Hanging out with Bruce

I have been the last one on the grounds to go to sleep and the first one up in the morning. I it's vacation but what can I say, I can't sleep when there are things I want to do. Besides what better time than the wee hours of the morning to get these blog posts in.

Every night Bruce, the security guard, and I would chat. He explained that the luminary candles up and down the west end road were put there in memory of a loved one who died. It's custom to do such a thing on the anniversary of a person who died. In this case it was a boy who drove recklessly on a motorcycle, an all to common occurrence here.

Bruce also told me of his dream to go to the US to continue his studies in agriculture. He is 26, and lives on his grandmothers land where he is slowly building his own house. He lives an hours drive from here and once here his shift is 11 hours long. It is surreal to think how for me this is paradise that I can't wait to come to yet for others it's just a job.

Bruce is a really nice guy who kept referring to me as "Mr. Dan" and when surprised at something would always say "Oh gosh". Every morning he would put on a pot of coffee and invite me to have some while Tensing and Sugar, the dogs on the property, would follow him around. I told him I'd have to stop by before leaving town as I want to show my friend Steve this place.






-April 30th, 2011
Posted from my iPad

Location:Tensing Pen, Negril JA