**on-site Trip Report [[ Friday late-afternoon ..... 01/03/14 ]]

[smith744]

Good-Good After-noon EVERY-body..!!..

:-)

Jamaica STILL NICE

this morining,
mi landlord described it as '..bleaky..'
but
NOW it's lover-ly
..hot, in the sun
,.beauty-full in the shade

just a few minutes ago,
spent some-time
sitting on Lucea-VerandaH #2.
..hangin' out with the old-folks (like me & older)

LOTS of fun chats, and play-full chatter-ing
as we watch folks stroll by.

things-here are DEFINITE-ly getting back to *normal*
...i.e., post-holiday madness

early-er,
because i'm trying really-hard
to clean-up my body
after all that Ja-holiday eatin' & party-ing
I ventured into a VERY-NICE health-food eatery

it's been around a few years, now

prices are GREAT..!!..
Lucea-town *appropriate* (versus Negril-price$)

had a scrumptous small whole-wheat muffin
and
a veggie pattie, with whole wheat crust ---- the crust was sooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooood.

and i purchased a likkle bag of sunflower seeds.

early-er,
purchased from my now-favorite Lucea-orange-man four sweeet juice oranges:::::>>> Ja$200

oh
oh:::>> i've got to run out in a few minutes to get a big bag of oranges from some-body, who has a better per/orange price

i think i've got time
to type a likkle something
and post some videos, that you's might like

back to the health store place::::>>. they have a LOT of nice veggie, ital, health-y dishes in that place ---- I WILL be frequent-ing it during this trip, if/when i over-do things,,,, again,,,,, which is SURE to happen ,,,,, knowing me .... and my in-ability to resist the *other* Ja-food thing-ys.

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[smith744]

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you's gonna LOVE this video

i know i *love-ed* when i saw whagwan in Negril

...this is a BIG-Plus...!!...

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[smith744]

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got a *survey* question for you's

is there ANY Negril biz-ness

offering THIS type of deal...??..

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again...
i repeat the question::::>>> is there ANY Negril biz-ness

offering THIS type of deal...??..

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'twas just last-Saturday
that i notice allllll these people in & out of this place

today
i saw the sign/posting (pic above)

now i know WHY dem der en-mass(sp?)
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PuuuuLeeeeeze
REMEMBER

you/we-tourist foreigners shouldn't be riding in those route taxis
---- they were not *designed*/*invented*/*implemented*/*what-ever* for your/our use.

* sigh *

that said,
you's GOT TO see the new-route-taxis & vans they got out there on the roads .... from MoBay all the way over-to Negril ..... I don't know about over-to-Sav yet.
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for example,
check this video (below)
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[smith744]

i'm not sure
if i posted these 2 videos or not

forgive me if i'm being redundant
but, do remember i'm old feeble-minded & have a tiny pea brain
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[jamaicamarylance]

Thanks for posting....I gonna watch these video's again when I can have sound on. Later

[kaycee]

Lol! Loved the videos! And your wata boots!

[Bnewb]

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got a *survey* question for you's

is there ANY Negril biz-ness

offering THIS type of deal...??..

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again...
i repeat the question::::>>> is there ANY Negril biz-ness

offering THIS type of deal...??..

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'twas just last-Saturday
that i notice allllll these people in & out of this place

today
i saw the sign/posting (pic above)

now i know WHY dem der en-mass(sp?)
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I know a few places in Negril that sell Flase's or Flasks of JB on a regular basis for 500J with chaser & also with ice & a glass as one bartender bragged....lol!

[smith744]

I know a few places in Negril that sell Flase's or Flasks of JB on a regular basis for 500J with chaser & also with ice & a glass as one bartender bragged....lol!

oh really..??..

PLEASE
name one on BeachRoad

and

one on WestEndRoad
PLEASE

[smith744]

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An Observation(s)

it *seems* to me that
Reggae-music, Ja-dance hall music, Ja-culture-music
all
sound sooooooooooooo much better when you're listening to it IN-Jamaica

kinda weird na tru

this goes for ska, rock-steady, etc etc too

here, on-island, the music *feels* *different*
the lyrics take on a MUCH
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p-er meaning & interpretation

there's *something(?)* about being IN the place
where the music come-from

for example,
when LadySaw sings about making-love with her heels on, you _______ _____ _____

ummmmmmmmmmm
nevermind
i betta not go there

..likkle more ... be right back in a few minutes or so....

[LuvinNegril]

I haven't posted in forever and only recently been lurking but LOVE a Smith trip report especially when pon the rock.

I forgot how to quote, but you are absolutely right about listening to music in JA. Playing some now and my memory of the same song when I was there is completely different and I was singing it much louder and with feeling and FEELING it.