Jose asked when i wanted to get it. I said today at some point but no rush. he said lets stop on the beach road and grab it before we head to our hotel the blue cave castle. i said sure lets do it. I rent from elvis's every time. I have rented for a month a few times and a week rental alot. I go there with a number in my head,a fair number. i feel 200 for eight days is a reasnable pice. 25 a day, they know me and my stlye and we have always made a deal. My requirments are it was to run good, good brakes and i dont care if it got scratches, honestly i prefer alittle beat up. I go into the hills on rough roads, accadents happen. I want something that if i have a ugh oh, its not a big deal. They are very fair with me so i try to be fair with them. I dumped the scooter on a hill once, and went and told them what happend. I was not aware the reason jose brought me there was because all his friends work there, some even stay on his street. So people in the neighborhood seen what happened and reported to them. But i was told alot of poeple had my back on the situation. i was going down a hill when a car was coming at me and people walking on a narrow road with a deadly cliff on the side all this took place. my choices were crash into car, crash int people, fall off cliff or stop right away by laying scooter down and scraping my leg. my opion, i made right move. it was no ones fault, bad timing. thats what make it so dangerous in jamaica on a scooter, alot of obsticales.
So the guy i deal with at elvis's is called black. me and black go way back. He gave me a nice scooter,alittle bigger than what i would usually get, he said i needed bigger bike. All set on paperwork, got scooter. Shannon Stayed in the car with jose. I found out later, he made her very cofertable. she said he started asking questions and they had very nice talk on the way to castle. She said he poited out places and mentioned "brian will take you there he likes that bar" talking about the canoe. He deffently made her feel welcome.

I follewed them on the scooter. i cant descibe how that first drive the beach road is on the scooter. The heat from ja but the cooling breeze as zoom along the road. That first ride is the best. I was going at a nice cruising speed. Took in all the sights and changes since my last reach. Followed jose car to the castle. he stopped in front of the gate. He didd a two tap to the horn, beep beep. Securty let him in and i followed on the scooter kinda throwing the gaurd off. i parked next to another scotter headed to jose car and started to pull bags from the car. now the gaurd got was going on, grabbed a bag and headed twards our room. all three of us followed. Shannon's face was priceless. i did not tell her it was a castle and we were staying in the cactle. i think room 3. i kept calling it blue cave, she didnt have a clue. woops. at this point she is totally over whelemed. She just had an awsome ride with jose to a castle where she would be spending the next week. So at this point we drop our bags, i pull out a few things for jose and uncle dave that i brought from the us. Jose loves pastatio's nuts, so i bring him 5lbs of it. uncle dave cant get good moltrin, so i bring him excedrine, tylonal, the good stuff.
So after dropping our bags we head back to jose car, we had some arons to run including seeing dave and the girls.

more soon come