Jamaica...My heart...trip report

[cinnni]

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((Classy))

Jahbuddah..You are so right. First thing I do when I get home is head for the computer to see what is new on here.

Sistacaf..The sweet smell. It gets you for sure. Yesterday I finally took my swimsuit out of the ziplock bag I had it in to protect it from snags(it was dry when I put it in) and as I took it out I could smell the sweetness. I told my husband to hurry, come here. Made him smell it. Asked him if he could smell Jamaica. He was like Uh sure. I said try again..do you smell it. You can smell the water, air, sunshine, Jamaica! I just don't think he got it.

I told ya Shaza was a quick study gyal! I knew she was going to cut loose from her tight reins she is always under here at home and cut loose she did!

PastLife.. I would have bought her something but I only brought enough money with me to pay Marshal and the entrance fee since I didn't have anywhere to carry my money
And I definately felt like my heart and soul were being ripped out. It is a void only Jamaica can fill.

Marilyn..I don't even want to finish the rest of this report because then that means it's officially over til next time. Of course the next installment will follow. Next time is almost a year away. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[cinnni]

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After a while these other two guys come up on stage. They are doing dance moves that looked like so much fun and I decided I needed to learn how to do those too. So I stand up behind them and start copying what they are doing. This is great. I’m having a blast. Jessi stands up and joins me. They know we are behind them dancing and start doing all this funky dance they know we won’t possibly be able to do. Funny guys.



They end up dancing with us the whole night. We have overtaken the stage. At one point a couple of other women came up and sat on the very end of the bench. They stayed up there and danced for a little bit but I think they ended up moving. Not really sure honestly. I know the guys were dancing with them at one point then moved back over to us and those ladies were sitting back down. Must be we were more fun LOL!



We had such a great time with them. No pressure for anything, it was all about the dance. Shaza was dancing with a guy named Owen periodically on stage also. He was nice enough but I was not feelin’ him at all. He periodically danced with the rest of us though. I had the best time dancing with these guys. It turned out one of them is actually a dance instructor so that was awesome! They showed us how to do all sorts of moves. Now if I’ll actually remember them the next time that is the question, but I sure remembered them then! I feel so wonderful when I am dancing, so free just relaxing and having a great time. Nothing else is on my mind at all.





At one point another guy comes up on stage and is pretty much just standing there swaying to the music. An exchange is made and before you know it I am smelling that aroma again. I hadn’t actually really smelled it this night…or is it that I’m used to it now and don’t notice? Anyway I looked over and he’s smoking up on stage right next to me. Slide to the left……breathe deeply……..slide to the right. Like I said before, I don’t smoke but I certainly am not averse to breathing it in dwl!

At one point Anthony turns me around and points down to the floor in-between the stage and the bar. This guy had picked up a girl by her ankles, kinda like a wheelbarrow. Her hands are on the ground and her butt in the air. They dance like that while he moved in for the wine. Wow..coordination, I’m thinking.

Oh yeah at some point Lady Shabba had come in as well and was wining all over one of the tourists(notice I say that like I am not anymore) sitting at a table down by the stage. Not sure what his reaction was as I couldn’t see his face. I didn’t see her after that for the rest of the night.

At one point I am sitting next to Anthony on the bench and we had just got done with some serious whining. We were just sitting there chatting and for some reason I feel compelled to ask him a question. I had felt his uh…circumstances throughout the night you know how it is. Well I asked him “ Doesn’t that get painful or frustrating after a while. I mean we’ve been dancing for hours and it’s still there. (see what a few drinks can make you say) He get the biggest grin on his face and says No mon. We Jamaican men like it that way and the women like it that way, and then we know how to fix it. We just tell it Down Boy..Down boy while he is making the hand gestures like you would to a puppy. I was laughing soooo hard. He just pulls me back up on the dance floor and wines with me some more.

By the end of the night Christopher had came up to me and told me I fit right in. That I am dancing like a Jamaican fi sure. That was the best thing he could have said to me and I gave him a big hug.

All of a sudden someone says it is time to go. What?? No not yet it is too soon. It is only 3:30. We have plenty of time. I don’t want it to be over because that means we are leaving soon. We have to get up early to go to the airport. Shaza and I opt for just getting no sleep but we know we can’t do that because Jessi will be driving home from Chicago (5 hrs) after our long day in the airports and she’ll need some sort of sleep. After a round of big bear hugs and thanking them for a great time and the dance lessons we head for home.

