**On-Site TripReport ~~ Sunday night.... 03/20/16

[smith744]

...
.
the Jamaican ''.Miles Davis..''

jumping ahead,
a HIGH-LIGHT
was walking along the beach
and
hear-ing this amazing music:::>> live music....!!!

it got my attention
..SToPPED me in my tracks.

they a *familiar* trumpet SCREAM-ed

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
i know that trumpet-*voice*

'twas Frank ... Frank the trumpet player

folks,
Frank-today,
was doing this wicked MilesDavis like-thing-y,,,,, with his *special* Frank-*touch*

the backing group was TiGHT..!!!. ... swing-ing

* whew *

you had to BE there..!!!..

when i walked up,
me/he/we winked & smiled at each other
..video soon come..

...
again:::>> the man can BLOW..!!!!... trus me
.
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i had to move on
..continue my walk
.....didn't wanna leave:::: especially 'cause as i strolled off he launched into this out-of-sight rendition of '''..All Blues..''

* whew *
what a treat.
.
likkle more
soon come back

[smith744]

..continue-ing.
.
.
a LOT more 'joy-ment happened,
but
i'll try to share some of it when i post the videos

.
my *mission*
was to get to Times Square... to check out the DutyFree .... running out of CravenA...

got an EXCELLENT deal on a carton
when I arrived at the airport duty free shop

but when i got to TimeSquare
it was closed
but
i did get to chat up a shopkeeper lady
as she was cleaning up
prior to locking up

''..how much a carton CravenA..??..''
''..US $80..''

What the ________________..??

''...i just got some at the airport duty free for US $50..''

she-SAY:::>> [[[ nothing .... not a word ]]]
.
i walk away
.
..to be continue-ed..

[smith744]

..continue-ing..
.
.
i reverse course,
and walk
back down the beach-road
on that WONDER-FULL new-new sidewalk

* sigh *
love that thing-yk

wanna link with MissSonia.

but,
AGAIN,,,she not there
...''..she in Darleston(sp?) ...shopping at market..''
''..on Sunday..??''..<< me-ASK

''..yeah...the market is open Sunday, Monday, Tuesday's .... folks go there THEN to get provisions/supplies, for their bizness-es, blah blah ..''
''... Oh..!! ... that makes sense..'''

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oh
oh
ooooooooooooh:::>> on the way to MissSonia's
i stopped at Cafe Goa...to check BigRoy
...he not there [[ too ]]

i walk to the kitchen door

''..Beg you a glass of pipe water, please..''

ida et al serve me some nice pipe water

nice people der in Negril na tru
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..to be continued,,,

[smith744]

..continue-ing..
.
.
@ Miss Sonia's
i play with all her likkle grand & great-grand-children
....joking... questioning... teaseing ... blah blah

the children don't know WhAT to make of the silly and crazy foreigner
lol
lol
lol

all trip
i've been asking the bigger-children::>>> '''..YOU READY for those big tests coming up..????..''

they surprised that i know about ''..The BIG Tests..''

the ''.TEST.'' that WILL determine their destiny for the rest of their Jamaican lives.

[[[ an aside:::>> my Ja-mentor, has been volunteer tutor-ing her high school students for weeks,,, getting them ready for ''..The BiG Tests..''
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..more soon come..

[smith744]

...
contine-ing..
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@ Miss Sonia's i beg ANOTHER glass of pipe water ..... got two of 'em
.
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hop a taxi
BACK to Lucea.
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@ GreenIsland,
lady in front seat gets out.

i jump out of my back seat
and
plop down in the front seat

ride
ride
ride::: and preview my videos, pon camera(s)
.
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'''..you still running..??..'' <<<::: ask the taxi-driver.
''...no .... but gonna START tommorow..''

* sigh *

too many people KNOW me on the island west-side

* sigh *

oh well
so it goes
.
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...to be continued..

[smith744]

..continue-ing..
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ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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it's late

gonna STOP this post-ing
.
will continue Monday

good night to all of you-all
:-)
me going outside:::::::::: to count stars ............... and gaze pon the FuLL moon

likkle bit

[smith744]

oh
oh
ooooooooooooooooooh:::::>>>>> you GOT TO SEE
that SOMEbody is doing/building
BEhIND Cafe Goa

a humungous entertainment thing-y is under construction
...almost as big as MXIII

Negril blow-ing UP...!!!..