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[TiCtOc]

England teaches him the basics like english and maths andscience but I bring him to Jamaica to learn his history , his roots, hisfamily, their way of life, trying to keep some traditions and pass it down andhe learns so much.My girls do too and they become more appreciative of whatthey have and I have tried to persuade my husband to be the same way and toGIVE instead of taking and this trip he suprised me and actually gave somethingaway which he has never done before and I did not even tell him or ask himto.He always says no anyway.So that was nice they are all learning to share andto GIVE what you can when you can those people you help up may be the only oneperson in the world you need one day and even if not..if you can help someonejust do it!Everything I get I give away if I am not really using it.I just needneccessities.If I have something I do not use too often and I see someone coulduse it, It is given straight away.And I always get stuff back everyones alwaysgiving me stuff some I love and some I use to help other people .I watched thesun come up this morning and watched people at shields having breakfastwatching the waves splash.When I return if I am not all inclusive I willdefinately get back to shields for their happy hour to get great littlecocktails at a cheap price to watch the sun go down and listen to some tunes.Idid enjoy that aspect of shields although I rarely spent time at shields doingthat but again I saved it for next time! I have saved so much for next timethat maybe I will have to have another 20 trips to squeeze it all in! I do nothave a date of when I can make this a more permanent thing all I can do is keeptrying at this moment until I get everything I need.I am not bothered onetinybit if it does not work out I will be just mega happy to say I did it I tried Ihad funa long the way.Obviously I will make massive plans to hopefully make itwork forever but if not no worries.I will still have my british passport andwill be no worse off then before we left if I had to return back toEngland.Jamaica feels like my home not England and I hope one day to be able tobe here on a more permanent basis.Everyone keeps saying happy new year and I amlike HUH?And a face of confusion comes on me and I think oh yeah LOL it ishappy new year yayy I was here for christmas and new year! I forget it is newyear as I am having so much fun in the sun and everyone back home is poorlywith coughs and colds in the freezing snow and usually at this time of year Ihave blown my budget on food cooking for over 20 people and buying gifts anddecorating my house with every single light and decoration you can imagine withmy big inflatable santa swinging off my rooftop and it never gets appreciatedreally and I made a good decision to get out of all that and come here this isthe best christmas present I EVER GOT MYSELF! santa did not come for me thisyear but somehow a way was made and I got to stay here for 6 beautiful weeksand the fun is about to continue just in a different style.I will have no wifiat the family house but I intend to write a report every day in a word documentand will copy and paste them here as soon as I can get wifi.I think their nextdoor neighbour may have internet I am sure I will check that out LOL so if youdo not hear from me for a while I may be chasing goats or picking bananas orpossibly be getting up to no good and misbehaving or having some cookinglessons with all the flours and powders and spices.I am looking forward toseeing all the family and catching up and eating OMG yes eating homemadecoleslaw that is the first thing I will buy and make one huge pot full of thestuff.I have not had it once since being here and it is my favourite especiallywitha spicy dish, nice cold coleslaw.So everyone I have to go say bye to somefriends who are passing by to send me off and I will miss them all forever butI will be back as soon as possible.I think I have behaved myself fairly welland I have not been kicked off the board THANKS ROB for letting me stay andbeing a part of the boardie family.I LOVE the board and I may never have metsome of my boardie friends without it.I love to bend or break rules but Robseems to manage to keep me in line God knows how! But I thinkit is because eventhough some of you may think some rules are harsh they are here for a reasonand they work.So I will stick to the rules and hope you all do too!I have seenonly 4 or 5 weeks of the backstage stuff I bet Rob has had a massive sensoryoverload in all of his years here.Imagine if he wrote a book OMG!So before Ileave Negril although I probably will not get to say it in person now as I amsaving them for next time I would like to thank Rob and Lisa for making me andmy family welcome and becoming our friends in Negril and being there if weneeded them and allowing us all to get together through this avenue.Robs doinga good job, Robs a cool guy and we did clash a while back a little but I thinkthat is different cultures , different dialect just two totally differentpeople from different worlds but we got over it and moved on and now I hope weare friends.If you hear them calling me ditzy BEAT THEM LOLOL.I know thissounds like kissing ass a bit but I really think the board is a nice thing tohave for Negril and to get people together who wish to have company.So manysolo travellers here I guess they could get lonely too and this is the perfectavenue to find new friends with similar interests as yourself.Like I explainedI have NO-ONE in England who is remotely interested in Jamaica or anythingJamaican, the music the people the food etc so this is a perfect little placefor me to hang out and make similar minded friends.So thanks Rob keep up thegood work.See you next time.We definately have to have a hang out party daynext time.Rob was always busy working this trip so did not really get to hangwith Rob and Lisa for a day not saying they would have wanted to LOL but stillI woulda hunted them down ...next time baby!xxxxxxxxxOff into the hills I gocheck back soon x

