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    [[ continue-ing ]]

    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
    lol
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    [[[ to be continued in a few minutes ]]]

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    opps..
    sorry

    can't stop laugh-ing

    lol
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    be hapPpy

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

    [[[ continue-ing ]]]

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

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    on my way to Negril
    [[ continue-ing ]]

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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)

    [[ continue-ing in a few minutes ]]
    be hapPpy

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

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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.

    [[[ continue-ing in a few minutes ]]

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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...!!..
    be hapPpy

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

    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.

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