Accompong Town.... Going Home.

[JitterBug]

hey bill, have a great time . . . hoping to catch up with you.

[Marko]

enjoy life mi friend.........Accompong is a very special place.........
in regards to the internet in Accompong town........
research on getting a unlocked cellie with a wifi hot spot so you can use your laptop......
or just get an unlocked cellie that has wifi so you can browse the internet.......
think mi was paying around $2,500J's for a month on the data plan at Lime......
you can also just pay $100J's for one day of data too.......
just go to the Lime Jamaica website to check it out.......Digicel has it too.....
mi would go with the carrier that has the best signal der....price is no good if you can't get on
LG Optimus series like the P505 for AT&T.....and the P509 for Tmobile(basically same phone) have wifi hotspots
just remember to buy one that is unlocked.......
Ebay is a good source for those phones.....you should be able to pick one up cheap enuff
plus with a wifi hot spot you can have many people connecting at one time from Accompong......
PM if you need any help......and again enjoy yourself.......

Cool Runnings, Marko

[LeslieChow]

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What a picture!

Happy homecoming!

God Bless Jamaica!!!

L.C.

[Big_frank]

Safe travels, Bill. Please enjoy yourself and remember to post when you can. We appreciate it here.

[suzengrace]

Safe journeys....I only got as far as maroontown last reach...hoping roads and car will be better to go visit accompong next reach....

[St. Anthony's Kitchen]

Safe travels home! Do you know the date of the Accompong Festival for 2014?

Blessings!
St. Anthony's Kitchen

[Peregrine]

Just to completely understand the soccer ball donation, how can we arrange to have them picked up?
Cheers

[Accompong]

Safe travels home! Do you know the date of the Accompong Festival for 2014?

Blessings!
St. Anthony's Kitchen

Well, I finally walked the one mile to the Computer Center and the computers were down but I am finally able to get online for a bit.

The Festival is always on January 6th however, when it falls on a Monday or a Friday, the whole thing turns into a 3-day Celebration like it will this year.

Anyone who will be coming up for the Festival can message me and I can help finding a place to stay or at least put your bags safely while you enjoy the party.

Here is a brief update. Pictures will be coming soon but (as this is my home), I find it hard to take pictures but I will certainly try my best. Now, for a brief update.

Beginnings……
Everything began effortlessly as the plane was on time on through baggage claim, customs and finally out the door to see Marshall patiently waiting for me. The hardest thing about a transition from So. Florida to Jamaica is always the letting go of control and placing trust in my long time friends to get things done for me. In Florida I am the “director” and here I have learned to be a mere “stagehand”.

First order of business was the Cambio and then to the Customs Broker to pay the duties for the pallet I sent last week and then on to the Customs Warehouse to inspect its contents and pay any additional value duties. Soon after Marshall went into the Customs Broker’s office he emerged shaking his head that it had yet to arrive. Bummer. I had paid a little extra to have a pickup truck take us back home and now I would have to wait for a few days before coming back down to MoBay and do it all over again. I knew I was in full “Jamaica Mode” when I just shrugged my shoulders and accepted that things don’t always work out the way I planned as, after all, this is Jamaica and “tings run diffen ere”.

Heading back to Accompong Town we discussed how a tropical wave was supposed to drop a lot of rain and the mountains were already black with low hanging clouds. We decided not to go back up a shorter route as the road was very bad and quite steep making traveling up in the rain dangerous. We decided instead to go up towards Anchovy-Chesterfield-New Market and catch the main road at Middle Quarters. I had not been on this road for over 10 years so I loved the new scenery when I could see it through the blinding rain and foggy windshield.

By the time we reached Middle Quarters, the sky was clearing and we could roll down the windows cooling off the interior and thus clearing up the windshield. Just before entering Maggotty, Marshall pointed out the new construction for the Hydro Plant where the government has been pouring in millions of dollars to replace the leaky, old 6 foot tall wooden stave intake water pipes with what appeared to be composite material. This is the kind of government spending which will pay off in the long run and make Jamaica a better country.

From the time we entered Accompong Town to the turn to our house is only about a mile but it took nearly half an hour as people kept flagging down the truck to welcome me home and to shake hands. I had a lump in my throat and a bit of a tear in my eye as I reveled in the joy that coming home can bring to one’s soul. As we ascended to Hilltop, the area of town where I live, I was overjoyed at the changes at the house. Rendering almost completed, new electrical lines, 400 gallon storage tank with gutters and so much more that Marshall was excitedly pointing out that all I could muster was Marshall’s favorite word, “Great!”

Tonight I will be resting comfortably in my own bed in my own house. Yes, “Great!”

Peace and Guidance

[Accompong]

Just to completely understand the soccer ball donation, how can we arrange to have them picked up?
Cheers

Try emailing Dondi at dondi@jamaicans.com and see if he contacts you. It is the best way I know to do it.
Peace and Guidance

[captaind]

Bill,

So pleased for you.

Regards