[TiCtOc]

Next time I get a chance to use the computer I will do a small report about my feelings about Negril on the whole after staying just over a month but as a quicky I can say a lot of you absolutely terrified me before I came telling of all sorts of horror stories which I hear often which are sad,
I was quite scared but I am a person who listens to others advice but I still like to go and form my own opinions same with people, There are a few people around here who may not have liked certain other people but I like to just figure things out on my own see what I think about it.I always go with what I feel about a person or a place not just stick to rumours or sometimes downright lies and then pass those things on.
So after reading some things about Negril I was sure I was heading out to a jungle full of drama and hostility and drugs and gangs and I would be harrassed every day for money by agressive salesmen /murderers or even worse.
The reality is Negril was PERFECT. I pretty much covered negril! Even if I did not write about it in my report I did go and visit a lot of places , some places just to view the property or go say hi to a worker or a friend I pretty much covered the 7 miles!
All I have heard and seen is FUN and niceness.I did not even get harassed for money Once on this trip.Fewer sales men out there and they seem to be a lot more mellow or maybe they just being nice especially for me who knows HA
In all my years here I have never witnessed anything I did not wish to see and I do not stay loclked up in the hotel I do venture out so i actually have expected to have seen SOMETHING but never have, This trip was my first time I saw something it was nothing major and I must tell you men that perhaps if it is your first time to Jamaica and you love the women and the sexy dancing and the offers of sex...it is not FREE in this country not in the clubs of Negril anyhow.
Please do your research.I know in many countries the men and women there love holiday flings and they like to get laid and its all footloose and fancy free and it is actually FREE and people fall in love or have a fling etc
Negril is different, these girls are not there for a fun fling or maybe to fall in love.This is NEGRIL.They are actually WORKING GIRLS
That is their JOB do not know if it is legal or illegal all I know is it aint free and one girl I asked was charging 100usd so if you are a man and you only last 3 minutes thats the going rate LOL
So anyway back on with what I saw, a very drunk tourist went with a lady down a dark area where he should not have gone anyway, he thought it was his lucky night, he had pulled in the club a nice dancing lady wit woooo thought he could take her down some back alley but when it was time to pay he had no money and got offended which resulted in the female and another girl and about three men beating him with a tree branch, he was not injured bad but she was not happy he had his fun and then said he had no money,I do not know if he was trying to trick her or he was drunk and did not know she was a hooker I have no idea.BUT MEN PLEASE REALISE this is not for free in most cases in the club and do not take foreign strangers down dark back alleys.And think about protection too.They were really not happy with this guy and no-one was helping and the streets were very quiet I was thinking about calling an ambulance if I could remember the freaking number.,I was not just going to leave the guy there all alone like that but understood why the people were mad , a car came and helped him up and took him back he was ok all I am saying is be careful.
If you think your luck is in and you have pulled a glamourous hot looking chick who has the best dancemoves in the world.ASK either her or yourself is this for free?
Coz most likely it is NOT and can lead to trouble if you have what you want and she dont get what she want.
That is the only one incident I have ever seen in all the years and it was pretty much the guys fault to be honest I am sorry to say.
So apart from that the only horror stories I encounteres was one bad look at one bar (she could have just been having a bad day who knows?)
and the mr egotistical maniac but to be fair I think he would be ready to blow and go at anything no matter how trivial I think that is his nature.
Apart from that there were no problems whatsoever, I loved everyone I met had a great time ,There were no stories of theft , robberies, murder, shootings, gangs drugs, NOTHING not a single thing just that one man who didn't pay for his SEX LOL
The place was as fun as ever if not better and I cannot wait to get back here.
I think people here treat you as you treat them and I work like that too so I always seem to have a nice time.I have heard some really obnoxious tourists though who treat staff like their own hired unpaid help.Asking for drinks , like when I want a drink I say
PLEASE could you get me a pepsi and when it is handed to me I say oh thankyou
But i hear some people shout OVER HERE PEPSI
And dont even look at the server when it is placed before them
or ANOTHER OVER HERE
OR WHERES MY DRINK
just rude then they wonder why the server isn't really friendly and complain about it-gets on my nerves.
So I have spoken to everyone I met nicely and politely but thats is how I am anyway so did not have to put any effort in LOL
and I got the response I expected from everyone (apart from ego)
So treat others the way you want to be treated and I just do not understand how anyone can have any issues here.
Some of the loveliest hardest working, creative ,friendliest people in the world who will do anything 4 u