We got home and made some popcorn and sat and talked about our night and our week. None of us can believe it is over. By the time we went to bed it was close to 4:30.

Sleep does not come as quickly this time.

[cinnni]

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(notice the cigarette in her hand.She doesn't even smoke normally)

[Lacy]

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BRAP BRAP BRAP

It took 45 minutes to read all of your lovely words darlin and it was well worth it. I had as much fun as you. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

A heap of great pics... especially those just above here. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Thanks for letting me tag along on your adventure.

[cinnni]

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More pics..no particular order


(Marshall said this was a house built to look like Bob Marley's)


(something about these fences, I love them)


(one of the oldest churches in Jamaica)


(pool up at Murphy Hill)


(how much more gorgeous could it get?)







(someone's farm..our first stop on the tour)

[cinnni]

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And yet more pics, again in no particular order. Sorry if any are duplicates. I'm getting confused with what I've posted.


(work it girl)


(M'ville Saturday night)


(braid time for Amy)


(braid time for Jessi)


(testing her standing abilities after one too many rum punches)


(ready for bed)


(our very cluttered table after shopping all day)


(one of Shaza's billion beauty products sporting her new airbrushed tattoo around her ankle)

[sheanlee]

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Originally posted by cinnni:
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what was girlfriend Shaza doing right here....this is killin me. You check the pics in the beginning of the repawt...alll tight and stuffy and upright...now di gyal dem irie, cool, skankin!! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

[Marilyn]

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My My MY......
Wha cyan mi sey??????????

WHoooooooooo man yall did it. And no you did NOT ask the man about the mechanics!!!!!!!!!!!My most burning question from several trips before I got brave enough to ask someone.

Girl if you all did not do it right!!!!! I am like PLJ, I am watching these butterflies come out of the cocoon.

See maybe I'm crazy, but going out in Jamacia is so much fun and so real and makes me feel so alive that I don't even go out here .Sorry subsitutes will not do. Why bother.

I know it's almost over, but I am hanging there with you for now.

[Marilyn]

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Again with the faces [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

And just WHAT were we doing here?????????

I been dying to say it Stoigal.....she looks a lot like you to me.

[Marilyn]

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She doesn't even smoke [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

Look who turned into a big girl. . Oh this is classic Jamaica eeeese [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

[Marilyn]

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OK Everybody check this out

Our Shaza at the beginning of the trip


Our Shaza after some JAMAICA

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[grandma2]

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Marilyn i was thinking the same thing DWL, yu go girl

thanks for a wonderful report cinnni, totally enjoyed it

[cinnni]

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PLJ..Isn't that picture a killer. I laughed so hard after I got back from the developing and laugh everytime I see it. Most definately one of my favorites of her!

Oh Marilyn...I did ask him about the mechanics.They dyam things are always in that condition and so and I was just dying to know. I'd been wanting to ask someone earlier in the week but it took me until the last day to work up the nerve to do it. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

I have no idea what is up with the faces..LOL As for what we were doing he was sure enjoying something wasn't he [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

Yeah Shaza doesn't smoke. Last camping trip she went on with us(we have an annual all girls camping weekend) she just wanted to hold one, just wanted to light one, just wanted to flick one, just wanted to smoke one and blow out the smoke I told her before we went to Jamaica that if planned on all those "justs" in Jamaica she needed to bring her own because they don't sell our kinds there for us to replace them and she is not gonna be able to smoke ours all up! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

Grandma2..Thanks for reading thus far with me. Glad you enjoyed it. Jessi, Shazie and I are already starting the plans for next years trip.We anticipate even more fun and adventures!!

The only thing we know we want to do right now besides all the clubs again is visit the Banyon tree and this time we are staying the 7th day so we can try out Rooftop too.

Oh and we want to go to the other Falls..either Mayfield or YS..whichever one it is that has the rope swing. Anyone know which falls that is and where it's at??? Dunn's was very pretty but we'd like less touristy next time.

[Sugar Shug]

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Thank you so much for the wonderful report. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
You are making my 65 days seem shorter.
Peace

[sheanlee]

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See..and I thought I was the ONGLY one that noticed Ms. Shazie's transformation. Marilyn...that last post was the best,...demure..hair up in a bun! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] You FIND yourself...you LET LOOSE...NOTHING can do THIS!!!!!.....

Originally posted by Marilyn:
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Like Jamaica!!
Shazie let go THIS night...his arms were basically the arms of Jamaica saying..."yes chile...mi know, mi feel ya gyal..now rest..no worries ooooman"...look at the content and tranquility in her face.