35 Sunsets Slices of Salt Life from the Capital of Cool

[NikkiV]

8 more sleeps. Bringing a newbie with me this time & as a way of getting ready for the trip we are reading both Good Walk out loud to each other & this trip report. Loving it! He's learning a lot of what to expect & looking forward to the trip as I am to my return, wants to try a Flaming Marley thanks to you K3. Maybe we'll see you on the beach next week or around town.

[Kahuna3]

8 more sleeps. Bringing a newbie with me this time & as a way of getting ready for the trip we are reading both Good Walk out loud to each other & this trip report. Loving it! He's learning a lot of what to expect & looking forward to the trip as I am to my return, wants to try a Flaming Marley thanks to you K3. Maybe we'll see you on the beach next week or around town.

Thankyou NikkiV - maybe bump into you around town or on the beach

Yesterday was busy – The Donkey Races
From our garden side room at White Sands we can hear the donkeys braying, hee-hawing and honking early in the morning on the day of the race. Seems they are excited to be hitting the track.

It was the busiest, biggest and best Donkey races yet! The place was jammed from road to the beach with people and both sides of the road were lined with cars for blocks. There were more tents, more vendors and lots to see and do. Here are some random thoughts:

- many of the local people dress themselves and their children up for the event – and they look fine. The tourists are in the same clothes that they wear every day.

- this year there was a lot of cloud cover in the afternoon, a welcome relief from what is usually a hot and cloudless day in a place where there is little shade.

- the donkeys were just as uncooperative and irascible as usual, and this provided for some hilarious hijinks on the track.

- Jamaican women have no qualms about popping it out and breastfeeding their babies in full public view – this is great, it looks as natural as can be and I don’t see why anyone would object.

- up on the center stage, there were beer guzzling contests, dancing competitions and spice bun eating matches. They had problems getting women to come up on stage and compete in the ‘bun eating’ contest until they changed the name to ‘pastry eating’ contest. I’m not kidding.

It’s raining this afternoon in Negril – think I’ll spend some quality time with my Kindle.

Check this video of a donkey race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzBhQ...ature=youtu.be


A really tall dude


Cute donkey!


It was packed!!


No lineup at this concession.