“one major difference is that i trip alone and you are partnered . . . so, it's like comparing apples and oranges . . . your "head shaking" is humours to me . . .â€
Yes, I have my husband with me – but not always, lol! I move about alone quite a bit. So not quite apples and oranges – more like tangerines and oranges perhaps. Please donâ€t take my comments the wrong way – my head shaking was not in disgust or confusion even, just that you are not the only person to say this and I shake my head that you and so many get this vibe. It saddens me and makes me wonder – (not knowing of course how long youâ€ve been coming to Negril) but was it always that way for you? Did you always feel hostile vibes coming from certain locals?
I think another difference in our experiences it that I live and have lived for the past 10 years in the same neighborhood where it is pretty warm and fuzzy. When I walk West End Road Iâ€m never bothered, quite the opposite – always nice good mornings etc. When I do venture downtown, I donâ€t get those vibes…maybe I do and I donâ€t notice or I ignore them. Its usually just to run errands so Iâ€m in and out pretty quick. I donâ€t spend much time on the beach anymore and almost never “walk†the beach. So maybe its more about where I “hangâ€. I donâ€t know.
What happened with you and that Rasta sucked wind indeed and would be enough to sour me as well…so when you go next week I too hope the experience is different and you have a 100% fabulous time. Eat a mango for me!!!!
“1. Everyone does not need to know your bussiness. 2. Everyone does not need to know were you live, and of those who know, all should not be invited into your yard, and most definately not into your home. 3. Sit and listen, don't share, learn your surroundings and the people in it. 4. when you go out at night make sure you are in the company of people you trust. 5. When you move about or leave your yard for extended time, don't even inform your landlord of your moves.â€
Standing O for DoctorO!!!! These five rules alone should be engraved into everyoneâ€s brains.
“in fact it's hard to find adults who were actually raised in Negrilâ€
Again, not hard for me, there are many in my neighborhood born and bred in Negril, families that go back for generations in the same yards. But I do agree in that Negril as a whole has a good deal of transplants. In that way it is very similar to Bodega – nuff “old families†still here but nuff of us transplated as well and love it as well as if were born and bred.