**on-site Trip Report [[ Thursday night 12/19 ]]

[smith744]

Goooooooooooood night, every-body..!!..

you believe how much fun i had over-so in Negril

'memba me-SAY::>> do ONE thing per day..??..
well,
today i did more ---- something like 2.5 thing-ys

1...i surprised MissSonia
lol
lol
lol
lol
when i walked in
you had to see the look on her face,
and on Brian her grandson's face, too

lol
lol
i loooove surprise-ing folks

later,
when the Negril downtown orange man
(( aka Mr. Peru )
saw me he-SAY:::>> "....YOU.... still alive...!!.."

i'm typing fast,
'cause it's after 9pm
and i GOT TO get back up in-country
before it's too late

just got back from Negril

wanna post a video of MissSonia et al for you-all to check-out

2.....later i called by buddy Rasta HerbieG,
from the *famous* '.Corner Bar.'
[[[ aka Seaview Bar ]]]
i like that place

as i waited for Herbie,
i took in the sights,
and guzzled-down a nice cold Heniken::>> Ja$200

after a very short wait,
he drove-up to *collect* me
lol
lol
lol
joy-FULL greetings were exchanged (of course)

:-)

likkle bit
will continue in 3 minutes

[smith744]

[[ continue-ing ]]


'twas constant chatter as we took a quick drive to where he does *things* now days:::>>>> a place on the WestEnd called Mango Tree

FOLKS ..!!!!!....
Wow..!!..
Wow..!!...
Wow..!!..

this Mango Tree place is too-too-TOO!!!! nice
BELIEVE me when i tell you.

i'm going back (soon) to see it better in the bright daylight.
might take some pics/videos, if they let me

you gotta see this place

it's changed my *opinion* about the WestEnd [[ i *think* ]]

stay tuned
we'll see how things go, when i return

oh
oh::>> it's getting late

am gonna have to skip over some stuff
'til later

nevertheless,
I popped-in on BigRoy at his place...Cafe Goya(?)

saw Barry at Barry's

a BUNCH of my beachfront vendor *associates*

several downtown craft market folks

and more folks, that i'm not remember-ing right-now.

i may have mentioned this before, but a weird thing::>>>> it's been 2.5 years since my last reach, but right-now, today, i *feels* like just yesterday that i last-saw these peoples.------ AND this wonderful island.

it's really weird

nevertheless,
as i scurried along the dark WestEnd road (walking) to catch a drive back to Lucea-town, I passed Canoe.

LOTS was going on in there
nuff nuff happy customers
and
MissLisa (aka BNewbie) and Mr.B-Drive himself:::> negril.com Rob

they'd just finished a webcast

was great to see them

i got to meet Canoe boss-folks::>> PattyK and ????
ummmmmmmmmmm
i forgot his name

and
at Canoe was Father Jim...!!!!...

nice man
he looks cool without his collar and things

getting late
gotta run back to country

just came out of Mr.Cherrie's supermarket for a few junk-food snack thing-ys

question::::>>>> have you EVER seen a blind man shop for bread..??..

i was spell-bound watching this guy make his selection

for now,
i *think*
i'm almost back in the Jamaica groove

I'll know for sure,
WHEN i stop bumping and walking into folks

I gotta remember:::>> you drive AND WALK on the LEFT side..!!!...
of the road AND SIDEWALK


oh
oh
oh:::>> speaking of sidewalk ---- that new Negril sidewalk is OUT OF SIGHT....!!!..

more about that later, too

some may wonder and/or wanna know::>> how things in Negril..??..

today's quickee run-thru *tells* me that things are the same as always ---- some folks dead, some folks at new places, new places open, old places closed, old places same-way with different names, etc etc etc.

oh
oh
ooooooooooooooooooh:::>> they doing some SERIOUS changing at BeachesSandyBay (formerly aka Poinciana), the place where my Jamaica journey began.

I've GOT TO get back THERE..!!..

lemme run

oh,
but first:::>> the night is nice.... moon is full... stars aplenty...air humid... temperature lover-LY...!!..

goooooooood night

[Big_frank]

Smith is in the groove!

[MoFromMonroe]

I love you smith!

[VVHT]

Smith,

Patty and Kirby at Canoe.

Keep typing...

VVHT

[WestEndGirl]

Sweet......silly.....serious......sunny......Smith !!!

[Jim-Donna]

See ya soon mon I'll have to read all the up dates when we get home.