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Originally posted by Trance Nutter I'm so jealous of all these people jetting off to tropical places

but you live in australia. its beautiful there. i live in wisconsin. i mean wisconsin has some amazing places to visit and a lot of untouched woodlands but its freezing balls here 7 months out of the year

Jamikar

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Originally posted by Ygrene Alright, here are few pics of my Jamaica trip. I must say that just about everything in Jamaica blew my mind, in both good and bad ways. I was amazed at how beautiful the country and beaches were and at the same time, shocked at the living conditions of some of the locals. Altogether, I would say this was the best trip of my life because I was exposed to so much.

i felt the *exact* same way after i went there for spring break my soph year of college.

fucking absolutely gorgeous, but the conditions anywhere but the "touristy" areas are horrible.

a couple of stories that you could probably relate to...

when we first got to the airport in montego bay we all had to get on a bus that would take us to negril. so we all pile onto this huge tour bus (think nice, not school bus) we go maybe 1/2 a mile before the guy stops and pulls over.

everyone is basically sayin at this point.

i look out the window and this local guy gets outta this shitty rusted out honda hatchback and grabs a cooler, and gets on the bus. starts sellin redstripe to everyone for $1 a beer. so everyone gets a few. he gets off the bus. busdriver stands up, and takes out a garbage bag full of weed, starts selling it.

needless to say after that the bob marley got cranked and it was the best 1.5-2 hr bus ride of my life.


the thing that was killin me would be walkin up and down the beach and the locals would be walking w/ a bag full of cigarettes on their head and they'd just say "cigarettes, marjuana, cocaine, scuba diving, para -sailing" over and over. yeah i think i'll do scuba diving and/or para-sailing from someone trying to sell me drugs


what a week tho, i probably lost 2 years off my lifespan with the partying that occured there.

and yeah ricks is fuckin badass jumping off the cliffs ftdub. the locals are crazy tho, jumping out of that tree doing ridiculous flips

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Originally posted by MindShifter i felt the *exact* same way after i went there for spring break my soph year of college. fucking absolutely gorgeous, but the conditions anywhere but the "touristy" areas are horrible. a couple of stories that you could probably relate to... when we first got to the airport in montego bay we all had to get on a bus that would take us to negril. so we all pile onto this huge tour bus (think nice, not school bus) we go maybe 1/2 a mile before the guy stops and pulls over. everyone is basically sayin at this point. i look out the window and this local guy gets outta this shitty rusted out honda hatchback and grabs a cooler, and gets on the bus. starts sellin redstripe to everyone for $1 a beer. so everyone gets a few. he gets off the bus. busdriver stands up, and takes out a garbage bag full of weed, starts selling it. needless to say after that the bob marley got cranked and it was the best 1.5-2 hr bus ride of my life. the thing that was killin me would be walkin up and down the beach and the locals would be walking w/ a bag full of cigarettes on their head and they'd just say "cigarettes, marjuana, cocaine, scuba diving, para -sailing" over and over. yeah i think i'll do scuba diving and/or para-sailing from someone trying to sell me drugs what a week tho, i probably lost 2 years off my lifespan with the partying that occured there. and yeah ricks is fuckin badass jumping off the cliffs ftdub. the locals are crazy tho, jumping out of that tree doing ridiculous flips

Oh man, that sounds amazing!

It reminds me of Morocco, in Tetuan.

When we exited the bus from our ferry off the Stait of Gib, there were so many little girls selling jewelry and me not experiencing their means of doing things, I let her keep talking about the jewelry and pressuring, pressuring, pressuring for I think more than 20 minutes because I didn't want to seem rude. That whole bartering system was so overwhelming, to the verge in the beginnning that I'd become so pissed that I had to remind myself it was a part of the culture. Them following you, you could barely rest your eyes upon anything without someone running up to you, saying he'll sell it for 79348569 rupees. You say no, you only have 637463 rupees, and it continues, him stating a woman spent years making it in her hands. You saying your not interested. Him saying okay okay, 9872987 rupees. You say no. Walk off. He follows you. Another joins. And then you feel horrible knowing his and his families meal for that night rely on the double fold price you're going to pay for a Persian rug.

Everywhere you went to use the restroom, there was a woman standing by the sink awaiting to wash your hands when you were finished. You think 'no way, I can wash my own hands plus I don't want to feel like an uppity American who can't even wash my own hands' but then again, she was doing it to survive through tips. I won't lie, after having your hands washed by someone everywhere you go, it feels lavish and spoiling but it was her meal at the end of the night as was well.


Whoa sorry. Back on point, great pics Y! It looks absolutely stunning!

Red Stripe <3

ha! & for a dollar!

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Originally posted by D-res but you live in australia. its beautiful there. i live in wisconsin. i mean wisconsin has some amazing places to visit and a lot of untouched woodlands but its freezing balls here 7 months out of the year

mostly cheese there

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Originally posted by Estella Red Stripe <3 ha! & for a dollar!

+fucking1

Looks like you had a great time man! Glad to hear it!



How much ganja did ya see while you were down there?

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Originally posted by DJ RJT Looks like you had a great time man! Glad to hear it! How much ganja did ya see while you were down there?

lol, I only saw what my cousin bought. I don't really know weed prices but he told me that he got a 3/4 bag for $40 and he showed it to me. It looked like a lot of friggin' weed to me.

I was offered drugs COUNTLESS times by random individuals. Weed, coke, & hash is what they usually offered. It was like the same pitch every time too: "Hey mon (kinda sneaky whispering) you want some of the smokey-smoke? No? How about coke, hash?" it made me laugh every time!

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Originally posted by Estella Red Stripe <3

Holy crap I thought that was going to be a terrible beer when I saw the bottle! How wrong was I!

mon, haha gotta love the accent

some nice pictures ygrene! the sunset is very nice, i could use some holidays right now....

Welcome back greney.

Looks like you had a hell of a time...

And yea, it sucks going to another country and seeing how they are so poor. It really does make you wish that you could help them all out, and it makes it even harder to barter with them.
I found Mexico was just like that too.


P.S. You and your wife are hotness. I'd do the both of you.

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Originally posted by Haunted can you not read? that's not his wife

Oh right, so his wife Erin must not really be his wife. Crafty.

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