DAY TEN: BABYLON BY BUS (REVISITED)
Marshall had left the house before dawn to walk out into the bush, while I remained awake, lying on the bed trying to discern the various noises I heard outside the house. The incessant croaking of the gecko and the whistling and snoring of the tree frogs punctuated the intermittent sounds of roosters crowing, and […]
DAY EIGHT: BABYLON BY BUS (REVISITED)
I awoke and didn’t bother opening my eyes as I just lay on my bed and listened to the gentle breaking of the waves on the beach. This would be our last day by the ocean and I wanted to take advantage of it! I opened my eyes and glanced across the night stand to […]
DAY NINE: BABYLON BY BUS (REVISITED)
The morning sun was streaming through a curtain-less louvered window at the opposite end of the room and was heating and illuminating my resting place so I tried to silently slide my twin bed into a more protected corner. I was starting to hibernate again when I heard the sound of metal lightly striking metal […]
DAY SEVEN: BABYLON BY BUS (REVISITED)
The tinny ring of my travel alarm, slowing as the spring wound down, filled the wooden cabin with its annoyance but neither Sergio nor I moved to shut it off. The long day before had taken its toll and now we just wanted to sleep in a little, yet, we wanted to get moving at […]
DAY SIX: BABYLON BY BUS (REVISITED)
Seems like I had just closed my eyes when I heard a car horn blasting from some where outside the hotel door. I jumped up from the bed and shook Sergio awake before opening the door and motioning to our driver that we would “soon come”. We loaded our gear into his Fiat and headed […]
DAY FIVE: BABYLON BY BUS (REVISITED)
Sergio and I woke up at about the same time and simultaneously started preparing for a nice soak in the hot water. We descended the stairway from our second story room where an attendant showed us to a vacant tub, and he started the hot water flowing. We relaxed in the soothing waters while deciding […]
DAY FOUR: BABYLON BY BUS (REVISITED)
Vaguely, from somewhere in the fog that clouded my throbbing head, I heard the bells of Christ Church pealing their welcome to Sunday Service. A sudden knock on the door caused me to sit up sharply in bed. I glanced over at Sergio’s lifeless form and then rose to answer the door. It was Alton […]
DAY THREE: BABYLON BY BUS (REVISITED)
Port Antonio is one of those places that seem to exist only in Hollywood movies so when I learned that it was Errol Flynn who made it the “in place” to vacation and film during during his reign as Hollywood’s Number One Movie Star, I was not surprised. He and other Hollywood stars began to […]
DAY TWO: BABYLON BY BUS (REVISITED)
As the early morning sun streamed in through the side window of Mike Higgin’s house, I suddenly became aware of the noises that permeated the Jamacian morning. Roosters were crowing and dogs were barking somewhere in the distance. I noted that Sergio’s bed was made and he was nowhere in the room. I dressed and […]
DAY ONE: BABYLON BY BUS
Though I had been to Jamaica several times, I had always taken the tourist route and rented a car or hired a taxi to visit some favorite spots. This trip would be different. I met a world traveler from my hometown who had visited the Andes in South America and backpacked all over Europe and […]