[Rum-polephoreskin]

Hey T.T.,
Have fun in the hills.
You are right about this board, largely becauase of people like yourself.
Your TR happened to be the first thing I read on this sight.
It was so warm, honest, and caring I was hooked.

So many boardies (like yourself) offer insights and guidance.
I've always thought Negril was special, but the time I've spent here, reading others comments, TR's, and advice has shown me just how special Negril can be.

Thanks TicToc for opening a door for me.
Good things will come back to you!

[Bnewb]

So everyone I have to go say bye to somefriends who are passing by to send me off and I will miss them all forever butI will be back as soon as possible.I think I have behaved myself fairly welland I have not been kicked off the board THANKS ROB for letting me stay andbeing a part of the boardie family.I LOVE the board and I may never have metsome of my boardie friends without it.I love to bend or break rules but Robseems to manage to keep me in line God knows how! But I thinkit is because eventhough some of you may think some rules are harsh they are here for a reasonand they work.So I will stick to the rules and hope you all do too!I have seenonly 4 or 5 weeks of the backstage stuff I bet Rob has had a massive sensoryoverload in all of his years here.Imagine if he wrote a book OMG!So before Ileave Negril although I probably will not get to say it in person now as I amsaving them for next time I would like to thank Rob and Lisa for making me andmy family welcome and becoming our friends in Negril and being there if weneeded them and allowing us all to get together through this avenue.Robs doinga good job, Robs a cool guy and we did clash a while back a little but I thinkthat is different cultures , different dialect just two totally differentpeople from different worlds but we got over it and moved on and now I hope weare friends.If you hear them calling me ditzy BEAT THEM LOLOL.I know thissounds like kissing ass a bit but I really think the board is a nice thing tohave for Negril and to get people together who wish to have company.So manysolo travellers here I guess they could get lonely too and this is the perfectavenue to find new friends with similar interests as yourself.Like I explainedI have NO-ONE in England who is remotely interested in Jamaica or anythingJamaican, the music the people the food etc so this is a perfect little placefor me to hang out and make similar minded friends.So thanks Rob keep up thegood work.See you next time.We definately have to have a hang out party daynext time.Rob was always busy working this trip so did not really get to hangwith Rob and Lisa for a day not saying they would have wanted to LOL but stillI woulda hunted them down ...next time baby!xxxxxxxxx

Awwww TT...that was cool!!
You were the one that took the time out to actually ask, observe & try to understand what Rob "deals with" daily & all year long...not just for a week or 3 months of vacation time...and you found out it wasn't so simple!
And...you know how I feel about your honesty & directness!!
Thank you "ditzy"!! We'll see you soon!