**On-Site TripReport ~~ Sat-day eveing.. 03/19/16

[smith744]

Hi, EVERY-body..!!..

am STILL 'joy-ing my-self.

i love this country and it's people and it's food and it's EVERY-thing.

to all you newbies:::>> when you get here, you're in for a TREAT...!!!... trus me..!!!

:-)

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below,
a video from my goat-man visit
...more soon come....when i re-visit the goats, and goat-man's farm
....stay tuned


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..to be continued.. this thread..

[smith744]

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I'm SO upset with Digicell

or
as my-mentor's co-work-SAY:::>> ''... Digi-Hell..''

i *thought* it was 'me', or something,
but when i plugged in laptop at the internet cafe
and
used their wifi, for tablet.... the speed, especially upload-ing,, was SiGNIFICANTly faster

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Digi-Hell is pure-bandit..!!..
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ALL that money they making, and they don't/won't do-better with their internet speed

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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that's ok
..i'lll just have to go into Ja-mode,
and figure out some kind of work-around(s) for the problem(s)

got a LOT nice videos,
and lots more to shoot
...be patient.... by Tuesday I'll have this *thing* figured out.
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..to be continued...tonight..

[davevols]

Thanks for the goats, will be looking forward to hearing more about the goat-man and his goats.

This is of particular interest because we just purchased breeding stock meat goats last week.

Thanks again for all the time and effort spent on your reports.

[smith744]

Thanks again for all the time and effort spent on your reports.

lol
lol

ain't NO thing..!!..
..i'm on vacation
....got NOTHING to do... but chll

the videos, etc are fun:::
AND::>> they bring me BIG-JOY to-look-at back in-foreign, when i'm feeling down & blue, and longing for yellow-green-&-black
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the Digi-Hell *issues*
and
the curve-balls that the Ja-climate, conditions, infrastructure constantly throws my way AnD my equipments' way, are therapy::::make me a better Ja-traveler ::::: gotta be a ''..problem solver..''' ... alternatives ... work-arounds... improvise...

plus,
doing these likkle reports,
is a great *relief* & a break
from all the stuff that be going-on

there's waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much fun, and sooooooo many *lessons* learned with every waking moment down-here :::: overwhelm-ing at times.:::: gotta step away sometimes.

that's one thing i like about my 27-minute
route taxi ride
from Lucea to Negril:::::: a time to catch my breath, and screw my head back on.

btw,,,
i'll do my very-best
to chat-up
the goat-man
about goat breeding, feeding, blah blah

WHEREAS,
i don't do cow-milk,
i'll also be continue-ing my efforts to get him to share some of that goat milk, TOO

i KNOW with all dem baby goats, he GOT some goat milk.
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to be continued..this thread ... tonight...

[smith744]

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i gotta do a part 2.
'cause i didn't shoot this *properly*
[[[ but me no Steven Speel-burg na tru ]]]

probably
have my likkle friend
do the push-ing and do the shooting..

soon come
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.to be contine-ed..

[smith744]

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OKaaaaaaaaaaaaay..!!...
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''..let's get ready to ramble...''
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balance of this thread::::a likkle of this... and a likkle of that
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NObody likes stinky toes, but me

i don't get it
...so far, not-one Jamaican wants to share/eat my stinky toes.
AND
when i tell 'em about my ''..with ackee..'' creation, they shake their heads.

what's up with that..???..
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Prep-ing for Departure

today,
got my thymne & nutmeg
to carry-back to-foreign
....wanna make SURE that thymne is dried-out
so that USofA inspectors don't confiscate it

saw @ market
my most-est favorite ginger root
...they had plenty :::: will hold off 'til monday/tuesday to buy some

for some strange reason,
didn't see my cinamon bush
...MUST hunt for that quick quick,,, to dry it out, to clear USofA inspection
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Wish I was 50 years younger

'cause those/these Ja-woe-mons
are sooooooooooooo NICE..!!..

