a sponge bath --- feeling a likkle sticky & itchy.

soon come back

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Big_frank

Do so sir.
I don't stay up late
and walk late any more.

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awwwwwwwwwwwwww

for me,
when it get dark
things nice then too

cool-er
air smells different
different sensory stimulations

jamaica AFTER-sunset [[[ 'round 6:15 pm ]]] is nice time to be out and about

ummmmmmmmmm
for those with *concerns*::>> it's safe then, TOO
.......just be careful where/how you plant your feets, while walking
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the Jamaican ''.Miles Davis..''

jumping ahead,
a HIGH-LIGHT
was walking along the beach
and
hear-ing this amazing music:::>> live music....!!!

it got my attention
..SToPPED me in my tracks.

they a *familiar* trumpet SCREAM-ed

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
i know that trumpet-*voice*

'twas Frank ... Frank the trumpet player

folks,
Frank-today,
was doing this wicked MilesDavis like-thing-y,,,,, with his *special* Frank-*touch*

the backing group was TiGHT..!!!. ... swing-ing

* whew *

you had to BE there..!!!..

when i walked up,
me/he/we winked & smiled at each other
..video soon come..

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again:::>> the man can BLOW..!!!!... trus me
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i had to move on
..continue my walk
.....didn't wanna leave:::: especially 'cause as i strolled off he launched into this out-of-sight rendition of '''..All Blues..''

* whew *
what a treat.
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likkle more
soon come back

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a LOT more 'joy-ment happened,
but
i'll try to share some of it when i post the videos

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my *mission*
was to get to Times Square... to check out the DutyFree .... running out of CravenA...

got an EXCELLENT deal on a carton
when I arrived at the airport duty free shop

but when i got to TimeSquare
it was closed
but
i did get to chat up a shopkeeper lady
as she was cleaning up
prior to locking up

''..how much a carton CravenA..??..''
''..US $80..''

What the ________________..??

''...i just got some at the airport duty free for US $50..''

she-SAY:::>> [[[ nothing .... not a word ]]]
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i walk away
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..to be continue-ed..

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i reverse course,
and walk
back down the beach-road
on that WONDER-FULL new-new sidewalk

* sigh *
love that thing-yk

wanna link with MissSonia.

but,
AGAIN,,,she not there
...''..she in Darleston(sp?) ...shopping at market..''
''..on Sunday..??''..<< me-ASK

''..yeah...the market is open Sunday, Monday, Tuesday's .... folks go there THEN to get provisions/supplies, for their bizness-es, blah blah ..''
''... Oh..!! ... that makes sense..'''

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ooooooooooooh:::>> on the way to MissSonia's
i stopped at Cafe Goa...to check BigRoy
...he not there [[ too ]]

i walk to the kitchen door

''..Beg you a glass of pipe water, please..''

ida et al serve me some nice pipe water

nice people der in Negril na tru
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..to be continued,,,

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@ Miss Sonia's
i play with all her likkle grand & great-grand-children
....joking... questioning... teaseing ... blah blah

the children don't know WhAT to make of the silly and crazy foreigner
lol
lol
lol

all trip
i've been asking the bigger-children::>>> '''..YOU READY for those big tests coming up..????..''

they surprised that i know about ''..The BIG Tests..''

the ''.TEST.'' that WILL determine their destiny for the rest of their Jamaican lives.

[[[ an aside:::>> my Ja-mentor, has been volunteer tutor-ing her high school students for weeks,,, getting them ready for ''..The BiG Tests..''
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..more soon come..

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contine-ing..
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@ Miss Sonia's i beg ANOTHER glass of pipe water ..... got two of 'em
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hop a taxi
BACK to Lucea.
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@ GreenIsland,
lady in front seat gets out.

i jump out of my back seat
and
plop down in the front seat

ride
ride
ride::: and preview my videos, pon camera(s)
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'''..you still running..??..'' <<<::: ask the taxi-driver.
''...no .... but gonna START tommorow..''

* sigh *

too many people KNOW me on the island west-side

* sigh *

oh well
so it goes
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...to be continued..

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ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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it's late

gonna STOP this post-ing
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will continue Monday

good night to all of you-all
:-)
me going outside:::::::::: to count stars ............... and gaze pon the FuLL moon

likkle bit

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ooooooooooooooooooh:::::>>>>> you GOT TO SEE
that SOMEbody is doing/building
BEhIND Cafe Goa

a humungous entertainment thing-y is under construction
...almost as big as MXIII

Negril blow-ing UP...!!!..