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    * 2Nutz – Smith is correct, a gizzada is a cookie-tart kind of thingy that is my favorite Jamaican treat. I’ll take a photo of one and post it. I think the best gizzadas (home made) are made by the lady who has a fruit stand in front of Chances.

    It is so hot and humid today, Lawd have mercy!

    So yesterday I checked out the much discussed ‘Sidewalk Project’. It starts at the bridge over the river in town and is located on the morass, or garden side of the road. It’s made of poured concrete and is about 10 feet wide, twice the width of a normal sidewalk. It features a row of red bricks that run down the center, like a dividing line, and another row of bricks on each side, like shoulders. Every 30 feet or so there is a cut that runs across the sidewalk, one brick wide, also filled with red bricks. The sidewalk is a work-in-progress. It runs all the way out to Shamrock, but ends there. Also, for the last 500 yards or so, there are gaps in the concrete where only the wire mesh has been laid.

    I am impressed with what has been accomplished so far and it was a pleasure to walk along the completed part. It is a really good start. I can imagine it completed, lined with shade trees along the southern edge, frequent park benches and trash bins. Kudos to all who are behind this project. See the photos.

    Bea snuck a Christmas advent calendar down in her luggage. She gave it to me on Dec 1. It’s the type that you can customize, fill it yourself with whatever suits your fancy. It has little drawers in it for treats and surprises. She got it at Ikea. See the photo.

    So far this is what I’ve discovered:
    - Day 1 - $500J wrapped up like a little Christmas present.
    2 - a lottery ticket – didn’t win, but got a a free play, and a Godiva chocolate-covered cherry.
    3 - four gummy pineapple rings – there was supposed to be 5 but the fifth one didn’t make the trip.
    4 – a chewy chocolate covered toffee and dental floss

    Quick Fact:
    - Juicy J’s is moving from its current location just behind Scotia Bank to the beach, near The Palms, in mid December

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    Must try that sweet cookie thing. Miss Rose is the woman in front of Chances. The advent calendar is cool. Must be fn opening each day to see what she has surprised you with. Poor doggy and his leg
    PS Thanks for the sidewalk report
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    How did you manage to get your passport stamped for 97 days? Isn't the usual tourist stamp for 90 days! ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reggae_Girl98 View Post
    How did you manage to get your passport stamped for 97 days? Isn't the usual tourist stamp for 90 days! ;-)
    Very good question! I'll have more to say about this soon.
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    You KNOW I'm going to have to try one of those Gizzadas now! Thanks for the info and for the pics

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    This was back in the late 90's but I got a 6 month stamp when I arrived. Still stayed almost a year. Hence my board name, LOL. At that time some were travelling to the caymans for a few days, than come back and get another 6 months.

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    We’ve decided we will visit every bar that sits within a 10 minute walk of the apartment. Previously we hit The German Bar, The Red Dragon and The Corner Bar, a.k.a. The Hooker Bar. By walking to and patronizing these establishments not only will we exercise our legs, but our livers will also get a workout. I’m looking forward to dropping in on the really small bars (the shacks) along the roadside in RedGround.


    The German Bar - no German beer or pretzels though.
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    Ahhhhhh . . . now that's better!
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    Last nite we dropped into the Cozy Bar, at Cotton Tree. The bar girl there, a young, slim, long legged beauty, was wearing one of the the tightest and shortest dress that I’ve ever seen. Not complaining. Just sayin’. The dress was a shiny material in a geodesic pattern and she wore a big metallic necklace/pendant. Her hair was pulled tightly up and back. Bea said she looked like one of the bartenders in a Star Trek movie.
    The music was turned up so loud that we couldn’t talk, so we just sat there and looked around for a while then went up onto the top deck.

    This guy guards the bar at The Cozy Bar. Check the teeth!
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    Then we picked up a couple of tickets for the 5:00pm Cash Pot lottery. I was feeling lucky so I slapped down $200 on #20, because I’d seen three pregnant women during the day, and we’d waited in the Hammond’s Bakery in the morning for about 20 minutes for fresh gizzadas. Both ‘bakery’ and ‘pregnant’ are prime meanings for the #20.
    Bea bet $100 on #3 for ‘death’ and another $100 on ‘dog’ because she saw a dead dog on her run at Mandrix corner yesterday morning. That corner just might be the death of me too, before I’m done here.

    Check out the link to the numbers guide on the Cash Pot Poster. Its a hoot:
    http://www.supremeventures.com/image...er_tracker.pdf

    Unfortunately (for us) the winning number was 33, so there’s $400 shot to hell. Interestingly, number 33 has ‘Deportation’ as one of its major meanings. Not that I’m overly superstitious, but I’m kinda worried about that. The whole 90 days versus 97 days visitor Visa has got me thinking. And I’m going to have something to say about that later.

    Quick Fact:
    I saw some workers up on the roof of the old Negril Yacht Club and heard sounds of work from the inside. Looks like its in the deconstruction phase at this point. Looks like its gonna be fixed up.


    The jungle out back. These leaves are so perfect they look like they are made of plastic.

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    lol
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    your *logic/strategies* for CashPot is too-too funny
    THANKS --- you've made my day..!!..
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    it *shows* that you-2 are REALLY into-Jamaica-mode, BIG-Time, eh..!!..
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    keep playing

    :-)

    ps.... as you probably ALREADY-know/figured-out,
    that likkle in-the-neighborhood barhopping excursion is gonna pay-off in spades for you-all, as the days roll-on [[ wink wink ]]
    'twas/'tis a BRILLIANT move..!!..
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    Nice to hear about signs of work at the Yacht Club!

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    I'm digging your report.
    Thanks, IMHO trip reports are one of the best sources of (as Hemingway would say) "the true gen".

    Great to hear about the NYC, that was the first place I stayed in Negril.
    There is a great secret that goes along with that place.
    That rug really tied the room together.

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