**OFF-site Trip Report ~~ Aug 2011 ~~ Part #3 of several

[smith744]

:-(

mi vexed...!!!...

'cause i *thought* this was all a dream.
....kinda-sorta like a dream within a dream
......a bad-bad dream from which i would wake-up at any moment

i honestly & true-ly literally *thought* i was STILL in-Jamaica,
and have-ing a nightmare that I had return the good 'ole USofA

oh well
so it goes

so,
lemme continue my report(s)
...my meander-ing memories
......thank-Goodness i've got a bunch of videos to tide me over 'til my next trip

* sigh *

wish it was ON-site,
but it is what it is

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

anyhoooooooooooooooooooooooo
...below is a little reggae-ditty i heard this morning,
on Power106 FM (free online)


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oh::>> while in Jamaica,
all-ways be focus-ed & proceed with caution

one-day,
didn't have my eyeglasses,
...went into a Jamaican grocery store
....for a bottle of water


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pic above
I was *wonder-ing* why/when
OceanSpray started selling water

then i took a sip,
and was SHOCK-ed with the nasty-taste
:-(

Lawd have mercy..!!..

Cranberry flavored water..!!! ??? !!!! ???? !!!!

some-things make NO sense, to me
..wasn't it once-upon-a-time that *we* called flavored-water KoolAide...??...

* sigh *

somebodys tell me WHY man always gotta mash-up a good-ting

:-(


stay tuned
report continue in a few moments
..this thread

again::: mi vexed

[smith744]

One day,
while roaming around Lucea
saw a man with his boy-pickney

pickney eating ice cream

my mouth water-ed

"..WHERE you get that..??.." <<<:: mi-SAY

"..over so.."

i RAN-RAN to the little DevonIceCream shop,
that i never-knew was there

so many place in Lucea,
tuck-ed away
almost hidden to those not in the know
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hotbHkwlwOo
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[smith744]

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video above
dunno why the *famous* clock-tower wasn't lit-up
..*maybe* money-*issues*
..and town can't buy light bulbs eh
....world-wide rece$$ion na tru

ummmmmmmm
as i recall,
it had wrong time too
...this happens from time to time

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opps.
my bad

a correction::>> those not Nike running shoes
..dem ASICS

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more in a few minutes

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[smith744]

this trip, i failed
to get new 2011 Almanac(s) [aka '.calendar.']
..and other new posters
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from time to time,
folks be-posting about bring-ing down food
from-foreign

puzzles me most-times
'cause Ja-stuff is so nice
..different
....but nice

AND::>> reasonabley priced
compared to from-foreign price$
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one thing i regret about this last trip:::>> 'twas waaay-too short
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only 12-days
...NOT-enough time to eat all the things i wanted to eat

:-(

soooo may great tastes & flavors
..good-good stuff


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remember when i posted
in one of my '.On-Site.' reports about when i was sick
...when my belly was bubble-ing...??..

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i never found the *adult*-size

Question::>> MissLisa (aka BNewbie) and/or Boss-man Rob:::>> WHERE can i find/get *adult*-size..???.. any-place(s) in Negril got 'em...??..

i know you know that a lot of us from-foreign tourist types need the adult-size na tru

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[smith744]

THIS is one of my favorite places to eat in Lucea
...great for a quick-snack/meal
....24 hours per day
.......EVERY day

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about that '.Festival.'
in video above
...from time to time,
i've seen festival at various places in Negril et al
..but those festivals at TapaTop were the BIGGEST-ones i've EVER-seen
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[smith744]

dem-SAY::>> '.Once you go,,,, you know..'

and one thing you quickly come-to-KNOW is that the Jamaican people are the best-est folks you're ever gonna meet.
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here're a couple Ja-peeps i want you-all to meet
..good-good people --- trus mi..!!..

