Mr. X does Negril (2010) with No Reservations

[Mr. X]

Mr. X Does Negril (2010) with No Reservations

Chapter 50 – 1st morning at the Castle
Sept 9th, 2010 - Thursday – (Day 6)
Wake up don’t know what time it is, early just starting to get light. I remember that I am staying in Penthouse of a Castle. For some reason this makes me Jump out of bed quick. I can sleep at home. Quick pit stop and got dressed (put flip flops on) and head down the various flights that make up the 39 steps to the courtyard of my castle to see if one place can have coffee before I get down there. Its 545am. Still dark. Walk across the courtyard can smell, hear and see the ocean. Wow. What a view. Get to coffee hut and big old percolator coffee is already set up and waiting on me. Nice. Now that’s how you run a castle. Nobody around nowhere. I got the whole castle to myself and apparently a couple of gallons of coffee. Real Good coffee too! Nobody to bug me. Life is good.

I hang out in courtyard. Plenty of tables and recliners. Queen and most everybody else seem to be still sleeping. Water is so calm and clear. Few fisherman small boats out and not much else. Couple of roosters must live in the general neighborhood. Write a few travel notes. Laptop internet works down here but not in Penthouse. My internet thing not that strong. I got a better one (2011) so probably work better. Enjoy the morning before it gets too hot in the direct sun. 3 or 5 trips back to coffee bar. Pop up to room every half hour or so to check on the queen. And of course the view of my kingdom coming to life. Relaxing and enjoying the peace and quiet. Give thanks and praise (well actually about 3rd time this morning but I have been up for 3 hours.




Check out the creamer that goes with the coffee. They call it milk but looks a little off color and is probably some kind of heavy crème. I noticed both the “milk” and the plastic container holding the brown sugar were on saucers with water surrounding the containers for the milk and sugar are right in the middle of the water. I guess maybe they were packed in ice and it melted? Anyhow it is warm. I spilt a little crème and coffee got to find a paper towel. Don’t see any around. Don’t want to leave a mess.

Got little walk way along edge of property surely they got paper towels or rags in kitchen/restaurant area.







Plumbing codes maybe little different in other countries
Do not see that many outside sinks where I am from.
Looks like that p-trap is upside down

Go all the way back. I see a young guy. Hey what’s up? I need a few paper towels I got a little spill. No problem. He gets me a couple of paper towels. Seems like a nice guy. As I am leaving I remember what is really important in life. Always got to think big picture.

Hey listen man I will be sitting out there all morning if that Teddy Chef guy comes around you please come get me right away.
He gets this funny look on his face.
I AM TEDDY!! He says.
We laugh.

I am trying not to be judgmental. I prefer my Chefs to be old and fat. He is young and skinny. I am trying to open my mind and concentrate on the big picture and not get caught up in stupid prejudices. Results over petty idiosyncrasies.

Ok Teddy this is the deal the only reason I am staying in this old hell hole of a castle is because of ur food. I heard it was really good. Last night wife’s big birthday and u were gone. Whole vacation was based on u and u No showed me last night. Killing me Teddy. Killing me. I can screw up enough with my wife’s birthday as it is without any help from u. Only you can make things right. Here is the deal I want to get on the Teddy’s meal plan. You know about the Teddy’s meal plan don’t you?

He kind of looked confused

Teddy’s Meal Plan you know about that?

He shakes his head and says not sure what that means.
I say Teddy’s Meal Plan is the plan where I give you $100 (US) right now and you keep bring me food until we are even. Tax, tip everything.
How does that sound?

Cool he says with big smile on his face. (Remember its offseason, slow season)
Now I say it’s just me and my wife and we are leaving tomorrow but I am going to want ur Famous Lobster Themodore and she is going to want ur Famous Mountain Pepper Shrimp tonight for dinner.
Cool I say?
No Worries Brother he says.
Cool

Sure you are thinking I am back stuck at an All-Inclusive (AI) that I cannot leave the "compound”?

On the other hand maybe I just got a top notch personal chef prepaid for my prepaid penthouse of my oceanfront castle.

