**OFF-site Trip Report ~~ Aug 2011 ~~ Part #2 of several

[smith744]

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oh::>> in di video::>> i forgot to mention that the meal included boil-ed bread fruit. Of Course, it was FRESH-from-tree.

also::>>the bananas in the '.blend.' were those likkle-likkle super-succulent Ja-honey-bananas

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
that meal was soooooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooood...!!..

:-)

as some of you's may remember,
i'm not a dumplin' kinda guy

but i've *arrived*
..mi like 'em now

by the waaaay:::>>>> that breakfast tided me over until well-after 2-pm

* whew *

belly FULL....!!!!...

[smith744]

]I can carry Miss Sonia a "Costco Size" bottle of the Alkaseltzer[/B] (sp?)

I remember some years back when Grand Paladium was still in the building process - I expressed similar thoughts of :-( ... and you got after me cuz I was not supporting the progress and jobs and what not;

:-)
hey hey heeeeeeeeeeeey, Lady...!!..

THANKS so much for offering to get that stuff for MissSonia
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below, a pic of the wrapper she gave to me,
so i'd get the *right* ting::::
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please please PLEASE tell her (and Brian),
that i'm VERY-sorry that i didn't get back to '.check them.'

...*stuff* happened/popped-up, such rain,
lack-of-time, a too-short trip, rain,
bizness in Lucea and in-country, rain
blah blah raa raa etc etc and rain

:-(

[smith744]

as far as that GrandPaladium resort and other up-come-ing development beachfront projects, here're my *thoughts*

I'm conflicted
:-(

dem new resorts & other thing-ys are good & bad

in Lucea i've run into a boat-load of people who're working at the new BIG-resort
..they *seem* happy and express gratitude that it's there
.....but i know it's all about the money they're getting

i've also hearing bad-things about the environmental damage that's being done::: e.g., marine life

after my likkle run-in with that toy-cop security-guy at the camel-ride, i KNOW that that place, ain't island-resident *friendly*

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oh::::>>> somebody(s) explain something to me

while jogging past the GrandPaladium,
i saw something that didn't make sense to my from-foreign eyes, and likkle pea brain

it did not compute

at the GrandPaladium,
they got this tunnel that runs under the highway,
to the other side of the road,
to the main office,
and staff back-of-the-house thing-ys

this is also where the staff punches out for their shift

anyhoo,
i saw the staff-members being wanded,
as they exited the tunnel.
kinda-sorta like they wand us at the TSA-check point at the airport

why they do dat..??..

:-(

anybody know..??..

anyhoo..
as mentioned,
i'm conflicted about all the new development(s)
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oh:::>> MissLaurel ~~~ stay tuned
you're gonna love my *new* bathing area

it's not as nice as yours,
but it'll work

:-)

videos soon come

[smith744]

[Living_the_Dream]

If you could send Miss Sonia's address we could even mail some if no one can deliver before we go down.

[smith744]

If you could send Miss Sonia's address we could even mail some if no one can deliver before we go down.

mi no know her address

but i'm FI SURE someone(s) will hook-her-up

[Living_the_Dream]

Smith

We are not going until November but would be Happy to take Miss Sonia what she needs as she has always treated us like family.

[irieworld]

man those jamaican cooks must not have senses in their finger tips the way they drop that fish into the hot oil like that. wow. he's a cutie.

Anyhow smith, your food things and the basic workings of JA so making me want to go back. I never have JA far from my mind but sometimes daily trials and such I forget how much I need to get there. There I see some bonita frying up, or jamaican pears, honey bananas, I want it so bad I can taste it. Thanks for sharing!

[irieworld]

smith your breakfast of pears, dumpling (though I am not even a fan of dumpling or food) and chicken neck (definitely not a fan of chicken neck) with lime squeezed on top did me in. Sub steamed fish for chicken neck,
i am so there. Wishing there were roadside stands around here that could feed me like that--not much time for home cooking with my job/