**Off-site Trip Report [[ part #1 ]]

[smith744]

Bill; loved my 6 pack of Butterkist peanut butter cookies from the Hi Lo last week. About 35 J for big nuff snack. They have a Giraffe on the label. Good cookies.

yep yep
:-)

those cookies are nice
i developed a fondness for the peanut butter, TOO.

but my FAVORITE is the ones with the pink-hippopotamus --- the strawberry flavor

most-days I end-up eating about 4-5 packs of them things....they're addictive

:-)

by the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay:::::: i'm sure you already KNOW, that when you buy those cookies, 3-packs at a time, you save a few Ja-dollars, na tru --- China-man knocks-off 10% of cost.

dunno how or why, but at one China-man store, i got 3-packs for Ja$80...!!!..

i didn't say nutin'...
just took my Ja$20 change (from the Ja$100) and walked out.

this buy-3 save 10% thing-y works on almost all purchases ---- i'm not for-sure that they do the same thing at HiLo.

[smith744]

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i forgot to mention,
that day,
on my way
via route taxi
from Lucea to Negril (to go to the barber)
i had to make a couple of stops

first,
i had to stop at Mr.Bigga
to give him a dvd-copy of those videos i'd taken a few days before,
with info on how to find them on YouTube & on the negril.com message board.

mi-SAY (to self), as i sat in the taxi on the way to GreenIsland:::>> ".. if i stop, and get out of the taxi,,,, that'll mean I've got to catch ANOTHER taxi, with an additional fare, to go to Negril..."

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

that (above) was my from-foreign brain and mentality talking ..... that was NOT the Jamaican-side of my likkle-pea-brain speaking.

i immediately switch to my Jamaican brain-cells.

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when the taxi passed the GreenIsland HighSchool,
i lean-ed over
....i was sitting in the front seat...

and told the driver:::>> "..I wanna stop, and drop-off '..this..',,, [[showed him the DVD]] at Bigga's blah blah raa.."

he-SAY:::>> "..Sure.."

we reach Bigga's

taxi pull onto the shoulder in front of Bigga's
Mr.Bigga is sitting in the shade at his shop, on his throne

he see's me .... waves... i wave.... i jump out the taxi .... trot to him ... he get's up ... comes toward me ... i hand him the DVD .... "..I'll call you back later about this.." .... "..OK.."

i turn around
trot back to the taxi
get in
we pull off::: onward to Negril

mission accomplished

NOT one of the other 3 passengers in the route-taxi said a word.
:-)
'cause THIS is how they roll in Jamaica, with the '..tourist-don't-use.." route-taxi system
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* sigh *

i sure-love that Jamaican route-taxi system

BUT DON'T you other tourist/foreigners use 'em ----- the route taxi ain't for you
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opps..
sorry

can't stop laugh-ing

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[smith744]

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ok.... where did i left-off..??..

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on my way to Negril
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my next-stop was the Negril craft market,
down by the Negril airport
to take/deliver MissPauline's copy of her DVD
of the stuff i'd shot a few days before

after a quick visit with her,
i went to the roadside
to catch a taxi to down-town Negril

but,
remembered i had ONE-MORE stop to make

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this lady ~~ MissPrecious~~ is the SWEET-est person you'll ever meet in your life..!!...... EVER..!!!..

i'd made an attempt to make/record this video (above) on my first-visit to the craftmarket area.

but,
there was a GrandLido female staff-member sitting in the bus-shelter with MissPrecious, and the staff-member wanted to mess with me.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
:-(

she didn't want to be in the video,
and
wouldn't let me photograph
unless i gave her some money to move out of the way.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

she was playfully relentless in her determination to mash-up my video-mission.

me being me,
and not Patois-proficient enough to tell her to bumba-whatever blah blah raa raa,
opt-ed to walk away,
and return at another time to-do the video (above)

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[smith744]

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ok......... two more videos for the night
it's late, and i wanna go to bed

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firstly,,,,,, before leaving Negril,
without getting my haircut & trim
:-(
i made my way toward the BeachRoad,
to get a last-look at the beachfront
and a couple other things.

as i crossed-over the bridge,
past the craft market,
i looked at all the nice cars & vans that belonged to the craft vendors

* sigh *

some of them be-doing VERY-good with their craft-vending thing-y
..dem got some sweet vehicles

nevertheless,
i saw this guy [in video below]
, whom i hadn't seen in a looooooooooooooooooooong time

i approached him to chat.
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after shooting this video,
he and I chatted for a loooooooooooooooooooooong time ::::: about 30-minutes

'twas a HEAVY-discussion::: i won't bore you-all with the details ..... and i don't wanna prick no-Ja-bubbles...

i'll just say this:::>> we didn't chat about cold-est RedStripe, sunsets, ganja, etc etc etc.

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p.s.... ONE-day, in the future, soon, I AM gonna buy/get one of those drums....!!!...

price..??..::: mi no know ... and me no care... I MUST have one of his drums ..... I MUST...!!..

[Nurse Marcia]

smith's statement:
p.s.... ONE-day, in the future, soon, I AM gonna buy/get one of those drums....!!!...
price..??..::: mi no know ... and me no care... I MUST have one of his drums ..... I MUST...!!..

Make him an offer - I have one and love it.
I'm surprised your conversation only lasted half and hour. He is hard to get away from once he starts with this stories and viewpoints.

[Big_frank]

They have oreo type 6 packs as well (by Kingston's Butterkist brand)

[smith744]

They have oreo type 6 packs as well (by Kingston's Butterkist brand)

yep yep

saw those, TOO... but didn't buy 'em...

the key-word is "..oreo-TYPE.."

even though (to me) all those Ja-snack thing-ys taste VERY good, i didn't want to *try* and/or taste-test a pseudo-Oreo.

[jamaicamarylance]

the local taxi a lot of fun times. you have no choice when in the country,
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Anything come along.

[smith744]

the local taxi a lot of fun times. you have no choice when in the country,

ummmmmmmmmm

i'm not so sure if I'd call it "..fun times..",
but
tru tru::: you have no choice, and it's the only game-in-town, if you have no-car.

but,
AGAIN::>> it's NOT for tourists/foriegners...!!!.. because ____ ______
ummmmmmmmmmm
i forgot why

nevertheless,
don't use the route-taxis

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hey hey heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey..!!..

PULL-UP..!!!..

i gotta stop all this chattin' back & forth you-all.......i got a trip-report to type

Geezus

:-(

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[Big_frank]

I'm hoping to see some back roads videos Bill. Take your time though.