I think I will go to one of my 4 balconies and look down on all the little people.
BRING ME MY WINE! I am shouting.
BRING ME MY WINE!!! Don’t really drink wine but I can’t help yelling it.
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!! I shout from the top level.



Its 8:45am … May have to throttled back on the coffee a little.
Cannot help it I got no experience on how to act with my own freaking castle.

[Mr. X]

Mr. X Does Negril (2010) with No Reservations

Chapter 51 – Later 1st morning at the Castle

Sept 9th, 2010 - Thursday – (Day 6)
Queen still sick. I explained the Teddy meal plan and how good it is going to be. She is not hungry and does not want to come down. Please come down and eat and drink and if you don’t feel good then go back to bed. She mentions something about a ghost last night. I am kind of in a hurry to get back down the 4 flights of steps to the courtyard to order breakfast from Teddy and start the Royal food sampling. But no. can’t be that simple. I got to stop and ask about the “ghost”. I know I locked all the doors. And everything is still here and the ghost did not harm us in any way. Maybe it was a dream due to ur sick condition? I think I saw a ghost by the door. Well listen honey nowhere on the board did I read anything about the castle being haunted. Besides it’s only like 30 years old. Not like it is an old haunted castle. She seems better about it and decides to come get coffee and food.

I feel better about situation. Its upsetting wife not feeling well on vacation and the room could be haunted. On the other hand I have prepaid for the Penthouse of a Castle and Now I have a prepaid personal chef lined up. Well not that hard of decision. I am feeling pretty good.

Come outside and look at the little houses and little people from the top of ur castle. Have wife do the beauty queen/movie star slow open hand wave to the boats going by. Boats always stare and wave at the castle. Even she admits this makes her feel better. We go down to coffee bar. Spot I forgot to clean up because I was so excited about my deal with Teddy now has 1000 ants that came from nowhere to suck up the crème I spilled. Now I get it those are not melted ice around the sugar and creamer on small plates (saucers?) those are water barriers. Moats to keep the ants at bay.

Beautiful but you are not in a plastic bubble with a sterile environment. Nature. Teddy comes out. Make introductions with wife and Teddy. Order. Just could not do the Jamaican special of Ackee and Salt fish. 4 days in a row I ordered the special breakfast wherever I was. I greatly enjoyed all 4 times.

Apparently 4 days is my limit of days in a row with the Jamaican National dish of ackee and salt fish, Johnny cakes etc. Calaloo. I ate it first breakfast and craved it next 3 breakfasts and greatly enjoyed but I can’t do it no more. Some kind of non-pancake dishes. Some kind of shrimp scramble.
Wife was looking at blackberry or something (before IPhone)
Took 1 bite of her food.
Looked up from phone
Said best food of whole trip
Back to Facebook.
Ate couple more bites and went back to bed
I was forced to eat both breakfasts in the name of research and of course munchies.

Going to be only full day at the castle. Nothing planned at all except having fun at the castle until our sunset late afternoon at castle complete with a Royal Cruise aboard the King’s Yacht.

Played in water. Saw 2 locals divers get out of water at the unfinished castle. They did not catch but 2 fish. Both were about 2 &1/2 feet long. Nice fish. We yelled from float and they smiled and held them up and said Barracuda. Rest of day everywhere I went I told people about the fish. (That’s the kind of thing people like to hear about) by next day everybody in the area knew about the 2 big fish and who caught them. News travels fast in small town.

Made another trip to the L & M store. 4th time leaving the castle on foot. 3rd solo.
It sad the strong always prey on the weak.
I wish it were not that way.
Just the way it is.
Always has been.
Always will be.
The hustlers don’t even bother with me anymore.
They look up and see me. “Shake their heads and say crazy white man” and just turn their eyes.
Not going to let them off the hook that easy. When I get back from store and before entering my castle.
“I thought u guys were some kind of “hustlers” looks to me u are just sitting around in the shade all day”
“Some white guy was down there giving out money. It was crazy. Guy was drunk or something just starts handing out money. Everybody starts leaning forward and looking at me. Down there. (I point from the direction I came). Even gave me a $10 bill I say and hold it up. Yeah he left I say as I pop back in the castle. Suckers!