Home Sweet Home Negril

... .  We're just eating, drinking, swimming, floating, shopping on the beach, experiencing Christmas, etc.  Yesterday Thera headed back home so it's just us now.  Per our previous posting, each evening we head over to Hedo at 5:30 to see the ...

... that we we right in their backyard. It was a homecoming that brought all the emotions to the surface, a beloved son returning home, reuniting grandparent to the first and only grandchild, a getting reaquinted with me their daughter in law. Our first full ...

... . The win was overshadowed by the fact that the Wi players were attacked by overzealous Bangladeshi fans, which sparked an outrage back home in Jamaica.  The other big story - which has been dragging on for months - is the Manatt-Dudus inquiry, which ...

... in the foreground. After a shower and a bit of rest, I typed up more of the blog and went to the internet café to call home and put in our blog entries. Since it is in the same building we went to the Patois Patio for dinner. Miss Judy had grilled ...

... . After all, I had to lug it to the airport. We went to the internet café to use our laptop and Skype to call home. They have ten PCs for public use and provide wireless in that building. I did not want to put any personal information on their PCs ...

... there will be more snow and no appendicitis :) I plan to ski and ski and ski and have a wonderful winter holiday at my home sweet home. If you are nearby, drop me a line. Take care everyone, and please keep in touch. Look for an update after the ...

... . We got on the bus back to MoBay around noon, and arrived around 5:30. It was a hellish trip, and I was so glad to be home FINALLY. Even though I didn't really go home, but to Joe's house. It was so nice to talk and sit with him, and he was so ...

... . Ocho Rios is 4-5 hrs with bus. But, then I need to go back to Kingston. I might decide to change my flight and go back home from Montego Bay instead of Kingston. I haven't decided on that yet. I have Sunday's NY Times. I am enjoying that. I had a lunch ...

... , the capital of Jamaica. Reggae music fills the arrival hall of the airport. In the aisle next to me Jamaicans returning home stand waiting to show their passports. Some look slightly Chinese, others are half-white, some feature Hispanic traces, but most ...

... . A rare bonus came when we attended mass at a tiny church with three Franciscans, the choir played many old favorites from back home. Over the five days, we visited with a few Peace Corps friends and made some good contacts there as well. We arrived ...

... if they were all in the cool bag.  I said that I had a six hour flight, followed by a four drive before I got home and couldn't afford the overpriced airline meals.  The guy who had checked my passport then said that I'd probably be buying lots ...

... none too friendly either.   We did have some fun on the way back to the guesthouse with four little girls on their way home from school who rode in the same taxi van as Martin and I.  Children wear school uniforms here.  The ...