Brasi Trip Report: January 2012

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Brasi Trip Report January 2012 #7
Quick Walk In the Westend

I just got back from breakfast at Serious Chicken, had a nice chat with Tony, and walked down to Sunset on the Cliffs where I will be staying next week when I get back from Belmont. They have no record of my reservation, lol. Not to worried, I printed a confirmation and the deposit shows on my credit card...it's a bit difficult to believe so many places have trouble with the reservations process here...it's fundamental to operation! No sign of the King Californian, GerryG123, who I believe is still there. All good mon.

I snapped some pictures while walking today. It was a good little walk, clearing my head after partying for 2-3 days. I'm trying not to let the Trip Report lag too far behind, but there are so many things to to share...impossible to document everything! But there are stories to tell...hehehehehehehehe. Or NOT.

One of my fav things that happens a lot here is the way you can meet a stranger and just roll with it. As I was walking out of the hotel today, a woman I knew was staying here walked out behind me and we walked for a ways down Seastar Lane and then took a right together on to West End (One Love?) drive. She and her husband are performing some songs here tonight, they are musicians from manitoba. Damn Canadians popping up again. LOL jk jk But these kinds of meetings don';t aseem to happen as often in other destinations I have been to. Damn, I am speaking symolically, but I may end up drinking Stripes on a boat with three Jamaicans, a Russian shoe salesman, a Latvian supermodel, and a Chinese couple on their first trip here. It COULD happen! Match that?! The possibilities are endless.

Anyway, Susan---I think---told me a couple things I didn't know about where to grab a bite near Seastar. We split somewhere near Shark's, and I have a new friend. And that to me is a main part of the cool "experience" here.

I ALSO bumped into the singer in the left of the video on my way down to Sunset after eating my usual scrambled eggs and bacon......he was laughing bc I said "hey you guys burnt me" the other night, and he said "no no man, it was good, good." He was wearing the same outfit from two nights ago, and looked pretty tore up. Probably still partying. hehehehehehe. Sometimes when I speak with Jamaicans here I feel a little bit lost...like I am not hearing everything they are saying...just catching a word here and there I understand in patois and attempting to "get it" is fun---but makes "conversations" challenging. And a bit scary if you are not used to it oir are traveling solo and are the only white boy in the room...and when I say scary I don;t mean threatening. But they MIGHT be talking about me. Probably are. LOL Oh well. I put my faith in PEOPLE. I watch my back...it's worked out for me so far.

Anyway, cabbed back from Sunset on the Cliffs and now grabbing my pool gear. Chillin' again. Have a cool plan for next week when I get back to Negril...gonna try and head to Lucea for a day and just soak up the vibe...

Pics from this am:


Some of the *breakfast* servings in Jamaica-owned shops/eateries are much smaller than we might get in the US...i for one believe this is, overall, a good thing. I have been here four days and can feel the "bloat" come off me quickly. Most of the food is natural, or much closer to natural than we get in the states, less of those bad carbs...portion-wise it's dependent on where you go...but if it's Jamaican run my bet is you get a portion the size that "we" SHOULD eat...noit what we WANT to eat. This comes from a chubby guy...so...no judgment here or high-horse food dude advice...

Secondly, the pic of the road up there: there are many surprisingly dangerous spots on West End Road. Not end-of-the-world danger. Just places where a car can come out of the blue from around the corner. Being wary is my best advice. The pic above shows one...doesn't look too crazy right? But keep in mind the cars come at you from the right...I just keep my head up at all times. LOL

Pool time!