** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03

[smith744]

HOW do the Jamaican people DO what they-do to live here..??..

this question
has been on my mind since ''forever''.

to this from-foreign brain, mind & body, *they* are simply-put:::>>> Amaze-ing..!!... [[ period ]]

the *stuff* that life throws at people
is like water off a ducks back
to the Ja-folks i've met, watched, observed, etc etc.

for example,
this humidity (these days) is wicked
:-(
weather today has been heavily clouded
and humid .... temperature not bad

i spent the day
innna yard
chattin' with my landlord

just chillin'
wasn't hungry.
he tried to make me eat this & that

finally broke down and shared one of the TOO-TOO sweet likkle Ja-pineapples, which had juice running all over the place.

"..Come outside !!! ... don't eat it inside.."<<:: he told me

that pineapple juice would have caused all kinds of problems,
if it dripped onto the floor or someplace:::: e.g., bugs, fruit flies, ants, what-ever ... plus a whole lot of nastiness to clean up.

dunno what this place does to food, crops, produce, and the meat & fish:::::: it ALL is sooooooooooooooo good .... much better

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i've been here seven-SHORT-days, thus far
...time fly-ing too fast

arrived with some kind of weird bad-knee *issues*
...knew NOW 99% better

* sigh *

Come to Jamaica with whatever bothering you from-foreign
and
Jamaica will cure and/or make it better, ,,, Trus me..!!..

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landlord reminded me that his mother wants me to come to her 80th birthday party and take some pictures.... Thursday....'bout 2-pm .... at the police station .... upstairs.

his mom has been doing all kinds of *work*::::: cleaning, laundry, etc etc ....... for the police, judges, big-men & big-women all over town, and beyond,,, even as far as MoBay

me-SAY:::>> "...how long she been doing this.."
he-SAY::>> "..every since i was born.."

his soon to be 80 year old mom is UN-believe-able-ly FIT.
...watching how she moves about, and the things she does blows my mind
......so much energy, stamina, etc
..........you'd think she was 'bout 50 ... not 80

i hardly ever see her
she's always out & about
doing this job and that

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the last-Saturday
i gave her some of my mother's dresses, and things.

later,
she came by the house,
with a big big grin
showing off one of her new dress

i wanted to cry
....dress fitted PERFECT-ly
...........reminded me of my 90-year old mom who died this past January.

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nevertheless,
this picture-taking at the police station,
WITH the police
has me nervous

me no know if we want to be that close to them
ummmmmmmmmmmm
then again,
it *might* work to my benefit, na tru.
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[[[ to be continued, later this evening/night ]]]

stay tuned

[smith744]

opps..!!
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JUST noticed
that i failed
to post ''part-TWO''
of the shop, in-country
video
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sorry 'bout that

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[smith744]

i'm not liking
the quality of these videos

for faster upload to YouTube
i must reduce the *size*, which affects quality
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YouTube *says* that i should *convert* them to ***streamable** format blah blah,
and THEN they'll upload faster, with good quality

if any of you's
knows how to convert to **streamable** format
please let me know, via the board private message thing-y, please
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MORE soon come later

stay tuned

[VVHT]

Bill, my deepest condolences on the loss of your Mother. I only spoke to her once on the phone a few years back and she was very nice. She would be very happy to know someone appreciates her dresses!

Regarding your issues with youtube, I suggest you contact B: Drive.

Good stuff, keep it coming...

VVHT, soon come, but not soon enough!

[BostonBob]

I am very sorry to hear about your mom. You sure make her proud Bill. Jamaica will hopefully make you feel a little better. I love the video quality and content.

[smith744]

... continue-ing ...

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had a GREAT time
the other day
@ Negril

so nice to be back
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...likkle bit
more in a few minutes...

[smith744]

.. continue-ing ...



i don't like to be redundant
but
Mr.B-drive (aka Rob)
has all-ways said::>> '''...if you wanna link-up with somebody(s), or looking for somebody,,,, this just think/or say-name three-times.... and it WILL happen..""

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well,
at this point in my Ja-life
there're certain folks i MUST link,
and
EVERYtime, all thru this trip
Rob's tip has WORK-ed, big-time
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for example,
i get out of taxi in Negril
at Roots Bamboo

walk 'bout 200 yards from the road
towards beach front

....*** toot toot ..... toot toot ***
a car horn

car approaches

me look

''...ummmmmmmm wonder who dat...""

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'twas GREAT seeing him
:-)
we had a wonderful chat
along with some other beach folks, we chatted with
did a quickie catch-up
'twas quickie cause as we all know, they bu$y bu$y in Negril

''..how did you know it was me, from way out there on the road..??"
"..i KNEW it was was you from the way you walk.."" he said

* sigh *
Jamaicans got magical powers, na tru

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more soon some
stay tuned

[smith744]

..continue-ing...

you'll notice in the Herbie video
a bunch of lumber

the land owner
of the property
next to RootsBamboo
is doing *something* ((??)) BIG
construction wise

in fact,
ALL over Negril
there's demolition
renovation
etc etc.

it's as if they tearing down
the entire town
and starting fresh

gonna need a new map, GPS, and everything for the coming high-season

i saw at least two popular all inclusives being torn down and being rebuilt.

... more soon come..
busy typing and uploading

soon come back

[smith744]

...continue-ing..
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for me,
seeing Roy is MUST..!!..
great guy
and
nice place






the two vendor ladies
in this video below
i've *known*
for loooooooooooooooooooong time

'bout as far back as my first trips
when i stayed in a time share
at the old Poinciana

in fact,
one of 'em
helped my mom get a nice-nice dress ''..built..'' by one of the craft people
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these are two super nice ladies.
check 'em out.
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..more soon come..
in'bout 35 minutes

[smith744]

..continuing...

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DARN ...!!!
:-(

i was on a roll,
and 'bout to post more videos
but
having battery issues with the cameras

* sigh *

more videos soon come
..thursday-ish

so,
lemme log-off
for the night

will post more tommorow

again:::>> too too bad you-all ain't down here
but
i'm enjoying myself ... nuff for all of you's

:-)