Now look what you made me do!!!!

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Thank you everyone for the kind comments. Without the knowledge I gained from all of your posts this trip would not have been nearly as fun.

Day 6

We had to get some sand gravity back so it was another day at the beach but first I needed some more money. No problem, I will walk to Times Square and use the ATM, I’ve done my research so it will only take half an hour. Wrong! ATM at Times Square is not working. Start out for town and decide I should just hop in a cab. Numerous white plate cars try to stop for me but I waive them on. The first red plat stops and I say $100 JA to town? He looks at me like; you are not supposed to know that! He was a nice guy and dropped me off right at the Scotia Bank. Problems solved, or wait – not so fast. Scotia is down as well. I spot the Royal Bank ATM and fend off a money changer as I only have a couple of hundred JA on me and I also learned on this board that this is not a smart thing to do. Now I pull the rookie mistake. I withdraw $2500 JA, well that’s only going to last for an hour or so. I then withdrew $20000 JA. The only way I was able to get money from this machine was by doing a cash advance from my Visa. I also knew from someone’s report that you had to push the button to get out – thanks to whoever that was.

$20000 JA = $237.40 CDN + $5.00 International ABM Fee.

1.00 CDN = 82.47 JA.

10 JA = .12 CDN.

Therefore a beer at the Sunnyside Bar was costing me $150 JA or $1.80 CDN versus $2.00 US if I paid in US funds. That is .20 a beer x 6 beers for the week so I saved 1.20 by using JA currency.



On the way down the street a guys stops me to sell me coconut wata and jelly. I took the time to listen to his spiel and told him no thanks I really did not want any. “Mumble, Mumble - bumba klot Canadians”. I just walked away. I went over the bridge as I wanted to see the fishing village and boats. At the other end of the bridge I stopped to wait for a cab. A tour driver across the road asked if I was okay and I told him I was just waiting for a cab back to Rooms. He asked if I knew that it should cost $100 JA and I told him I did. Hopped in a cab with two nice ladies on their way to work. We got talking and the driver passed Rooms, brake stand to a stop and I am home again.

Lunch was at the Bourbon Beach. 2 ¼ chickens with rice and peas, 2 rum punches - $1850 JA

Menu Board

Chicken
1/4 450
1/2 900
3/4 1350
Whole 1700

Pork
1/4 500
1/2 1000
3/4 1500

Ribs
1/2 with fries 700
Full with fries 1400







We got pulled back to the Italian Café for dinner. Shrimp pizza, 2 glasses of wine - $2650 JA. They really should lower their prices for a bottle of wine. $30.00 US for a bottle that sells next door for $9.85 is too much of a mark up. We went back to Rooms and brought wine down to the patio to finish the night off.

Day 7

The last full day, or so we thought.

The lifeguard/beach guy took down a coconut for us to drink the water from. Nice morning drink.



My wife had burnt her face the day before so I bought some Aloe Vera from a vendor to help ease some of the pain. She had been using SPF 55 face lotion but I guess it was not enough.

Chill day on the beach. Fruits, nuts, patties, aloe and beer. All without moving too far from our loungers. My wife liked the veggie patties. I bought one for her and 2 chicken ones for me. I gave one to the lifeguard/beach guy at the resort that had given us the coconut.



Dinner was at LTU. We called and asked for a pickup in 20 minutes. Byron was waiting for us at the front of the resort. Really nice guy, former restaurateur that hopes to open another one some day. On the way up the cliffs his alternator belt packs it in. So we are driving up the cliffs with the lights off to keep the battery from being drained! But wait, the radio is still on as you have to have music or you might as well just have the battery die and stop.





Aubie came by and said hello. Really nice guy. I had the Aubie burger and my wife had the curried chicken. The burger was one of the best burgers I have ever had . It is served on hard dough and I could not finish all of it. 2 meals, 2 beers and 1 rum punch - $3095 JA. The rum punch was very strong. We chilled for a while and listened to the DJ for Pull Up Friday and had a couple of more drinks each. A rum punch and beer was $800 JA.

We went outside to find Bryon to head back. From one of the cabbies out front - “Who you looking for” I said Byron because he was giving us a ride home. “Me don’t know Byron”. Just then Byron comes out from the bar and guides us to his car that has been repaired. I asked him if he know the other cabbie and he told me that he had for most of his life. The guy was just trying to scam his ride. $10.00 + tip for the ride back as the ride in was free. We stopped at Shamrock for some beer and soursop, rum and fruit punch $2350 JA.

The rest of the night was spent on the patio trying to use up the remnants of our meager bar and have some rum punch.