You know how there's always one yardie, one fellow hotel guest, that you relate to and befriend? For me, that was Jaba, a new friend from Philly who has quite an amazing story to tell about his life -- the incredible ups and downs that have seen him go from heaven to hell while somehow remaining alive through the whole thing -- and who was my next-door neighbor at Seastar Inn.

Let's just say we have a lot in common. I ate my last plate, hung with him, smoked up together, then I took a nice swim before rushing up to pack my stuff, just in time for my ride home .....