Stories Of Negril and the Westend

[Pushin 50]

One of our first trips into the interior to play, we went to Roaring River. On the way there, Victor stopped by a sugar cane factory. At the time there was nothing to process so the place was almost seemed empty. A man we met there gave us a quick explanation of the process of removing the sugar from the cane. He took several pieces of cane and shoved it into a rolling press. The sugar juice was collected below and he handed me a glass of pure cane sugar juice. Talk about a sugar High. Wow. We thanked him and continued on to Roaring river. Before we left the area of the plant, we drove past one of the funniest sights I have seen. In a lot, empty except in the middle stood a large safe on top of 5 feet of a concrete pedestal. It looked like someone had stolen the bank and left safe. Victor explained that was all that remained of the former Barclay's Bank branch that had been there. The rest of the building had been stripped clean and used to build other things. The picture of this is one of my favorites and always make me laugh.