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[halfwaytree]

Accompong, you post an interesting question.

The guys that dot the beach selling their "product(s)". Are they all freelancing, with their own little slice of the beach or are many of them sub contracted out by a larger entity? It is that larger entity, or perhaps the person, or people he reports to that may have a relationship with those that govern. Palms get greased to keep things running "as is" without any enactment or enforcement of loitering laws or setting up a system of licensing those that can sell their wares on the beach.

I have no proof, but as a Jamaican who spent the first half of my life there I know the rabbit hole can run deep.

I realize how things run in Kingston, I understand how it works there but Negril is not Kingston. What is the reality in Kingston is not understood by those visiting Negril for a week or two.

[Accompong]

Accompong, you post an interesting question.

The guys that dot the beach selling their "product(s)". Are they all freelancing, with their own little slice of the beach or are many of them sub contracted out by a larger entity? It is that larger entity, or perhaps the person, or people he reports to that may have a relationship with those that govern. Palms get greased to keep things running "as is" without any enactment or enforcement of loitering laws or setting up a system of licensing those that can sell their wares on the beach.

I have no proof, but as a Jamaican who spent the first half of my life there I know the rabbit hole can run deep.

I realize how things run in Kingston, I understand how it works there but Negril is not Kingston. What is the reality in Kingston is not understood by those visiting Negril for a week or two.

halfwaytree. I have known you (sort of) from another venue on Jamaica and have always appreciated your insights. So Big Up to you my friend.

I can't honestly answer your question about the freelancing vs the sub contracting. Perhaps someone closer to the Negril scene like Rob or Lisa could comment as I live (as you probably know) deep in the Cockpits and rarely visit Negril area.

I have always sort of assumed that the higglers were mostly operating on their own from the few dozen I know that do just that. I have always admired the Jamaican Spirit for coming up with ways to make money when opportunities are limited.

Even after living almost a year in Seaview Gardens Phase II in Kingston I wouldn't venture to say I know "exactly" how things run there either but it is certainly a different dynamic when mostly Jamaicans are in a group compared to adding tourists to the mixture.

You have me thinking about this and now I want to find out for myself how the higglers run in Negril and who's palms are getting greased just to cure my own case of wanting to know more.

Thanks for your answer.

Respect.