**on-site Trip Report ~~ [[ Tuesday evening Part-#2 ]]....8/23

[smith744]

good night, mi frens
:-(
mi not happy
in fact, mi vexed

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

HEAR-mi now..!!..

today
feeling irie-licious
perfect

feeling pep-y
went for a long jog
Lucea to Point, to Fiesta/GrandPaladium Resort

purpose of excursion:::>>> check the camels

mi reach
as approach, notice some tourists inside ride-ing ride-ing ride-ing

jog to gate
security-man chatting pon cellie
i enter
he puts call on hold

"..Ah, ah, Sir .... blah blah raa... we closed @ 3:30.."

* sigh *
here we go again, mi say to self
been here 1-week without *this*-foolishness
...was wondering WHEN "it" would start

i take a deeeeeeeeeep deep breath
check mi watch::: 'twas 5:30
mi-SAY::>>> "...So,,,, you mean those foreigner-tourists inside riding NOW, have been riding SINCE 3:30...???...""

he mutters, mumbles, feigns no-speaky-English, looks dumbfound-ed like i'm speaking Russian or Sanskrit, or what-ever

he & me go back & forth

mi-SAY:::>> "..is there an office..??.. I wanna chat with someone blah blah raa raaa.."

he pauses
"..OK...go to the office.."

mi jog to office/Gift Shop

cho..!!..
the place was chock-FULL of tourists/foreigners:: purchase-ing/getting DVDs & photos of their camel riding experience

...don't/didn't THEY KNOW the place was closed since 3:30

anyhooooooooooooo

dem charge US $11 per 10-minutes for camel ride

anyhooooooooooo

i'm calm-ed down now, a likkle
jus' finished a chat with my Lucea-mentor
...they re-explained that even though it's 2011, this-foolishness that I way-way-waaaaaaaaaaaaay-too-often experience is "..how it go.." in Jamaica.

* sigh *

p.s.. doesn't that King statue thing-y go-on this weekend..??..

[[ continue in a few minutes
waiting for couple videos to upload ]]