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** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03
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
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Re: ** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03
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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Re: ** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03
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
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Re: ** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03
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!
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Re: ** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03
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.
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Re: ** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03
... 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...
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Re: ** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03
.. 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
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Re: ** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03
..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
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Re: ** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03
...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
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Re: ** on-site Trip Report ~~ Wednesday evening ...... 06/03
..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
:-)
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