** on-site Trip Report ~~ Sunday evening & night ... 09/13/15

[smith744]

i've DONE
every-thing i **had to do** for this trip

so,
NOW i can do more board-chat wit you-all

got a lot of post-catch-up to do,
and
some new stuff

so,
let's get started
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Church & Harvest Day


Service was nice.
i was late.
should have been on time, to get a good front row seat

they had some cute girl pickneys doing a praise dance ..nice what i could see

church FULL..!!!..
and
MORE folks outside, listening and looking thru windows
....some were still working on set-up for after service festivities

Sermon..??? ---- ''''..Lessons from the Banana Plant...''' <<<<< a GREAT sermon,,, WELL delivered & well received.
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WILL post MORE later tonight, hope-fully ... fingers crossed

the powers that be have turned off the current
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

operating now on laptop, tablet, cellphone batteries, and we all KNOW how long/short they last.

got more church videos,
and whole heap of other Negril things, and other things and other things

but no worry.,,, current soon-come
me personally, think it's a government trick, to mash up folks end of weekend, and make 'em go to bed, or whatever .... dem say folks have nuff fun, so lock offf current .....

neverthless,
more soon come

but i also
gotta let landlord's mother do a Tango video chat with her grand and great grands in Canada,,,, she's gonna be FREAK-ed OUT.
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plus,
landlord,
me
and son
gotta work on a likkle something something during the video chat regarding landlord's new passport

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.likkle more in a couple hours or so

[smith744]

...continue-ing...

current back..!!..

landlord's mom did the Tango video chat,
while held a flashlight pon her face
so grandson could see her

as expected::::>>> she was FREAK-ed out
and
hapPpy

:-)

grandson in Canada same-way

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oooooooooooooh:::>>> how come sun STILL shining so bright in Canada..??..
...last night grandson told me something 'bout the fact that sun goes down at 9 or 10 PM ...??? !!! ???
HOW can that be..>>???????




i hope these videos are showing-up ok,
'cause i'm using a low resolution version
to save time

not sure,
but *think* GoPro & YouTube have done a likkle something-something, so i can upload the high res versions.

time permiting might try high res,,, later
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likkle bit
more soon come

[smith744]

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*** Whew ****

you-all CAN NOT possibly imagine
how much fun I'm having this trip

'tis one of the best-est ever....!!!...
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New Item

''..What's up with THAT Question..'''


Yesterday,
while in Negril,
standing on side of road
waiting to catch taxi to-Lucea
outside of FunHoliday:::::::::::::::::i saw something that puzzled me

now,
I/we always *hear* how things run-*differently* in-Jamaica,
but
this thing puzzled me

there were two VERY-young Ja-guys,
just leaving FunHoliday,
with two what looked-like from-foreign ladies, who were SIGNIFICANT-ly older than they Ja-guys

they walking along the BeachRoad.,,, facing the on-coming traffic
...two by two ... coupled up

this is where things get *different* [[ to my foreign-eyes & from-foreign experience/practices ]]]]

the guys were on the INSIDE
and
their female companions were on the OUTSIDE::::::closest to the on-coming cars.

:-(

now,
i know they drive on the left in Jamaica,
but do the men also walk on the much safer in-side...???...

opps..!!!.
a *correction* ---- is THIS a Negril thing-y .... 'cause i don't see no Jamaican guys walking their Ja-lady-friends, with the lady on the outside.

somebody(s) explain to me ----- please


stay tuned,,,,'cause i've a few more puzzlements ----- things i see & experience in Negril, but no-happen anyplace else in Jamaica.....'its weird to me... me no unna-stand.


...to be continued...

[smith744]

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yesterday
Sat-day afternoon

I was walking the beach
checking-out things,

'twas HOT HOT HOT...!!..
sun super-bright ---- you needed welder's glasses, sun so bright ..... light from sky... light from sand

* whew *
was rough....thought i was gonna go blind.

i strolled into WhiteSands
to see somebody, and to get a bokkle of water

nope..!!..
me no get NO beer..!!!.. ---- i learned my lesson 'bout the heat & alcohol ... Nope... won't make THAT mistake again.
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'tis strange i hadn't noticed that artwork before
...Tony told me it was made from discarded tin/metal ... came from Haiti

just goes to show you:::>>> I/we gotta slow-down, and take things in, with clear eyes & minds....lotta things can get missed, otherwise.

..likkle more...soon come back...

[smith744]

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HAD TO go check this lady [[ in video below ]]]

at one time she was a sponsor here on Negril . com
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she good-good people..!!!..

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a mentioned, i purchased her book.
..started reading it last night .... it's N-I-C-E....!!!!!!
.....creative concept, and fun read ... a quick-read.
..........a page turner.



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oooooooooooooooh::::>> as mentioned in the video, the shop, her business IS for SALE......she wants to devote full time to her writing.
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...to be continued...

[Rebecca Pettyjohn]

New to this side and this forum. Am thoroughly enjoying your posts! Thanks for sharing your trip in such a wonderful way!