Nice report. It must have been a shock to learn Bnewb is a beautiful blonde and not a 70-something male. Scotch Bonnet peppers are available at one of my local grocers direct from Jamaica. One is all you need to make a big pot of chilli.
Nice report. It must have been a shock to learn Bnewb is a beautiful blonde and not a 70-something male. Scotch Bonnet peppers are available at one of my local grocers direct from Jamaica. One is all you need to make a big pot of chilli.
@ Big Frank
I was shocked.
It's funny how we jump to conclusions about other boardies based on their avatars.
That rug really tied the room together.
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Saturday May 31
Mrs. Peel kicked off the day with a fruit plate and I took a swim. We hiked back out to "Out Of Town Pastry". I think we got patties here (notes don't mention what we got - We were discussing this last night and when she saw the picture below Mrs. Peel began salivating like Pavlov's dog - i.e. good food at the far end of town).
As we're walking back toward Catcha a young JA man on bike took notice of us. He pulled up by us and said," You're a lucky man. . . "
I looked over at Mrs. Peel and I could tell her head was beginning to swell. I was thinking we'll need to butter her skull to fit her through the cottage door.
Then the young man looked at my legs and said," You're lucky, you got two different colored feet." Mrs. Peel looked crestfallen.
Although I'm willing to state in front god and anyone else listening that I am a lucky man because I was walking a back road in JA with the love of my life.
Next we walked down to Scotia for some cash. It was a typical ATM transaction in JA, meaning it took less than half an hour and less the 75% of the curse words housed in my vocabulary.
After the Scotia frustration and reinforced with cash we headed to Bourbon Beach for suds.
The bartender demonstrated some trick ways to open a beer bottle, these techniques are lost to my hazy memory - should have wrote them down. The night before "Third World" had played at B/B. The bartender said it was a good party.
North of Bourbon Beach we could see a monsoon that looked like soon come was on its itinerary. Jamaicans in B/B didn't seem to notice the "no Ganja" signs. (full disclosure: this bad photo may not be B/B it may be Alfred's.)
My next note is so cryptic I can't decode it so I'm just going to assume it's true (direct from the transcripts):
"Horses were in the bar."
Next stop was Alfred's, then we settled in at Sunbeach. Sand Gravity seemed to jam up the workings of my watch and time crawled along at a glacial speed. As time slowed down fun rose up. Allisia was beer wrangling.
We ordered the salt & pepper shrimp (again) and waited out the monsoon.
After the rain we walked out to the road and caught a taxi to 3 Dives. Someone made sure that the subs didn't pass me by and good times ensued.
We spoke with Jenny (an Ag. student) there. Mrs. Peel got the curried goat and I had the shrimp with beans and rice. Excellent food!
. . . and then the curtain came down.
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That rug really tied the room together.
Sunday June 1
This was one of those days when you find yourself a palapa and just chill on the sea.
We had breakfast at Catcha and Carol was our server, she's great! Mrs. Peel and I both went for a post breakfast swim.
Then it was beers, subs and tunes. Have you ever seen those portable bluetooth speakers? You can play tunes off your smart phone.I have one of those and it's perfect for the beach and fits in the palm of your hand. Mine is called a mini-boom-box and made by Logitech.
The above photo is the swimming cove at Catcha.
We walked over to Sea Star that evening. Randy was bartending. Mrs. Peel remembered his name, again, how does she do it? We had a lot of fun with Randy. As I said earlier that is one of the coolest things about May, working people have time to talk. We had dinner @ Sea Star and concluded it was the best meal we'd had yet.
That rug really tied the room together.
Jim and I party like you two. In the daylight~~ Get up early, drink, walk, explore, chill...........
"I'll love you till the stars fall out of the sky "
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Love this trip report. How come you have 2 different coloured feet? I met Booger and Pooper and Tizzy out of the blue. They walked into where I was staying. I recognized them from pictures on this board. LOL. No hiding even if you want to. LOL
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Ha ha great story and love how you describe it: "As the storm rolled in a domestic drama unfolded before our eyes. There was a hen in the yard. She was chasing a huge, shiny centipede. The hen ran the grease right off her little drumsticks. Perseverance paid off. She was holding the centipede in her beak when the rooster arrived on the scene. He'd been watching her run the bug down. The rooster snatched the centipede from her little yellow bill and in Mrs. Peel's indignant words, "He didn't even share it."
@ Jim-Donna: You have to play to your strengths, of which I have zero after 10 PM.
@Lady Jane: I'll see if I can find a picture of my bi-colored (or bi-coloured) legs.
@ Lola: I thought there was a moral to that story but I didn't want to hammer it. BTW That was my Hemingway impersonation (writing-wise).
That rug really tied the room together.
@ Lady Jane
I'm lucky because I got two different colored feet:
Best I could come up with was from Yellowstone, I hope that's OK Rob.
That rug really tied the room together.
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