The Bikini Beach grill is closed. This guy was selling coconuts and warm bottled drinks from a little wooden table. I wasn’t about to buy any of the drinks but I did purchase a coconut. I tell him to pick one with meat in it. Well it didn’t have a lot of jelly, but the water was oh soooo good.
I was standing next to the table watching him chip at the coconut. After he opened it for me, he lined the 2-foot long machete upright against the leg of the table while he went on a search for a chair for me. Yep, you guessed it, the machete came down, blade side up thank goodness, right across my big toe. The sight of the little speckle of blood and my squeal, thru him into a panic and he ran off. I was calm only concerned with cleaning the cut as soon as possible. Here he comes back with the lifeguard who was carrying a first aid kit from 1999. None of the band aids stuck to my skin and the alcohol wipes had dried up. I thanked him for the attention and promised I would bring him a new kit with supplies that could actually help minor cuts and scrapes.
Vendor dude asked me if I was going to sue him.
I told him no, but I wanted something for my pain & suffering.
He gave me a banana. However, I still had to pay 150JA for the coconut.
