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Although all who frequently visit Jamaica don’t frequent the same places but DO, however, encounter situations that happen island wide. Situations where you get an attitude adjustment by someone you might normally avoid. Like “that” souvenir vendor who asks you to stop and take a look each and every time you pass. Then one day you do stop and discover a new friend stood behind that table. Or “that” relentless beachboy you wish you can turn a fire hose on says a word or two that grips your soul so tight you excuse his objective and can’t get enough of him. Or “that” likkle bwoy with pure devilment in his eyes who begs and begs you for money so he can eat. You finally buy him two patties w/box juice only to soon want to make sure he has shoes, a clean shirt and a future. Or “that” aged carver whose wrinkled hands are blistered and callused from carrying the heavy box of stained masks day after day. You finally slow down long enough to see how weary he is and end up buying a chipped carving at the end of your hour conversation.