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Miss Trench
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a likkle background on the lover-ly MissTrench

she's a former RuseasHighSchool teacher
..did it long-time
....got a couple advanced degrees @ MONI in Kingston

years-ago,
she showed me around the high school campus-es
..dem got TWO campus-es ... more than nuff-nuff students der

i sat-in on on of her classes
..a REAL eye-opener it was, fi sure
.....dem students are bright, and so-intense when it comes to studies & classroom participation
........somewhere on a VERY-old trip report you can check the details

anyhooooooooooooooo

while teaching,
she (along with some of her sisters) ran one of the FIRST computer shops in Lucea

then, a couple years-back,
she stopped teach-ing,
to own/run/operate the hardware store

in fact, she (and/or her family, sisters, who-ever) operate THREE hardware stores::: one in Lucea, one on main-road in OrangeBay, and another in SandyBay

she be rockin' & rollin' na tru

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oh:::>> i GOT TO tell you's about this:::>>> MissTrench's hardware store is closed on Sat-days .... her church day ...... but she opens on Sundays (which can be VERY convenient for many, 'cause most-places are closed on Sundays)

anyhoooooooooooo

the Sunday after I shot this video,
i was in-country
...raking the yard around the house

*toot-toot* <<<:::: 'twas the sound of a van's horn
..i didn't *recognize* the vehicle

".who dat..??.." <<<::: mi-*wondered*

'twas MissTrench,
with her new baby-boy
[[ a cute cute pickney ]]

she was passing thru country,
after picking-up the baby
from the baby-sitter

* sigh *

Folks..!!!... HEAR mi now..!!.
i've said this over & over & over & OVER again:::::: in Jamaica, you NEVER know who knows who
who's related to who
and who's watching you
and who knows what about you

I was shocked & surprised
to see her up-der in-country
..'cause she lives in-town

i never-seen her up-there in-country

and knowing what i KNOW about how Ja-folks loooooove to chat,
i'm 100% fi sure that the baby-sitter ((who-ever(?) dem is)) done chatted about me with her

my point..??..::::>>> be *good* folks, when you go on vacation

anyhoooooooooooooooo.....

likkle more post to this thread
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stay tuned

[Angel]

Love your trip reports, agree 12 days too short. You don't have enough to write about.

[Vince]

I WILL go check out Tapatop next trip!!!And tell them smith sent me.I'll tell Jance hello!!-Thanks for the tip!!!

[smith744]

My-yute Mr. Bulla

a nice young neighbor-guy

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oh::>> i can't remember what Bulla does for a living
..some kind of tradesman/construction thing-y

and his buddy (in video) does same-things

these are two examples of the MANY MANY young (under 30 years old) Ja-guys who are handling their biz-ness ..... rockin' & rollin' ..... dem OWN their own-homes.... Bulla had his first home @ 'bout age 21-ish ... bought & paid for... NO mortgage to pay

the 'storm' mentioned in video was hurricane Ivan
...mashed-UP his place big-time
....he hadn't been in it more than 6-months before Ivan came

but, no problem
..he quickly rebuilt

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OH::::>>>> i gotta say/mention THIS::::>>> i'm always leery 'bout posting guys pictures on the internet.

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'cause i don't have enough fingers & toes to number-the-times i've heard stories of how:::>> women from-foreign come-down to Jamaica and mash-up things

:-(

foreign-women who $educe & $natch-up and take-away the men
....and wreck marriages & relationships

anyhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

more post/report/video(s) in a few minutes

likkle more

[smith744]

the following video,
is not from this-past late-August trip

'tis from my 2011 March/April trip

my driver Micheal taking me to airport
..we chattin'
.....and he offers his *input* on that *question* that's was troubling me
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note::>> video quality is *different*
..remember 'twas shot on the laptop
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again::>> am leery about posting Micheal's picture
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when this video was shot,
he was to get married within 6-days

i'd hate for his new-wife to cuss & beat me, 'cause some evil foreign-lady(s) start pursue-ing him

anyhoooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

more in a few minutes