Can’t believe we’re leaving already! I have some notes from the 8th and
9th and will fill them in later, but that is mostly church
stuff. It’s 5:30 in the am and I’m in
the hotel lobby waiting for the group to come so we can leave at 6 to get to
MoBay by 10 or so. It’s been an awesome
time, just too short. They decided next
year to do the Conference in Savannah LaMar, which is inland, so I’m not so
sure I want to come to that. I do, of
course, I’m just having difficulty wrapping my head around coming to Jamaica
and not being on the beach.. We shall
see.
The other night I took a stroll. I needed something bubbly for my stomach, so
I went out walking. I hit this bar where
they had ginger beer, but no Ting.
Instead, the guy beside me suggested I get Schweppes grapefruit (which
was delicious, btw). They were three
white kids (kids. They were maybe in
their 30s, maybe older, maybe younger.), one of whose mother lives in
Jamaica. One was from Jersey, and the
other two I no longer remember. What I
do remember is the one who suggested I
get the Schewppes was rolling a humongous spliff and was even more stoned than
the Rasta guy from the previous night.
He went off on this conversation
about how Schweppes was an evil giant out to break the back of the people who
make Ting – which could very well be true, it just lacks a bit of credibility
when the person ranting about it has their eyes glazed over and seems unable to
coordinate their body.
So Vanessee Burns preached an awesome sermon at what was
supposed to be a commissioning service.
I recorded it; it’s about 18 minutes long, 2.2G, and I have now spent
several hours attempting to upload it.
It appears that the free data I get with my digicel plan did not extend
to YouTube. I’m now at 79%
uploaded, and am trying over wifi. Never had a prepaid phone before. Data overages sorta suck…
I wore shorts again today cuz, well, I’m on vacation. But these mosquitoes!!!!
So I wanted to go to the Peter Tosh place and to Luminous
Lagoon tonite, then to Negril to swim
with the dolphins tomorrow. The driver
wanted nearly $300 for the two days, almost my entire budget for that time. I got him down to 200 but he doesn’t know
where the lagoon is. One of the women
from Church, Evangelist Leslie, told me how to go via public transpo, but the
guys at church suggested I not do that.
So I’m not yet sure how that’s going to go. Once I have proper internet access, I may see
how much I can get done in one day and simply
chill tonite. We shall see.
In Costa Rica, I’m sad to find that I won’t even get to see my friend Danny. I will stay at his house and hang out with
his daughter Sophi and hopefully meet her new boyfriend Gino, but Danny is working
and won’t be around. So I’m in Quepos on
Monday, then off to Tortuguero on Tuesday through Thursday, I think, and then
I’m back to the States. Tortuguero
should be nice and relaxing; just have
to get to the dolphin place while in Jamaica.
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