It’s Saturday in Negril, and I’ve had to check myself and relax a bit. I tend to overdo it in Negril, always on the go, go, go, and all the activity has caught up with me – particularly the late-night drinking, something I don’t do at home.

The bartender Alicia at Seasplash always remembers me. She’s seen the youtube video I did a year or so ago with her making a fruit punch, and she likes it. I ordered some fries and lay on my raft on the ocean. I looked up and met a boardie named Gus from the east coast. He says he’s a TRAIL OF ASHES fan and that he’s glad to meet me; a lot of folks recognize my face from the board – I kind of like it.

Gus is loyal to Treehouse, which is next door Seasplash. He has a great life story that includes being struck by lightning, and he is a successful guy who has served as a benefactor for some of the locals on the beach, helping them build up a little restaurant, Aunty’s Patties I think it’s called.

Soon Famous Vincent showed up, and we went spear-fishing, the highlight being spearing a lizard fish, one of the bigger things out there. The were four others on the boat, all from Tensing Pen.