I love route taxis

[smith744]

Glad you like them! Enjoy.

I liked em too.

At least these threads remind me I am not the only idiot in the world. But, I am smart enough to learn from my mistakes and the advice of others.

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I guess it could happen, but after our experience, we used chartered taxis suggested by the hotel, and in November, will be using board sponsors.

:-) <<<<:: BIG-smiley
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so,
you going BACK in November, after your *experience* eh

Great..!!!...

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Jamaica is weird na tru
like a wicked drug
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nevertheless,
after you *experience*,
after Kahuna's *experience*
and a few other thing-ys
I'm modify-ing my zeal-latnous route-taxis stance, and few other thing-ys as well.

over the years,
as I assumed my fly-on-the-wall posture, I've seen my fellow vacationing-Ja-travelers doing *things* that are PERFECT-ly OK & Kosher for IN-foreign, but not-gwan-work in Jamaica.

me-too,
have been in some *tricky* situations, but they never escalated to a super-negative state. In a way, me-lucky. Plus, I'm a likkle fortunate that I have a pretty-good ghetto-radar that slaps me back to my senses when I stupidly begin drift-over to the from-foreign-side.

Bottom-Line:::>> Left dem route-taxis alone, unless you've done a LOT of due diligence ---- for example, get a now-LIVING on-island, now-LIVING In-Negril Jamaican route-taxi How-To instructor to ride witcha for 'bout 10-15 rides.

Times have changed in Negril. It AIN'T 1960, 1970, 1980, 19-whatever --- 'tis a new day, with a new *crew*

mi-personally,
have been very lucky & bless-ed:::::::: I've been foolin' around in Negril & Lucea (especially) so long, that this trip I realized I *know* (by sight) almost every-body. ....... have known a bunch of folks way-back when they were sperm cells. ...... this trip something that freaked me out EVERY day was the number of people who KNEW me...!!..

my point:::>>> for me, route taxis are cool ... the process, procedure, protocols, etc etc is too-too simple (to me). But as I reach-back in my memory bank I'm reminded that I-too fumbled around a LOT in the early-learning-stages.

and am STILL fumble-ing (a likkle) <<<<::: an UNDER-statement

this trip,
on more than one occasion
I & my cocky-self was doing *something(s)* that prompted my Lucea-mentor to say:::>>> "..Bill....YOU be careful ... blah blah blah.." [[[always uttered with a stern expression]]]


I've learned that when a Ja-person such as dem, tell me something, then I BETTER dew-wheat.

bottom-line:::>> be careful.

lef dem route taxis alone.
...unless you've got a certificate-of-course-completion