* sigh *

*maybe* in my next-life eh

ummmmmmmmmmmmm
with my *luck*
i'll probably come-back as a mosquito or sand flea [[ groan ]]

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the down-side... of too-too much time In-Country...


folks *seem* to be
assume-ing that i unna-stand Patois
:-(
i can't speak it ... and i have a HARD-time unna-standing it, most times

Experience has taught me
[[ in my case ]]
that i need to be ON-island IN-country
for at least 3-4 weeks
before i can get the gist of what they're saying to [[or about]] me.

my *new*-thing,
along with telling them to ''..say that again..''
or
''..i don't unna stand..''
is to tell 'em:::>>> '''.. chat to me as if YOU were a 6-Form-Student, please..'''
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an email *request* from foreign

today,
sent all my yard-work clients
an email update
as to my travel plans blah blah blah

got this (( below )) response
from my from-Jamaica client
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she want me to RUN all over Jamaica na tru
:-(
up & down, like goat &/or fowl
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Gotta Change Departure Date

feed-back from clients indicate it's ok
that i extend my trip a likkle

:-)
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..to be continued...
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[smith744]

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this morning,
while raking the yard
...nuff leaves fall over-night & after rain shower(s)

saw
two foreign-looking people walking along road ... man & woe-mon

ummmmmmmmmmmm.me-SAY

they stopped
and chatted with mi landlord

ummmmmmmmmmm

turns-out the man was the nephew
of landlords from-Canada girl-friend -- who was originally from Lucea country

*new* from-foreign-man.. the nephew
was the son of landlords girlfriend's brother
who had moved to England and married an English lady

nephew was vacation-ing with his girlfriend, from England

anyhooooooooooooooooo
question::>> have you's EVER heard some-somebody speak Patois with a British accent..??..
...kinda neat eh

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pic below::::: from-England girl-friend's finger nails ... she had *done* in England, prior to coming to Jamaica

* whew *

me fingers tired...
too much typing
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me-SAY:::>> '''...HOW you wash cloths with those long nails..??..''
she-SAY:::>>> '''..No problem..'' [[ with British accent ]]]
me-SAY::>> '''.How's the Queen..??..''
dem-SAY::>> ''.. we no chat 'bout the Queen..'' [[[ frown-ing ]]]

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they seem-ed surprised
that I was from USofA
''..you look like a yardie..''

me-SAY [[ emphatically, with emphasis ]]]:::>>> '''...no no nooooooooooooo ... i'm a foreigner ... a tourist...''

they smile
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to be continued....

[smith744]

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There IS another-Me on-the-island...

from time to time
some somebody mistakes me for ''..somebody..'' [[ ??? ]]
who lives on the island

the other day,
one guy-asked:::>>> ''..are you the Judge's son..??...'''

another time,
a security guard
in a China-man store asked:::>> ''..How is your son..??'''

''..Huh... i've got nO son down here..... i'm not from here.. blah blah ..''

he thought i was some-guy he met/*knew* from MoBay

* sigh *

*perhaps* it's true eh
...*we* all look alike eh

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[smith744]

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Skin getting pretty-pretty..

after 1-week,
i'm developing a NICE-tan
...same color as a stinky-toe

:-)

except,
just yesterday,
a neighbor lady-SAY:::>>> ''..lemme look at your body..''

i didn't have on a shirt.

''..why you so white..''

* sigh *

arms brown
chest not so brown

* sigh *

time to go to the beach eh
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Stuff IS more expensive..

dunno why,
but my USofA dollars AIN'T going as far as they use to
:-(
prices on a LOT of stuff has increased

e.g., Shirley bisquits are now Ja $75

there ain't as much product
in some of the bag-ed/packaged thing-ys.

a Ja$1,000 bill don't buy much anymore [[[ right now ]]
...as it DID, on my last trip... September '15

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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..to be continued..
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[smith744]

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Jamaica has a ''sound-track''' ... All-ways playing...

a joy,
of being here
is the music :::: always some kind of music playing all the time, every-where

all kinds.

today,
there was live church singing/playing down the road
..up the road was some country music ... not CharliePride, that i use-to hear several years ago,,, but some other country artist

there's some reggae
a lot of hip-hop
...today,,,, heard Biggie Smalls blasting at a Lucea-town barber shop

not too much Baby Face ... but still some can be heard here & there

lots of dance hall ..... LOTS

and
the other day
at the 7thDay Adventist eatery me heard

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..video below..'

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ummmmmmmmmmmmmm

i wonder if MissTrench
who owns/operates the hardware store
is STill listen-ing to her classical music

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm
gotta check & ask her
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Am Haunted by Dear Pastor...

the night i left washDC...USofA
while packing
was listening to ''DearPastor''
..his topic::>> ''..How we waste money..''

been thinking about that radio show
the entire trip

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* sigh *

oh kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

me DoNE... for the day/night

me leaving
...need sleep ..... gonna/wanna go to church in the morning .... dem start @ 9:30 am
.....................then to Negril....for the day

hope you's sleep well

i knoW i will

lataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa